Strong's G4647 · Greek

σκόλοψ

skolops · skol'-ops

perhaps from the base of 4628 and 3700; withered at the front, i.e. a point or prickle (figuratively, a bodily annoyance or disability)

Scholarly Lexicons

Abbott-Smith Manual Greek Lexicon

σκόλοψ (G4647)

1 σκόλοψ , -οπος, ὁ [in LXX: Nu 33:55 ( שֵׂךְ ), Ho 2:6 (8) ( סִיר ), Ez 28:24 ( סִלּוֹן ), Si 43:19 * ;] anything pointed , esp. in cl., a stake In Hellenistic vernacular, a thorn (cf. LXX, ll. c.): σ. τῇ σαρκί , II Co 12:7 (cf. MM, i., xxiii; DB , iii, 700 f.; Deiss., St. Paul , 62 f.; Field, Notes , 187).†

G. Abbott-Smith, A Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament (1922) — public domain

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