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Strong's G4625 σκάνδαλον (skandalon)

Skandalon means “offence” — full meaning, definition, and every linked Bible usage across the indexed canon.

Same number, other testament: Strong's H4625 — maaqash (“crooked thing”) in the Hebrew Bible.

Strong's Number G4625
Language Greek
Linked Usages 33
Books 18

Strong's G4625 Quick Answer

Strong's G4625 σκάνδαλον (skandalon) is a Greek Strong's word-study entry. skandalon (skan'-dal-on) n. 1. a trap-stick (bent sapling) 2. (concretely) a snare It has 33 linked Bible usages across 18 books. Visible English usage signals include snare and cause. Indexed coverage on this page includes New Testament, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, and Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha.

Meaning
skandalon (skan'-dal-on) n. 1. a trap-stick (bent sapling) 2. (concretely) a snare
Usage
33 linked usages
Books
18 indexed books
Corpus
New Testament, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, and Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha
Usage Words
snare and cause

Meaning and Definition

skandalon (skan'-dal-on) n. 1. a trap-stick (bent sapling) 2. (concretely) a snare 3. (figuratively) a cause of displeasure or sin [probably from a derivative of G2578 ("scandal")] KJV: occasion to fall (of stumbling), offence, thing that offends, stumblingblock Root(s): G2578

Original Word
σκάνδαλον
Transliteration
skandalon
Derivation
Root: κάμπτω R1: 2578
Morphology
noun

Across Lexicons

How independent scholarly lexicons define Strong's G4625. Each definition is shown with its source so you can compare and cite the original reference works.

Extended Strong's Greek Lexicon (Abbott-Smith based)

stumbling block

Usage: σκάνδαλον, -ου, τό (late form of the rare word σκανδάληθρον, see LS, see word) [in LXX chiefly for מוֹקֵשׁ, מִכְשׁוֹל ;] prop., the bait-stick of a trap, a snare, stumbling-block (Lev.19:14, Jdth.5:1): figuratively, Rom.9:33, 1Pe.2:8 (Isa.8:14; aliter in LXX; στερεὸν σκανδάλου in Aq.). Metaphorical, of that which causes error or sin; __(a) of persons: Mat.13:41 16:23; Χριστὸς ἐσταυρωμένος, 1Co.1:23; __(b) of things: Mat.18:7, Rom.11:9" (LXX) Rom.14:13, 1Jn.2:10 Rev.2:14; τὸ σ. τοῦ σταυροῦ, Gal.5:11;

pl., Mat.18:7, Luk.17:1, Rom.16:17.† SYN.: πρόσκομμα (AS)

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How Strong's G4625 Is Translated

The English word each shown verse actually uses to render skandalon, taken from the interlinear word alignment (the same word underlined in the excerpts below). Where a rendering is used more than once, the count is shown.

How Strong's G4625 Usage Compares

Indexed coverage includes New Testament, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, and Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha. Each section below keeps corpus counts and sample passages visible so readers can compare the word across contexts instead of reading one flat concordance list.

  • The largest indexed corpus on this page is New Testament with 13 linked usages.
  • This page lets readers compare New Testament usage with Septuagint / Greek Old Testament usage, which is a key THF advantage over narrower Strong's pages.
  • Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha rows are counted separately so readers can decide how those texts relate to the main word study.

In the Septuagint (LXX)

Strong's G4625 (σκάνδαλον) appears 20 times in the Greek Septuagint — the Old Testament the New Testament authors quoted.

Sample Septuagint occurrences:

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Strong's G4625 by Corpus

Indexed usage grouped by testament and extended corpus so readers can compare this word across the Bible, Septuagint, deuterocanonical books, and 1 Enoch where present.

Strong's G4625 in the New Testament

13 indexed usages in New Testament.

Matthew 13:41 KJV

The Son of man shall send forth his angels, and they shall gather out of his kingdom all things that offend, and them which do iniquity;

Matthew 16:23 KJV

But he turned, and said unto Peter, Get thee behind me, Satan: thou art an offence unto me: for thou savourest not the things that be of God, but those that be of men.

Matthew 18:7 KJV

Woe unto the world because of offences! for it must needs be that offences come; but woe to that man by whom the offence cometh!

Strong's G4625 in the Septuagint / Greek Old Testament

13 indexed usages in Septuagint / Greek Old Testament.

