Quick Definition
σκάνδαλον, ου, τό n.n. a snare, stumbling-block
Strong's Definition
a trap-stick (bent sapling), i.e. snare (figuratively, cause of displeasure or sin)
UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament
noun, n. | -ου | σκανδαλίζω
6.25 · Artifacts · Traps, Snares
trap a trap, probably of the type which has a stick which when touched by an animal causes the trap to shut In ROM 11:9 παγίς (6.23), θήρα (6.24), and σκάνδαλον would all seem to be completely parallel in structure and meaning. As a result, in a number of languages the three terms are reduced often to two, for example, ‘snare’ and ‘trap.’ If there are three different kinds of traps, then, of course, three terms can be used. In some cases, however, it may be preferable to use verbs to express the catching and trapping, and thus one may translate γενηθήτω ἡ τράπεζα αὐτῶν εἰς παγίδα καὶ εἰς θήραν καὶ εἰς σκάνδαλον as in TEV, “may they be caught and trapped at their feasts; may they fall.”
88.306 · Moral and Ethical Qualities and Related Behavior · Sin, Wrongdoing, Guilt
that which causes someone to sin, one who causes someone to sin (a figurative extension of meaning of σκάνδαλον[a] ‘trap,’ 6.25) that which or one who causes someone to sin
MAT 13:41 · MAT 18:7 · MAT 18:7 · MAT 18:7 · LUK 17:1 · ROM 9:33 · ROM 14:13 · 1PE 2:8 · 1JN 2:10 · REV 2:14
1 ROM 11:9 In ROM 11:9 παγίς (6.23), θήρα (6.24), and σκάνδαλον (6.25) are all treated as having literal meanings, whereas the passage as a whole is figurative.
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Thayer's Greek Lexicon
σκάνδαλον, -ov, τό, a purely bibl. [(occurring some twenty-five times in the Grk. O.T., and fifteen, quotations included, in the New) ] and eccles. word for σκανδάληθρον, which occurs occasionally in native Grk. writ.; Sept. for Wp) (a noose, a snare) and 719; a. prop. the movable stick or tricker (‘trigger’) of a trap, trap-stick ; ἃ trap, snare; any impediment piaced in the way and causing one to stumble or fall, [a stumbling-block, occasion of stumbling]: Ley. xix. 14; πέτρα σκανδάλου [ A. V. a rock of offence], i. e. a rock which is a cause of stumbling (Lat. offendiculum),— fig. applied to Jesus Christ, whose person and career were so contrary to the expectations of the Jews concerning the Messiah, that they rejected him and by their obstinacy made shipwreck of salvation (see πρόσκομμα), Ro. ix. 33 and 1 Pet. ii. 8 (7), (fr. Is. viii. 14). b. metaph. any person or thing by which one is (‘entrapped’) drawn into error or sin [ef. W. 32]; a. of persons [(Josh. xxiii. 13; 1S. xviii. 21)]: Mt. xiii. 41; xvi. 23 (where σκάνδαλον “non ex effectu, sed ex natura et condicione propria dicitur,” Calov.); 80 Χριστὸς ἐσταυρωμένος is called (because his iznominious death on the cross roused the opposition of the Jews), 1 Co. i. 23. β. of things: τιθέναι τινὶ σκάνδαλον (literally, in Judith v. 1), to put a stumbling-block in one’s way, i. e. to do that by which another is led to sin, Ro. xiv. 13; the same idea is expressed by βάλλειν σκάνδαλον ἐνώπιόν τινος [to cast a stumbling-block before one], Rev. ii. 145 οὐκ ἔστι σκάνδαλον ἔν τινι (see εἰμί, V. 4e.), 1 Jn. ii. 10; plur. σκάνδαλα, words or deeds which entice to sin (Sap. xiv. 11), Mt. xviii. 7 [ef. B. 322 (277)n.; W. 371 (348)]; Lk.xvii.1; σκάνδαλα ποιεῖν παρὰ τὴν διδαχήν, to cause persons to be drawn away from the true doctrine into error and sin [cef. παρά, IIT. 2 a.], Ro. xvi. 17; τὸ σκάνδ. rod σταυροῦ, the offence which the cross, i. 6. Christ’s death on the cross, gives (ef. a. fin. above), [R. V. the stumbling-block of the cross], Gal. v. 11; i.q. a cause of destruction, Ro. xi. 9, fr. Ps. xviii. (Ixix.) 23.
Mounce Concise Greek Dictionary
σκάνδαλον skandalon 15x
pr. a trap-spring; also genr. a stumbling block, anything against which one stumbles, an impediment; met. a cause of ruin, destruction, misery, etc., Rom. 9:33; 11:9; 1 Pet. 2:8; a cause or occasion of sinning, Mt. 16:23; 18:7 (3x); Lk. 17:1; Rom. 14:13; 16:17; Rev. 2:14; scandal, offense, cause of indignation, Mt. 13:41; 1 Cor. 1:23; Gal. 5:11; 1 Jn. 2:10*
Abbott-Smith Greek Lexicon
† σκάνδαλον, -ου, τό
(late form of the rare word σκανδάληθρον, v. LS, s.v.) [in LXX chiefly for מוֹקֵשׁ, מִכְשׁוֹל ;]
prop., the bait-stick of a trap, a snare, stumbling-block (Le 19:14, Jth 5:1): fig., Ro 9:33, I Pe 2:8 (Is 8:14; aliter in LXX; στερεὸν σκανδάλου in Aq.). Metaph., of that which causes error or sin;
of persons: Mt 13:41 16:23; Χριστὸς ἐσταυρωμένος, I Co 1:23;
of things: Mt 18:7, Ro 11:9 (LXX) 14:13, I Jo 2:10 Re 2:14; τὸ σ. τοῦ σταυροῦ, Ga 5:11; pl., Mt 18:7, Lk 17:1, Ro 16:17.†
SYN.: πρόσκομμα
Moulton & Milligan — Vocabulary of the Greek NT
σκάνδαλον. See s.v. σκανδαλίζω. Cf. also the Aphrodito papyri P Lond IV. 133827 (A.D. 709) πρόφασιν ἢ σκάνδαλον, 13391? (A.D. 709) μὴ δίδων κατὰ σεαυτοῦ παντοῖον σκάνδαλον περὶ τούτου.
Liddell-Scott-Jones — Greek-English Lexicon
σκάνδαλον (skandalon) — stumbling block. Included with: σκανδαλ-ιστής, οῦ, ὁ, probably acrobat who performed on a trapeze (σκάνδαλον), [Refs 2nd c.AD+], trap or snare laid for an enemy, [LXX+NT]; probably laid for animals, [Refs 3rd c.BC+]: metaphorically, stumbling-block, offence, scandal, [NT+6th c.AD+]
II. see at {σκανδαλιστής}.