adjective

skolios

Greekσκολιός (skolios)

Strong’sG4646

crooked, perverse, unfair

stem skoli-4 times in the New Testamentin 4 of 27 books3 of 26 forms occur

Translated as

crooked2×corrupt1×harsh1×

What it means

σκολιός, -ά, -όν

[in LXX: De 32:5 (עִקֵּשׁ), Pr 28:18 (σ. ὁδοῖς πορεύεσθαι, for: דְּרָכַיׅם נֶעֱקַשׁ), Is 40:4 (עָקֹב), etc.;]

curved, bent, winding (opp. to ὀρθός, εὐθύς): Lk 3:5 (LXX). Metaph., crooked, perverse, unjust: Ac 2:40, Phl 2:15, I Pe 2:18.†

G. Abbott-Smith, A Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament, 1922 — public domain. References open in the reader.

Strong’s G4646 — the 1890 definition, and where the word comes from

Saidskol-ee-os'

warped, i.e. winding; figuratively, perverse

Fromfrom the base of G4628;

King Jamescrooked, froward, untoward.

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	masculine singular	feminine singular	neuter singular	masculine plural	feminine plural	neuter plural
subject nominative	skolios	skolias	skoliem	skoliois	skoliais	skolieim1×σκολιὰ
object accusative	skolion	skolian		skolioin	skoliain
direct address vocative	skolior	skoliar		skolioir	skoliair
of, belonging to genitive	skoliou	skoliau2×σκολιᾶς	skolieu	skolioiu	skoliaiu	skolieiu
to, for dative	skolio	skolia	skolie	skolioi1×σκολιοῖς	skoliai	skoliei

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

skolistem+oaegender+smnru—its job in the sentence case+—ione · more than one number

skoli 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

4 occurrences, every one of them listed

skoliau“corrupt”of, belonging togenitive singular2×

Acts 2:40“corrupt”heteroi tē logoi polloteroi diamartureta, kai parakalate autoin legarōtos; Sōzivar apo tau geneau tau skoliau houtau.With many other words he testified, and he urged them, “Be saved from this corrupt generation.”

Philippians 2:15“crooked”hina gineveia amemptois kai akeraiois, tekneim theou amōmeim mesem geneau skoliau kai diastrefirētau, en hoi fainevō hōs fōstērois en kosmoso that you may be blameless and pure, children of God without fault in a crooked and perverse generation, in which you shine as lights in the world

skolioi“harsh”to, fordative plural1×

1 Peter 2:18“harsh”Toir oiketoir hupotassirōtois en panto fobo toi despotoi, ouk monem toi agathoi kai epieikoi alla kai toi skolioi.Servants, submit yourselves to your masters with all respect, not only to those who are good and gentle, but even to those who are unreasonable.

skolieim“crooked”subject or objectdirect plural1×

Luke 3:5“crooked”pantas faranxas plēriti kai pantem orem kai bounos tapeiniti, kai eti teim skolieim eis euthuan kai tais trachuais eis hodain leiain;Every valley shall be filled in, and every mountain and hill made low. The crooked ways shall be made straight, and the rough ways smooth.