Quick Definition
a cause of stumbling
Strong's Definition
a stumbling, i.e. (figuratively and concretely) occasion of sin
Derivation: from G4350 (προσκόπτω);
KJV Usage: offence
Thayer's Greek Lexicon
προσκοπή, προσκοπης, ἡ (προσκόπτω), an occasion of stumbling (so R. V. (but A. V. offence)): διδόναι προσκοπήν (namely, ἄλλοις), to do something which causes others to stumble, i. e. leads them into error or sin, 2Co_6:3 (cf. Winers Grammar, 484 (451)). (Polybius; (for λΔΜωΘΜΡμεο, fall, Pro_16:18, Graecus Venetus).)
Mounce Concise Greek Dictionary
προσκοπή proskopē 1x
pr. a stumbling; offense; in NT an offense, shock, ground of exception, 2Co_6:3
Abbott-Smith Greek Lexicon
** προσκοπή , -ῆς , ή
( < προσκόπτω ),
[in Gr . Ven.: Pro_16:18 ( H3783 ) * ;]
an occasion of stumbling, offence: 2Co_6:3 .†
STEPBible — Tyndale Abridged Greek Lexicon
προσκοπή, -ῆς, ή
(προσκόπτω), [in Gr. Ven.: Pro.16:18 (כִּשָּׁלוֹן) * ;]
an occasion of stumbling, offence: 2Co.6:3.†
(AS)