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σκολιός skolios · G4646

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crooked

σκολιός, -ά, -όν ; [in LXX: Deu.32:5 (עִקֵּשׁ), Pro.28:18 (σ. ὁδοῖς πορεύεσθαι, for: דֶּרֶךְ עָקַשׁ), Isa.40:4 (עָקֹב), etc. ; ] ; curved, bent, winding (opposite to ὀρθός, εὐθύς): Luk.3:5 (LXX). Metaphorical, crooked, perverse, unjust: Act.2:40, Php.2:15, 1Pe.2:18.†; (AS)

Definition: TBESG (Abbott-Smith)

Classical Greek (Liddell–Scott–Jones) excerpt

σκολιός, ά, όν, ; curved, bent (opposed to ὀρθός, εὐθύς), σ. σίδηρος []; of rivers and paths, winding, ποταμός []; οἶμος, ἀτραπός, etc., []; twisted, tangled, βάτος []; ἐς τὸ σ. []; 2 bent sideways, δουλείη κεφαλή, σκολιή []; ἵππος σ. crooked made or going askew, []; II metaphorically, crooked, i.e. unjust, unrighteous, θέμιστες []; μῦθοι, δίκαι, []; αἰ σκολιὰν (i.e. ῥήτραν) ὁ δᾶμος ἕλοιτο, Spartan law cited in []; riddling, obscure, ῥημάτια [] makes the crooked one straight, []; τυφλὰ καὶ σ. …

Where it's used 4 times

Luke 3:5 · Acts 2:40 · Philippians 2:15 · 1 Peter 2:18

Source: TBESG G4646; TFLSJ G4646

Original-language words, glosses, parsing and lexicon entries: STEPBible data by Tyndale House, Cambridge (TAHOT, TAGNT, TBESH, TBESG, TFLSJ, TEHMC, TEGMC), CC BY 4.0, with changes. Hebrew text from the Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible. English alignment: Berean Standard Bible tables (public domain).

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