King James Bible
King James Version (KJV)
STRONGS NUMBER G4694
Transliteration: spilas
Phonetic Spelling: (spee-las')
Part of Speech: Noun, Feminine
Short Definition: a ledge of rock (over which the sea dashes), a reef
Meaning: a ledge of rock (over which the sea dashes), a reef
σπιλάς, σπιλαδος, ἡ, a rock in the sea, ledge or reef (Homer, Odyssey 3, 298; 5, 401, and in other poets; Polybius, Diodorus, Josephus, b. j. 3, 9, 3); plural, tropically, of men who by their conduct damage others morally, wreck them as it were, equivalent to σκάνδαλα (R. V. text hidden rocks), Jude 1:12 (here L T Tr WH read οἱ (namely, ὄντες) σπιλάδες. Some (so R. V. marginal reading) make the word equivalent to the following; see Rutherford as there referred to.)
Word Summary
spilas: a ledge of rock (over which the sea dashes), a reef
Original Word: σπιλάςTransliteration: spilas
Phonetic Spelling: (spee-las')
Part of Speech: Noun, Feminine
Short Definition: a ledge of rock (over which the sea dashes), a reef
Meaning: a ledge of rock (over which the sea dashes), a reef
Strong's Concordance
spot Of uncertain derivation; a ledge or reef of rock in the sea -- spot (by confusion with spilos).
see GREEK spilos
Thayer's Greek Lexicon
STRONGS NT 4694: σπιλάςσπιλάς, σπιλαδος, ἡ, a rock in the sea, ledge or reef (Homer, Odyssey 3, 298; 5, 401, and in other poets; Polybius, Diodorus, Josephus, b. j. 3, 9, 3); plural, tropically, of men who by their conduct damage others morally, wreck them as it were, equivalent to σκάνδαλα (R. V. text hidden rocks), Jude 1:12 (here L T Tr WH read οἱ (namely, ὄντες) σπιλάδες. Some (so R. V. marginal reading) make the word equivalent to the following; see Rutherford as there referred to.)