Quick Definition
σκολιός, ά, όν Adj crooked, perverse, unfair
Strong's Definition
from the base of 4628; warped, i.e. winding; figuratively, perverse
KJV Usage: crooked, froward, untoward
UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament
adjc. | -ά, -όν
79.90 · Features of Objects · Straight, Crooked
winding, crooked pertaining to being crooked or winding
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Thayer's Greek Lexicon
σκολιός, -d, -όν, (opp. to ὀρθός, ὄρθιος, εὐθύς [cf. σκώληξ), fr. Hom. down, crooked, curved: prop. of a way (Prov. XXvili. 18), τὰ σκολιά, Lk. iii. 5 (opp. to ἡ εὐθεῖα sc. ὁδός, fr. Is. x].4); metaph. perverse, wicked : ἡ γενεὰ ἡ σκολιά, Acts ii. 40; with διεστραμμένη added, Phil. ii. 15 (clearly so Deut. xxxii. 5); unfair, surly, froward, (opp. to ayads κ. ἐπιεικής), 1 Pet. ii. 18.
Mounce Concise Greek Dictionary
σκολιός skolios 4x
crooked, tortuous, Lk. 3:5; met. perverse, wicked, Acts 2:40; Phil. 2:15; crooked, peevish, morose, 1 Pet. 2:18*
Abbott-Smith Greek Lexicon
σκολιός, -ά, -όν
[in LXX: De 32:5 (עִקֵּשׁ), Pr 28:18 (σ. ὁδοῖς πορεύεσθαι, for: דְּרָכַיׅם נֶעֱקַשׁ), Is 40:4 (עָקֹב), etc. ;]
curved, bent, winding (opp. to ὀρθός, εὐθύς): Lk 3:5 (LXX). Metaph., crooked, perverse, unjust: Ac 2:40, Phl 2:15, I Pe 2:18.†
Moulton & Milligan — Vocabulary of the Greek NT
σκολιός, crooked,” and hence metaph. ‘‘ perverse ᾿᾿ in the sense of ‘‘ turning away from the truth’’ (Ac 239 a@/.): cf. Karbel 2444 Τύχη σκολιοῖς δόγμασιν ἠντίασεν. In Vett. Val. p. 250% διὰ τὸ σκολιὸν τῆς εἰσόδου, a/., the editor renders the adj. “‘ difficilis.
Liddell-Scott-Jones — Greek-English Lexicon
σκολιός (skolios) — crooked. σκολιός, ά, όν, curved, bent (opposed to ὀρθός, εὐθύς), σ. σίδηρος [Refs 5th c.BC+]; of rivers and paths, winding, ποταμός [Refs 5th c.BC+]; οἶμος, ἀτραπός, etc., [Refs 4th c.BC+]; twisted, tangled, βάτος [Refs 4th c.BC+]; ἐς τὸ σ. [Refs 5th c.BC+]
2. bent sideways, δουλείη κεφαλή, σκολιή [Refs 6th c.BC+]; ἵππος σ. crooked made or going askew, [Refs 5th c.BC+]
II. metaphorically, crooked, i.e. unjust, unrighteous, θέμιστες [Refs 8th c.BC+]; μῦθοι, δίκαι, [Refs 8th c.BC+]; αἰ σκολιὰν (i.e. ῥήτραν) ὁ δᾶμος ἕλοιτο, Spartan law cited in [Refs 6th c.BC+]; riddling, obscure, ῥημάτια [Refs 2nd c.AD+] makes the crooked one straight, [Refs 8th c.BC+]; τυφλὰ καὶ σ. [Refs]; σκολιά, τά, indirect methods, [Refs 1st c.BC+]. adverb σκολιῶς [Refs 8th c.BC+]
III. σκολιόν, τό, intestine, σπλάγχανα καὶ νεφρὸν καὶ σκολιόν [Refs 5th c.BC+]