Word Summary
proskopē: an occasion of stumbling
Original Word: προσκοπήTransliteration: proskopē
Phonetic Spelling: (pros-kop-ay')
Part of Speech: Noun, Feminine
Short Definition: an occasion of stumbling
Meaning: an occasion of stumbling
Strong's Concordance
offense.
From proskopto; a stumbling, i.e. (figuratively and concretely) occasion of sin -- offence.
see GREEK proskopto
Thayer's Greek Lexicon
STRONGS NT 4349: προσκοπήπροσκοπή,
προσκοπης,
ἡ (
προσκόπτω),
an occasion of stumbling (so
R. V. (but
A. V. offence)):
διδόναι προσκοπήν (namely,
ἄλλοις), to do something which causes others to stumble, i. e. leads them into error or sin,
2 Corinthians 6:3 (cf.
Winers Grammar, 484 (451)). (
Polybius; (for
כִּשָּׁלון,
fall, Proverbs 16:18,
Graecus Venetus).)