Quick Definition
σκύλλω v. I flay, trouble, annoy
Strong's Definition
to flay, i.e. (figuratively) to harass
Derivation: apparently a primary verb;
KJV Usage: trouble(self)
UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament
verb | midd.impv. σκύλλου · pf.pass. ἔσκυλμαι | σκῦλα
22.23 · Trouble, Hardship, Relief, Favorable Circumstances · Cause Trouble, Hardship
to trouble, to harass, to bother to cause trouble or harassment
22.16 · (σκύλλομαι) · Trouble, Hardship, Relief, Favorable Circumstances · Experience Trouble, Hardship
to be troubled, to be harassed, to be bothered to suffer trouble or harassment In LUK 7:6 σκύλλου can perhaps be best rendered in some languages by supplying a pronoun, for example, ‘do not bother yourself’ or ‘do not trouble yourself’ or even ‘do not cause yourself difficulty.’
UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament © United Bible Societies, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.
Thayer's Greek Lexicon
σκύλλω ; pf. pass. ptep. ἐσκυλμένος ; pres. mid. impv. 2 pers. sing. σκύλλου ; (σκῦλον, q-V-) 5 a. to skin, flay, (Anthol.). b. to rend, mangle, (Aeschyl. Pers. 577); lo vex, trouble, annoy, (Iidian. 7, 3, 9 [4]): τινά, Mk. v.35; Lk. viii. 49; pass. ἐσκυλμένοι, (Vulg. verati) ΓΒ. V. distressed], Mt. ix. 36 GLT Tr WH; mid. to give one’s self trouble, trouble one’s self: μὴ σκύλλου, Lk. vii. 6.
Mounce Concise Greek Dictionary
σκύλλω skyllō 4x
to flay, lacerate; met. to vex, trouble, annoy, Mk. 5:35; Lk. 7:6; 8:49; pass. met. ἐσκυλμένοι, in sorry plight, Mt. 9:36*
Abbott-Smith Greek Lexicon
* σκύλλω in cl., to skin, flay, rend (Æsch., Anthol.).
In Hellenistic writers, to vex, trouble, annoy: c. acc. pers., Mk 5:35, Lk 8:49; pass., ἐσκυλμένοι, distressed, Mt 9:36; mid., to trouble oneself, μὴ σκύλλου, Lk 7:6 (freq. in π.; v. MM, i, ii, and cf. M, Pr., 89; Abbott, Essays, 87; Kennedy, Sources, 82).†
Moulton & Milligan — Vocabulary of the Greek NT
σκύλλω, which in the classical period is physical, ‘‘ flay,” ‘‘ skin,” has become in late Greek almost entirely metaphorical, and 2) τς has very different degrees of strength, like the English “ distress,’’ which answers to it very fairly all round. (1) The verb has much its old physical sense in P Par 351° (B.c. 163) (= UPZ i. p. 130) σκυλήσας τὸ ἱερόν, and BGU III. 75727 (A.p. 12) πυρίνων δραγμάτ(ων) σκύλαντες δράγμ(ατα) δέκα τρία, where it is = ‘* plunder.” (2) For the meaning ‘‘ distress,” ‘‘ harass,” as in Mt 9%°, cf. P Par 6325 (B.c. 164) (= P Petr III. p. 20) σκύλλεσθαι μὴ μετρίως, “harassed to no small extent” (Mahaffy), and P Leid G® (8.6. 