noun · feminine
proskopas
Greekπροσκοπή (proskopē)
Strong’sG4349
a cause of stumbling
stem proskop-once in the New Testament1 of 10 forms occur
Translated as
What it means
** προσκοπή, -ῆς, ἡ
(< προσκόπτω), [in Gr. Ven.: Pr 16:18 (כִּשָּׁלוֹן)*;]
G. Abbott-Smith, A Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament, 1922 — public domain. References open in the reader.
Strong’s G4349 — the 1890 definition, and where the word comes from
Saidpros-kop-ay'
a stumbling, i.e. (figuratively and concretely) occasion of sin
Fromfrom G4350;
King Jamesoffence.
James Strong, Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible, 1890 — public domain. The numbers in it link to the entries here.
Every form
| Job in the sentence case | one singular | more than one plural |
|---|---|---|
| subject nominative | proskopas | proskopais |
| object accusative | proskopan1×προσκοπήν | proskopain |
| direct address vocative | proskopar | proskopair |
| of, belonging to genitive | proskopau | proskopaiu |
| to, for dative | proskopa | proskopai |
Tinted cells are forms the New Testament never uses, so there is no Greek to show against them — but they are still correct Biblang, built from the slots below like any other.
Why these forms, and no others — the slots that make them
proskopa is this word in every one of its forms. The slots after it make all the rest.
same in every form varies — every value shown
Where it appears
1 occurrence, every one of them listed
proskopan“obstacle”objectaccusative singular1×
2 Corinthians 6:3“obstacle”mēdenan en mēdeno dōarōtois proskopan, hina mē mōmiteia tas diakonias,We put no obstacle in anyone’s way, so that no one can discredit our ministry.