σκόλοψ
skólops
“withered at the front, i.e. a point or prickle (figuratively, a bodily annoyance or disability)”
1 occurrenceNew TestamentHapax Legomenon
Definition
From Mounce's Concise Greek-English Dictionary
Strong’s Definition
withered at the front, i.e. a point or prickle (figuratively, a bodily annoyance or disability)
Mounce Concise Greek-English Dictionary
anything pointed; met. a thorn, a plague, 2 Cor. 12:7*
Translated in KJV as
thorn
Etymology
perhaps from the base of G4628 (σκέλος) and G3700 (ὀπτάνομαι);
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