Leviticus 19:14 Septuagint / Brenton

Thou shalt not revile the deaf, neither shalt thou put a stumbling block in the way of the blind; and thou shalt fear the Lord thy God: I am the Lord your God.

Joshua 23:13 Septuagint / Brenton

know that the Lord will no more destroy these nations from before you; and they will be to you snares and stumbling blocks, and nails in your heels, and darts in your eyes, until ye be destroyed from off this good land, which the Lord your God has given you.

Judges 2:3 Septuagint / Brenton

And I said, I will not drive them out from before you, but they shall be for a distress to you, and their gods shall be to you for an offense.

Strong's G4625 in the deuterocanonical books / Apocrypha

7 indexed usages in Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha.

Judith 5:1 Septuagint / Brenton

Then was it declared to Holofernes, the chief captain of the army of Assyria, that the children of Israel had prepared for war, and had shut up the passages of the hill country, and had fortified all the tops of the high hills, and had laid impediments in the champaign countries:

Judith 5:20 Septuagint / Brenton

Now therefore, my lord and governor, if there be any error in this people, and they sin against their God, let us consider that this shall be their ruin, and let us go up, and we shall overcome them.

Judith 12:2 Septuagint / Brenton

And Judith said, I will not eat thereof, lest there be an offense: but provision shall be made for me of the things that I have brought.

Usage Excerpts

First 33 linked usage excerpts for Strong's G4625.

Leviticus 19:14 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
Thou shalt not revile the deaf, neither shalt thou put a stumbling block in the way of the blind; and thou shalt fear the Lord thy God: I am the Lord your God.
Joshua 23:13 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
know that the Lord will no more destroy these nations from before you; and they will be to you snares and stumbling blocks, and nails in your heels, and darts in your eyes, until ye be destroyed from off this good land, which the Lord your God has given you.
Judges 2:3 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And I said, I will not drive them out from before you, but they shall be for a distress to you, and their gods shall be to you for an offense.
1 Kingdoms 18:21 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And Saul said, I will give her to him, and she shall be a stumbling block to him. Now the hand of the Philistines was against Saul.
1 Kingdoms 25:31 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
then this shall not be an abomination and offense to my lord, to have shed innocent blood without cause, and for my lord to have avenged himself: and so may the Lord do good to my lord, and thou shalt remember thy handmaid to do her good.
Psalms 48:14 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
This their way is an offense to them: Yet afterward men will commend their sayings. Pause.
Psalms 49:20 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
Thou didst sit and speak against thy brother, And didst scandalize thy mother’s son.
Psalms 68:23 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
Let their table before them be for a snare, And for a recompense, and for a stumbling block.
Psalms 105:36 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And they served their graven images; And it became an offense to them.
Psalms 118:165 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
Great peace have they that love thy law: And there is no stumbling block to them.
Psalms 139:6 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
The proud have hidden a snare for me, And have stretched out ropes for snares for my feet; They set a stumbling block for me near the path. Pause.
Psalms 140:9 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
Keep me from the snare which they have set for me, And from the stumbling blocks of them that work iniquity.
Hosea 4:17 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
Ephraim, joined with idols, has laid stumbling blocks in his own way.
Matthew 13:41 New Testament, KJV
The Son of man shall send forth his angels, and they shall gather out of his kingdom all things that offend, and them which do iniquity;
Matthew 16:23 New Testament, KJV
But he turned, and said unto Peter, Get thee behind me, Satan: thou art an offence unto me: for thou savourest not the things that be of God, but those that be of men.
Matthew 18:7 New Testament, KJV
Woe unto the world because of offences! for it must needs be that offences come; but woe to that man by whom the offence cometh!
Luke 17:1 New Testament, KJV
Then said he unto the disciples, It is impossible but that offences will come: but woe unto him, through whom they come!
Romans 9:33 New Testament, KJV
As it is written, Behold, I lay in Sion a stumblingstone and rock of offence: and whosoever believeth on him shall not be ashamed.
Romans 11:9 New Testament, KJV
And David saith, Let their table be made a snare, and a trap, and a stumblingblock, and a recompence unto them:
Romans 14:13 New Testament, KJV
Let us not therefore judge one another any more: but judge this rather, that no man put a stumblingblock or an occasion to fall in his brother's way.
Romans 16:17 New Testament, KJV
Now I beseech you, brethren, mark them which cause divisions and offences contrary to the doctrine which ye have learned; and avoid them.
1 Corinthians 1:23 New Testament, KJV
But we preach Christ crucified, unto the Jews a stumblingblock, and unto the Greeks foolishness;
Galatians 5:11 New Testament, KJV
And I, brethren, if I yet preach circumcision, why do I yet suffer persecution? then is the offence of the cross ceased.
1 Peter 2:8 New Testament, KJV
And a stone of stumbling, and a rock of offence, even to them which stumble at the word, being disobedient: whereunto also they were appointed.
1 John 2:10 New Testament, KJV
He that loveth his brother abideth in the light, and there is none occasion of stumbling in him.
Revelation 2:14 New Testament, KJV
But I have a few things against thee, because thou hast there them that hold the doctrine of Balaam, who taught Balac to cast a stumblingblock before the children of Israel, to eat things sacrificed unto idols, and to commit fornication.
Judith 5:1 Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha, Septuagint / Brenton
Then was it declared to Holofernes, the chief captain of the army of Assyria, that the children of Israel had prepared for war, and had shut up the passages of the hill country, and had fortified all the tops of the high hills, and had laid impediments in the champaign countries:
Judith 5:20 Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha, Septuagint / Brenton
Now therefore, my lord and governor, if there be any error in this people, and they sin against their God, let us consider that this shall be their ruin, and let us go up, and we shall overcome them.
Judith 12:2 Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha, Septuagint / Brenton
And Judith said, I will not eat thereof, lest there be an offense: but provision shall be made for me of the things that I have brought.
1 Maccabees 5:4 Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha, Septuagint / Brenton
Also he remembered the injury of the children of Baean, who had been a snare and an offense unto the people, in that they lay in wait for them in the ways.
Wisdom of Solomon 14:11 Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha, Septuagint / Brenton
Therefore even upon the idols of the Gentiles shall there be a visitation: Because in the creature of God they are become an abomination, And stumbling blocks to the souls of men, And a snare to the feet of the unwise.
Wisdom of Sirach 7:6 Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha, Septuagint / Brenton
Seek not to be judge, being not able to take away iniquity; Lest at any time thou fear the person of the mighty, And lay a stumbling block in the way of thy uprightness.
Wisdom of Sirach 27:23 Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha, Septuagint / Brenton
When thou art present, he will speak sweetly, And will admire thy words: But at the last he will writhe his mouth, And slander thy sayings.

