Lexicon / G4348
πρόσκομμα
proskomma
  • stumbling block
  • a stumble
  • stumbling
  • an occasion of stumbling
  • a stumbling-block

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Glosses: stumbling block

πρόσ-κομμα, -τος, τό

(προσκόπτω), [in LXX: Exo.23:33 34:12 (מוֹקֵשׁ), Isa.8:14 (נֶגֶף), Jdth.8:22, Sir.17:25, al. ;]

__(a) a stumble, stumbling: λίθος προσκόμματος (= נֶגֶף אֶבֶן, Isa, l.with), figuratively, Rom.9:32-33, 1Pe.2:8" (LXX) ;

__(b) = προσκοπή, an occasion of stumbling, a stumbling-block: metaphorically, Rom.14:13, 20, 1Co.8:9 (Plut.).†

SYN.: σκάνδαλον (cf. Cremer, 752 f.) (AS)

Abbott-Smith

Glosses: a stumble; stumbling; an occasion of stumbling; a stumbling-block

a stumble; stumbling; an occasion of stumbling; a stumbling-block