σκόλοψskólops
anything pointed, especially
Greek (New Testament) · G4647
Meanings
1. in classical Greek, a stake
2. In Hellenistic vernacular, a thorn (cf. LXX, ll. c.): σ. τῇ σαρκί, 2 Corinthians 12:7.
Same root
- σκέλοςskélos · G4628through the idea of leanness); the leg (as lank)
- ὀπτάνομαιoptánomai · G3700to gaze (i.e. with wide-open eyes, as at something remarkable; and thus differing from G991 (βλέπω), which denotes simply voluntary observation; and from G1492 (εἴδω), which expresses merely mechanical, passive or casual vision; while G2300 (θεάομαι), and still more emphatically its intensive G2334 (θεωρέω), signifies an earnest but more continued inspection; and G4648 (σκοπέω) a watching from a distance)
Where it appears
Appears 1 times in the Bible.
- 2 Corinthians 12:7 even though I have received such wonderful revelations from God. So to keep me from becoming proud, I was given a thorn in my flesh, a messenger from Satan to torment me and keep me from becoming proud.
Source: G. Abbott-Smith, A Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament (1922), public domain.