σκορπίος
skorpios
“scorpion”
Definition
a "scorpion" (from its sting)
probably from an obsolete (perhaps strengthened from the base of G4649 (σκοπός) and meaning to pierce);
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Grammar & Morphology
Noun (Masculine)
G:N-M
Greek Noun, Masculine
Occurrences
σκορπίος appears 5 times in the New Testament.
Distribution by Book
Key Passages
Behold, I have given you authority to tread on snakes and scorpions, and over all the power of the enemy. Nothing will harm you.
Or if he asks for an egg, will give him a scorpion?
And out of the smoke, locusts descended on the earth, and they were given power like that of the scorpions of the earth.
The locusts were not given power to kill them, but only to torment them for five months, and their torment was like the stinging of a scorpion.
They had tails with stingers like scorpions, which had the power to injure people for five months.
Lexicon data from STEPBible.org (Tyndale House, Cambridge) under CC BY 4.0 license.