Strong’s
G4647Noun, masculine1 time in the New Testament (critical text)Where it occurs
Translated as
In the text
- 2 Corinthians 12:7σκόλοψ
or because of these surpassingly great revelations. So to keep me from becoming conceited, I was given a thorn in my flesh, a messenger of Satan, to torment me.
Abbott-Smith
σκόλοψ, -οπος, ὁ
[in LXX: Num.33:55 (שֵׂךְ), Hos.2:6 (8) (סִיר), Eze.28:24 (סִלּוֹן), Sir.43:19 * ;]
anything pointed, esp.
[in LXX: Num.33:55 (שֵׂךְ), Hos.2:6 (8) (סִיר), Eze.28:24 (סִלּוֹן), Sir.43:19 * ;]
anything pointed, esp.
1. in cl., a stake
2. In Hellenistic vernacular, a thorn (cf. LXX, ll. with): σ. τῇ σαρκί, 2Co.12:7 (cf. MM, i., xxiii; DB, iii, 700 f.; Deiss., St. Paul, 62 f.; Field, Notes, 187).†
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Sources: Abbott-Smith’s Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament (1922, public domain) and glosses from STEPBible TBESG (CC BY 4.0); STEPBible TAGNT (Greek New Testament, CC BY 4.0); the Berean Standard Bible (public domain). Reformatted by Word Study, wording unchanged. All sources and licenses.