Lexical Summary aproskopos: not causing to stumble, not stumbling Original Word: ἀπρόσκοποςTransliteration: aproskopos Phonetic Spelling: (ap-ros'-kop-os) Part of Speech: Adjective Short Definition: not causing to stumble, not stumbling Meaning: not causing to stumble, not stumbling Strong's Concordance without offense. From a (as a negative particle) and a presumed derivative of proskopto; actively, inoffensive, i.e. Not leading into sin; passively, faultless, i.e. Not led into sin -- none (void of, without) offence. see GREEK a see GREEK proskopto Thayer's Greek Lexicon STRONGS NT 677: ἀπρόσκοποςἀπρόσκοπος, ἀπρόσκοπον (προσκόπτω, which see); 1. actively, having nothing for one to strike against; not causing to stumble; a. properly: ὁδός, a smooth road, Sir. 35: (32) 21. b. metaphorically, not leading others into sin by one's mode of life: 1 Corinthians 10:32. 2. passively, a. not striking against or stumbling; metaphorically, not led into sin; blameless: Philippians 1:10 (joined with εἰλικρινεῖς). b. without offence: συνείδησις, not troubled and distressed by a consciousness of sin, Acts 24:16. (Not found in secular authors (except Sextus Empiricus, 1, 195 (p. 644, 13 Bekker)).) |
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