4625 - skandalon

Strong's Concordance

Original word: σκάνδαλον
Transliteration: skandalon
Definition (short): stumbling-block
Definition (full): a stick for bait (of a trap), generally a snare, a stumbling block, an offense

NAS Exhaustive Concordance

Word Origin: of uncertain origin
Definition: a stick for bait (of a trap), generally a snare, a stumbling block, an offense
NASB Translation: cause for stumbling (1), hindrances (1), offense (2), stumbling block (7), stumbling blocks (4).
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Strong's Exhaustive Concordance

Scandal; probably from a derivative of kampto; a trap-stick (bent sapling), i.e. Snare (figuratively, cause of displeasure or sin) -- occasion to fall (of stumbling), offence, thing that offends, stumblingblock.

see GREEK kampto

KJV: The Son of man shall send forth his angels, and they shall gather out of his kingdom all things that offend, and them which do iniquity;
NASB: "The Son of Man will send forth His angels, and they will gather out of His kingdom all stumbling blocks, and those who commit lawlessness,
KJV: But he turned, and said unto Peter, Get thee behind me, Satan: thou art an offence unto me: for thou savourest not the things that be of God, but those that be of men.
NASB: But He turned and said to Peter, "Get behind Me, Satan! You are a stumbling block to Me; for you are not setting your mind on God's interests, but man's."
KJV: Woe unto the world because of offences! for it must needs be that offences come; but woe to that man by whom the offence cometh!
NASB: "Woe to the world because of its stumbling blocks! For it is inevitable that stumbling blocks come; but woe to that man through whom the stumbling block comes!