Greek Word Study · Strong’s G4646
σκολιός
skolios · “crooked”
Used 4 times across 4 books
Definition
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.†
[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.†
Where it appears
Luke1
Acts1
Philippians1
1 Peter1
In the text
Luke 3:5Every 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;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.
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