Greek Word Study
σκόλοψ
skólops
G4647
Quick Facts
Strong's Number
G4647
KJV Translations
thorn
Derivation / Root
perhaps from the base of G4628 (σκέλος) and G3700 (ὀπτάνομαι);
Definition of skólops
σκόλοψ (skólops) — withered at the front, i.e. a point or prickle (figuratively, a bodily annoyance or disability)
Word Origin
This word comes perhaps from the base of G4628 (σκέλος) and G3700 (ὀπτάνομαι); See the root words: G4628 (σκέλος), G3700 (ὀπτάνομαι).
Related Greek Words
Words sharing the same root or derived from σκόλοψ.
σκέλος
skélos
G4628
through the idea of leanness); the leg (as lank)
ὀπτάνομαι
optánomai
G3700
to gaze (i.e. with wide-open eyes, as at something remarkable; and thus differing from G991 (βλέπω), which denotes simply voluntary observation; and from G1492 (εἴδω), which expresses merely mechanical, passive or casual vision; while G2300 (θεάομαι), and still more emphatically its intensive G2334 (θεωρέω), signifies an earnest but more continued inspection; and G4648 (σκοπέω) a watching from a distance)
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