Lexicon skorpios: a scorpion Original Word: σκορπίος, ου, ὁPart of Speech: Noun, Masculine Transliteration: skorpios Phonetic Spelling: (skor-pee'-os) Short Definition: a scorpion Definition: a scorpion. NAS Exhaustive Concordance Word Originof uncertain origin Definitiona scorpion NASB Translationscorpion (2), scorpions (3).
Thayer's STRONGS NT 4651: σκορπίοςσκορπίος, σκορπίου, ὁ ((for the derivation see the preceding word); from Aeschylus down; on its accent, cf. Chandler § 246), a scorpion, the Sept. for עַקְרָב, the name of a little animal, somewhat resembling a lobster, which in warm regions lurks especially in stone walls; it has a poisonous sting in its tail (McClintock and Strong's Cyclopaedia and BB. DD., under the word): Luke 10:19; Luke 11:12; Revelation 9:3, 5, 10.
Strong's scorpion. Probably from an obsolete skerpo (perhaps strengthened from the base of skopos and meaning to pierce); a "scorpion" (from its sting) -- scorpion. see GREEK skopos |
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