Word Summary
skolios: curved, winding, crooked
Original Word: σκολιόςTransliteration: skolios
Phonetic Spelling: (skol-ee-os')
Part of Speech: Adjective
Short Definition: curved, winding, crooked
Meaning: curved, winding, crooked
Strong's Concordance
crooked, froward, untoward.
From the base of skelos; warped, i.e. Winding; figuratively, perverse -- crooked, froward, untoward.
see GREEK skelos
Thayer's Greek Lexicon
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.