Quick Definition
σκανδαλίζω v. I cause to stumble
Strong's Definition
to entrap, i.e. trip up (figuratively, stumble (transitively) or entice to sin, apostasy or displeasure)
UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament
verb | σκάνδαλον
31.78 · Hold a View, Believe, Trust · Change an Opinion Concerning Truth
to cause to give up believing, to make someone no longer believe to cause someone to no longer believe It is also possible to understand σκανδαλίζω in JHN 6:61 as meaning ‘to cause offense’ (see 25.179).
88.304 · Moral and Ethical Qualities and Related Behavior · Sin, Wrongdoing, Guilt
to cause to sin (a figurative extension of meaning of σκανδαλίζω ‘to cause to stumble,’ not occurring in the NT) to cause to sin, with the probable implication of providing some special circumstances which contribute to such behavior
MAT 5:29 · MAT 5:30 · MAT 18:6 · MAT 18:8 · MAT 18:9 · MRK 9:42 · MRK 9:43 · MRK 9:45 · MRK 9:47 · LUK 17:2 · 1CO 8:13 · 1CO 8:13
25.179 · Attitudes and Emotions · Offend, Be Offended
to cause someone to be offended, to offend to cause someone to experience anger and/or shock because of what has been said or done See discussion at 25.180.
31.77 · (σκανδαλίζομαι[a]) · Hold a View, Believe, Trust · Change an Opinion Concerning Truth
to cease believing, to give up believing (a figurative extension of meaning of σκανδαλίζομαι ‘to fall into a trap,’ not occurring in the NT) to give up believing what is right and let oneself believe what is false It is also possible to understand σκανδαλίζομαι in MAT 13:21 as meaning ‘to let oneself be led into sin’ or ‘to fall into sin as the result of unbelief.’
MAT 13:21 · MAT 24:10 · MAT 26:31 · MAT 26:33 · MAT 26:33 · MRK 4:17 · MRK 14:27 · MRK 14:29 · JHN 16:1
88.305 · (σκανδαλίζομαι[b]) · Moral and Ethical Qualities and Related Behavior · Sin, Wrongdoing, Guilt
to sin, to fall into sin to fall into sin, with the implication of certain contributing circumstances
25.180 · (σκανδαλίζομαι[c]) · Attitudes and Emotions · Offend, Be Offended
to be offended, to take offense to be offended because of some action In a number of languages the equivalent of ‘to be offended’ is expressed idiomatically, for example, ‘to be bitter against’ or ‘to be stung in the heart.’ In some languages, however, the closest equivalent for some contexts is simply ‘to be angered.’
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Thayer's Greek Lexicon
σκανδαλίζω; 1 aor. ἐσκανδάλισα; Pass., pres. σκανδαλίζομαι; impf. ἐσκανδαλιζόμην: 1 aor. ἐσκανδαλίσθην [ cf. B. 52 (45)]; 1 fut. σκανδαλισθήσομαι; (σκάνδαλον); Vulg. scandalizo; Peshitto Nae ; prop. to put a stumbling-block or impediment in the way, upon which another may trip and fall; to be a stumbling-block; in the N. T. always metaph. [R. V. to cause or make to stumble; A.V. to offend (cause to offend) ]; a. to entice to sin (Luth. drgern, i. e. arg, νὸς machen): τινά, Mt. v. 29, [30]; xviii. 6,8 sq.; Mk. ix. 42sq. 45,47; Lk. xvii. 2; 1 Co. viii. 13; pass. Lat. offendor, [A. V. to be offended], Vulg. scandaa lizor, Peshitto ἅμ : Ro. xiv. 21 [RGLTrtxt.]; 2 Co. xi. 29 [R. V. is made to stumble; cf. W. 153 (145)]. b. to cause a person to begin to distrust and desert one whom he ought to trust and obey; to cause to fall away, and in pass. to fall away [R. V. to stumble (cf. ‘Teaching’ ete. 16,5; Herm. vis. 4, 1, 3; mand. 8, 10)]: τινά, Jn. vi. 61: pass.. Mt. xiii. 21: xxiv.10: xxvi.33; Mk. iv. “κάώνδαλον 17; xiv. 29; [Jn. xvi. 1]; ἔν τινε [A. V.] to be offended in one,.{ find occasion of stumbling in], i. 6. to see in another what I disapprove of and what hinders me from acknowledging his authority: Mt. xi. 6; xiii. 57; xxvi. 81; Mk. vi. 3; xiv. 27; Lk. vii. 23; to cause one to Judge wrfacorably or unjustly of another, Mt. xvii. 27. Since the man who stumbles or whose foot gets entangled feels annoyed, σκανδαλίζω means c. lo cause one to feel displeasure at a thing; to make indignant: τινά, pass. to be displeased, indignant, [A. V. offended], Mt. xv.12. The verb σκανδαλίζω is found neither in prof. auth. nor in the Sept., but only in the relics of Aquila’s version of the O. T., Ps. Ixiii. (Ixiv.) 9; Is. viii. 15; [xl. 80]; Prov. iv. 12 for 7¥/3; besides in Sir. ix. 5; xxiii. 8; xxxv. (xxxii.) 15; [Psalt. Sal. 16,7. Cf. W.33.]
Mounce Concise Greek Dictionary
σκανδαλίζω skandalizō 29x
pr. to cause to stumble; met. offend, Mt. 17:27; to offend, shock, excite feeling of repugnance, Jn. 6:61; 1 Cor. 8:13; pass. to be offended, shocked, pained, Mt. 15:12; Rom. 14:21; 2 Cor. 11:29; σκανδαλίζεσθαι ἔν τινι, to be affected with scruples of repugnance towards any one as respects his claims or pretensions, Mt. 11:6; 13:57; met. to cause to stumble morally, to cause to falter or err, Mt. 5:29; 18:6; pass. to falter, fall away, Mt. 13:21
Abbott-Smith Greek Lexicon
† σκανδαλίζω
(< σκάνδαλον), [in LXX: Da LXX 11:41 (כּשׁל ni.), Si 9:5 35 (32):15 (יקשׁ ho.) ib. 23:8 (also in Aq., Sm., Th., and in Ps Sol 16:7; not elsewhere, except NT and eccl.)* ;]
prop., to put a snare or stumbling-block in the way; in NT always metaph. of that which hinders right conduct or thought, to cause to stumble: c. acc. pers., Mt 5:29, 30 17:27 18:6, 8, 9 Mk 9:42, 43, 45, 47 Lk 17:2, Jo 6:61, I Co 8:13. Pass., to be made to stumble, to stumble: Mt 11:6 13:21, 57 15:12 24:10 26:31, 33, Mk 4:17 6:3 14:27, 29, Lk 7:23, Jo 16:1, Ro 14:21 (WH, R, txt., om.), II Co 11:29,†
Liddell-Scott-Jones — Greek-English Lexicon
σκανδαλίζω (skandalizō) — to cause to stumble. σκανδαλ-ίζω, cause to stumble, give offence or scandal to any one, τινα [NT]:— passive, to be made to stumble, take offence, [Refs], etc.; ἔν τινι [LXX+NT]