G4647: σκόλοψ
skólops · “thorn”
Definition
withered at the front, i.e. a point or prickle (figuratively, a bodily annoyance or disability)
KJV translates it as: thorn
Word origin: perhaps from the base of G4628 (σκέλος) and G3700 (ὀπτάνομαι);
Extended definition
σκόλοψ, -οπος, ὁ
[in LXX: Num.33:55 (שֵׂךְ), Hos.2:6 (8) (סִיר), Eze.28:24 (סִלּוֹן), Sir.43:19 * ;]
anything pointed, esp.
1. in cl., a stake
2. In Hellenistic vernacular, a thorn (cf. LXX, ll. with): σ. τῇ σαρκί, 2Co.12:7 (cf. MM, i., xxiii; DB, iii, 700 f.; Deiss., St. Paul, 62 f.; Field, Notes, 187).†
(AS)
[in LXX: Num.33:55 (שֵׂךְ), Hos.2:6 (8) (סִיר), Eze.28:24 (סִלּוֹן), Sir.43:19 * ;]
anything pointed, esp.
1. in cl., a stake
2. In Hellenistic vernacular, a thorn (cf. LXX, ll. with): σ. τῇ σαρκί, 2Co.12:7 (cf. MM, i., xxiii; DB, iii, 700 f.; Deiss., St. Paul, 62 f.; Field, Notes, 187).†
(AS)
Abbott-Smith Manual Greek Lexicon (1922) via STEPBible TBESG (CC BY 4.0).
How G4647 is translated
- a thorn ×1
Bible verses with G4647 (skólops)
Skólops appears in 1 verse.
- 2 Corinthians 12:7
And lest I should be exalted above measure through the abundance of the revelations, there was given to me a thorn in the flesh, the messenger of Satan to buffet me, lest I should be exalted above measure.