Stumbling block
πρόσκομμαStrong’s G4348proskomma
Appears in 6 verses of the New Testament
In short
Proskomma is the Greek word usually translated “stumbling”, “stumbling block” and “occasion of stumbling”. It appears in 6 verses of the New Testament.
“Wherefore? Because they sought it not by faith, but as it were by the works of the law. For they stumbled at that stumblingstone;”
Meaning
Usually translated “stumbling”, “stumbling block” and “occasion of stumbling”. Open the dictionary entry below for the full range of meaning, with the verses it cites.
How it's translated
- of stumbling 3
- stumbling block 1
- a stumbling block 1
- an occasion of stumbling 1
Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.
Where it's used most
- Romans 4
- 1 Corinthians 1
- 1 Peter 1
3 books in all.
Explore in Scripture
- Romans 9:33As it is written, Behold, I lay in Sion a stumblingstone and rock of offence: and whosoever believeth on him shall not be ashamed.
- Romans 14:13Let us not therefore judge one another any more: but judge this rather, that no man put a stumblingblock or an occasion to fall in his brother’s way.
- Romans 14:20For meat destroy not the work of God. All things indeed are pure; but it is evil for that man who eateth with offence.
- 1 Corinthians 8:9But take heed lest by any means this liberty of yours become a stumblingblock to them that are weak.
- 1 Peter 2:8And a stone of stumbling, and a rock of offence, even to them which stumble at the word, being disobedient: whereunto also they were appointed.
Greek dictionary
πρόσκομμα proskomma · stumbling block
πρόσ-κομμα, -τος, τό (προσκόπτω), [in LXX: Exo.23:33 34:12 (מוֹקֵשׁ), Isa.8:14 (נֶגֶף), Jdth.8:22, Sir.17:25, al. ;] (a) a stumble, stumbling: λίθος προσκόμματος (= נֶגֶף אֶבֶן, Isa, l.with), figuratively, Rom.9:32-33, 1Pe.2:8" (LXX) ; (b) = προσκοπή, an occasion of stumbling, a stumbling-block: metaphorically, Rom.14:13, 20, 1Co.8:9 (Plut.).† SYN.: σκάνδαλον (cf. Cremer, 752 f.) (AS)
From STEPBible’s Greek lexicon (based on Abbott-Smith).
Webster's 1828 Dictionary
How the English word “stumbling” was understood when the King James Version was still the common Bible of English readers.
STUMBLING, participle present
tense Tripping; erring; puzzling.
Noah Webster, An American Dictionary of the English Language (1828). Verse references are checked against the KJV. Read the full entry.
Verses are from the King James Version. Word meanings come from the original Greek, not from any one translation.