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== Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible <ref name="term_54236" /> == | == Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible <ref name="term_54236" /> == | ||
<p> <strong> [[Stumbling-Block]] </strong> (Gr. <em> skandalon </em> ; | <p> <strong> [[Stumbling-Block]] </strong> (Gr. <em> skandalon </em> ; AV [Note: Authorized Version.] <strong> ‘offence,’ </strong> ‘occasion to fall,’ ‘stumbling-block’; RV [Note: Revised Version.] ‘stumbling-block,’ ‘thing that causes stumbling,’ ‘occasion of stumbling’). Properly <em> the spring of a trap </em> (cf. Romans 11:9 ); hence something that <em> ensnares </em> or <em> trips up </em> . The verb is <em> skandatizein </em> ; AV [Note: Authorized Version.] ‘offend,’ RV [Note: Revised Version.] ‘cause to stumble.’ </p> <p> David Smith. </p> | ||
== Webster's Dictionary <ref name="term_180099" /> == | == Webster's Dictionary <ref name="term_180099" /> == | ||
Latest revision as of 11:15, 13 October 2021
Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible [1]
Stumbling-Block (Gr. skandalon ; AV [Note: Authorized Version.] ‘offence,’ ‘occasion to fall,’ ‘stumbling-block’; RV [Note: Revised Version.] ‘stumbling-block,’ ‘thing that causes stumbling,’ ‘occasion of stumbling’). Properly the spring of a trap (cf. Romans 11:9 ); hence something that ensnares or trips up . The verb is skandatizein ; AV [Note: Authorized Version.] ‘offend,’ RV [Note: Revised Version.] ‘cause to stumble.’
David Smith.
Webster's Dictionary [2]
(n.) Any cause of stumbling, perplexity, or error.
