Lexicon skolios: curved, winding, hence crooked Original Word: σκολιός, ά, όνPart of Speech: Adjective Transliteration: skolios Phonetic Spelling: (skol-ee-os') Short Definition: crooked, perverse, unfair Definition: crooked, perverse, unfair, curved, tortuous. HELPS word-Studies 4646 skoliós (an adjective, derived from a primitive root, NAS dictionary) – properly, crooked (bent) because dried out (like a piece of parched wood); (figuratively) morally twisted (warped) because lacking the oil of the Holy Spirit – hence, unacceptable to God (His standards); "perverse, unjust" (Abbott-Smith). NAS Exhaustive Concordance Word Origina prim. word Definitioncurved, winding, hence crooked NASB Translationcrooked (2), perverse (1), unreasonable (1).
Thayer's STRONGS NT 4646: σκολιόςσκολιός, σκολιά, σκολιόν (opposed to ὀρθός, ὄρθιος, εὐθύς (cf. σκώληξ)), from Homer down, crooked, curved: properly, of a way ( Proverbs 28:18), τά σκολιά, Luke 3:5 (opposed to ἡ εὐθεῖα namely, ὁδός, from Isaiah 40:4); metaphorically, perverse, wicked: ἡ γενεά ἡ σκολιά, Acts 2:40; with διεστραμμένη added, Philippians 2:15 (clearly so Deuteronomy 32:5); unfair, surly, froward (opposed to ἀγαθός καί ἐπιεικής), 1 Peter 2:18.
Strong's crooked, froward, untoward. From the base of skelos; warped, i.e. Winding; figuratively, perverse -- crooked, froward, untoward. see GREEK skelos |