All Indexed Usage Links

Every indexed verse link for Strong's G4625, grouped by book.

Leviticus 1 usage, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Joshua 1 usage, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Judges 1 usage, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
1 Kingdoms 2 usages, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Psalms 7 usages, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Hosea 1 usage, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Matthew 3 usages, New Testament
Luke 1 usage, New Testament
Romans 4 usages, New Testament
1 Corinthians 1 usage, New Testament
Galatians 1 usage, New Testament
1 Peter 1 usage, New Testament
1 John 1 usage, New Testament
Revelation 1 usage, New Testament
Judith 3 usages, Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha
1 Maccabees 1 usage, Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha
Wisdom of Solomon 1 usage, Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha
Wisdom of Sirach 2 usages, Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha

Strong's G4625 FAQ

What does skandalon (σκάνδαλον) mean?

Skandalon (Strong's G4625) is a Greek word most simply glossed "offence". skandalon (skan'-dal-on) n. 1. a trap-stick (bent sapling) 2. (concretely) a snare

How many times is skandalon (σκάνδαλον) used in the Bible?

This page currently indexes 33 linked usages for Strong's G4625 across 18 books.

Where can I study skandalon (σκάνδαλον) in context?

Use the linked verse references on this page to study Strong's G4625 in context. The indexed coverage includes New Testament, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, and Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha.

What English words translate skandalon (σκάνδαλον)?

The visible usage excerpts most often surface English words such as snare and cause. These are scanning signals from the displayed verses, not replacements for the original-language definition.

Does Strong's G4625 appear in the Septuagint or deuterocanonical books?

Yes. The current local index includes 13 in Septuagint / Greek Old Testament and 7 in Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha for Strong's G4625, with linked reader references where each row is available.