Scorpion
σκορπίοςStrong’s G4651skorpios
Appears in 5 verses of the New Testament
In short
Skorpios is the Greek word usually translated “scorpions”, “scorpion” and “as scorpions”. It appears in 5 verses of the New Testament.
“Behold, I give unto you power to tread on serpents and scorpions, and over all the power of the enemy: and nothing shall by any means hurt you.”
Meaning
Usually translated “scorpions”, “scorpion” and “as scorpions”. Open the dictionary entry below for the full range of meaning, with the verses it cites.
How it's translated
- scorpions 2
- a scorpion 1
- of a scorpion 1
- as scorpions 1
Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.
Where it's used most
- Revelation 3
- Luke 2
2 books in all.
Related words
Explore in Scripture
- Luke 11:12Or if he shall ask an egg, will he offer him a scorpion?
- Revelation 9:3And there came out of the smoke locusts upon the earth: and unto them was given power, as the scorpions of the earth have power.
- Revelation 9:5And to them it was given that they should not kill them, but that they should be tormented five months: and their torment was as the torment of a scorpion, when he striketh a man.
- Revelation 9:10And they had tails like unto scorpions, and there were stings in their tails: and their power was to hurt men five months.
Greek dictionary
σκορπίος skorpios · scorpion
σκορπίος, -ου, ὁ [in LXX for עַקְרָב ;] a scorpion: Luk.10:19 11:12, Rev.9:3, 5 9:10 † (AS)
From STEPBible’s Greek lexicon (based on Abbott-Smith).
Webster's 1828 Dictionary
How the English word “scorpion” was understood when the King James Version was still the common Bible of English readers.
SCOR'PION, noun
[Latin scorpio; Gr. probably altered from the Oriental.]
- In zoology, an insect of the genus Scorpio, or rather the genus itself, containing several species, natives of southern or warm climates.
- In Scripture, a painful scourge; a kind of whip armed with points like a scorpion's tail. 1 Kings 12:11
- In astronomy, the eighth sign of the zodiac, which the sun enters, Oct. 23.
- A sea fish. [Latin scorpius.]
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.