185-141) (=I. p. 42) mlap exaot[ov σκ]ύλλεσθ[α7ι [ὑπ᾽] ἐνίων, ‘ continuo vexari (se) a quibusdam,” cf.44, With Mk 585, Lk 78, cf. P Oxy II. 295° (c. A.D. 35) μὴ σκίλγύλλε ἑατὴν (1. ceavtiy) ἐνπῆναι (/. ἐμφῆναι 9), “don’t trouble yourself to explain (?)” (Edd.), and 72. XIV. 166918 (iii/A,D.) σ]κύληθι Kal αὐτὸς ἐνθάδε, “do you yourself be at the pains of coming here ’’ (Edd.). See also Diog, Oenoand, fr. 1:4 ὅτι μὴ δεόντως ὑπ᾽ αὐτῆς σκύλλεται Kal καταπονεῖται Kal εἰς οὐκ ἀναγκαῖα σύρεται πράγματα, and cf. δ γαε[. p. XXNXIX. (3) The meaning ‘‘ worry,” **trouble,” is seen in such passages as P Tebt II. 4211! (iii/a.p.) (= Selectzons, p. 107) μὴ σκύλῃς τὴν γ[υνα]ϊκά σου, “do not trouble your wife,” P Flor III. 3322% (ii/A.D.) ἵνα κἀγὼ μὴ σκυλῶ εἰς τὰ δικαστήρια, and Preisigke 43172 (c. A.D. 200) δ αὐτῶν πέμψε ὃ θέλεις σὺν ἐπιστολίτιν, ἐὰν μὴ θέλῃς σκυλῆναι οὕτως. (4) The verb is construed with πρός in the sense of “‘ take the trouble of going to ” in such passages as BGU III. 830%° (i/A.p.) τοὺς lakes (4 φύλακας) ἡμῶν σκῦλον πρὸς αὐ[7ήν, P Oxy I. 123%? (ΠΠ]{|ν A.D.) ποίησον αὐτὸν σκυλῆναι πρὸς Τιμόθεον, P Fay 134° (early iv/A.D.) παρακληθεὶς κύριε σκῦλον σεαυτὸν πρὸς ἡμᾶς, and P Oxy VI. 941° (vi/a.D.) ἐὰν σ[κ]νλῇς πρὸς τὸν υἱὸν τοῦ οἰκονόμου (with the editors’ note). A compd, συσκύλλω (not in LS§) occurs in P Oxy I. 6315 {111 συνσκυλῆθι αὐτῷ, where the editors render “give him your best attention,” and a verbal ἄσκνλτος in P Tebt 11. 3159 (ii/a.p.) ἐγὼ yap σε ἄσκνυλ[τον] πο[ι]ήσω, <©T will see that you are not worried” (Edd.), and P Oxy III. 53274 (ii/A.D.).
Liddell-Scott-Jones — Greek-English Lexicon
σκύλλω (skullō) — to trouble. σκύλλω, [NT], aorist ἔσκῡλα [Refs 2nd c.AD+]:—passive, see below; aorist ἐσκύλθην [Refs]; also ἐσκύλην [ῠ] (see. below): perfect ἔσκυλμαι (see. below):—= τοῖς ὄνυξι σπᾶν, [Refs 5th c.AD+]aorist infinitive σκοῦλαι (perhaps Laconian dialect),= κνῆσαι[Refs] —passive, σκύλλονται, of dead bodies torn by fish, [Refs 4th c.BC+]is dishevelled, [Refs 1st c.BC+]
2. maltreat, molest, τοὺς ἐν [τοῖς ἱεροῖς] ἀποτεταγμένους [Refs 1st c.BC+]; ὃς δὲ ἂν σκύλῃ [τὸ μνῆμα] [Refs]:—passive, [Refs 2nd c.BC+]
3. trouble, annoy, τὴν ἀσθενοῦσαν [Refs 2nd c.AD+]; τί σκύλλεις τὸν διδάσκαλο; [NT]; σκῦλον σεαυτὸν πρὸς ἡμᾶς φέρων.. τὴν ὕαλον bestir yourself (i.e. hurry) to us with.., [Refs 4th c.AD+] —passive and middle, μὴ σκύλλου trouble not thyself, [NT]; σκυλῆναι πρὸς Τιμόθεον take the trouble to go to T., [Refs 3rd c.AD+]; σκυλῆναι ἀνέξετα; will he trouble to come? [Refs 5th c.AD+]; σκῦλαι (imperative middle) σεαυτὸν καὶ κτλ. [Refs 2nd c.AD+]; ἐσκυλμένοι [NT+2nd c.AD+]
II. middle, σκύλαιο κάρη shave the patient's head, [Refs 2nd c.BC+]