Crooked
σκολιόςStrong’s G4646skolios
Appears in 4 verses of the New Testament
In short
Skolios is the Greek word usually translated “crooked”, “perverse” and “unreasonable”. It appears in 4 verses of the New Testament.
“Every valley shall be filled, and every mountain and hill shall be brought low; and the crooked shall be made straight, and the rough ways shall be made smooth;”
Meaning
Usually translated “crooked”, “perverse” and “unreasonable”. Open the dictionary entry below for the full range of meaning, with the verses it cites.
How it's translated
- crooked 2
- perverse 1
- unreasonable 1
Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.
Where it's used most
- Luke 1
- Acts 1
- Philippians 1
- 1 Peter 1
4 books in all.
Explore in Scripture
- Acts 2:40And with many other words did he testify and exhort, saying, Save yourselves from this untoward generation.
- Philippians 2:15That ye may be blameless and harmless, the sons of God, without rebuke, in the midst of a crooked and perverse nation, among whom ye shine as lights in the world;
- 1 Peter 2:18Servants, be subject to your masters with all fear; not only to the good and gentle, but also to the froward.
Greek dictionary
σκολιός skolios · crooked
σκολιός, -ά, -όν [in LXX: Deu.32:5 (עִקֵּשׁ), Pro.28:18 (σ. ὁδοῖς πορεύεσθαι, for: דֶּרֶךְ עָקַשׁ), Isa.40:4 (עָקֹב), etc. ;] curved, bent, winding (opposite to ὀρθός, εὐθύς): Luk.3:5 (LXX). Metaphorical, crooked, perverse, unjust: Act.2:40, Php.2:15, 1Pe.2:18.† (AS)
From STEPBible’s Greek lexicon (based on Abbott-Smith).
Webster's 1828 Dictionary
How the English word “crooked” was understood when the King James Version was still the common Bible of English readers.
CROOKED, participle passive
or adjective
- Bent; curved; curving; winding.
- Winding in moral conduct; devious; froward; perverse; going out of the path of rectitude; given to obliquity or wandering from duty.“They are a perverse and crooked generation” Deuteronomy 32:5
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.