σκάνδαλον

σκάνδαλον, -ου, τό

(late form of the rare word σκανδάληθρον, see LS, see word) [in LXX chiefly for מוֹקֵשׁ, מִכְשׁוֹל ;]

prop., the bait-stick of a trap, a snare, stumbling-block (3 Mos 19,14, Jdt 5,1): figuratively, Rom 9,33, 1 Pet 2,8 (Es 8,14; aliter in LXX; στερεὸν σκανδάλου in Aq.). Metaphorical, of that which causes error or sin;

(a) of persons: Matt 13,41; 16,23; Χριστὸς ἐσταυρωμένος, 1 Kor 1,23

(b) of things: Matt 18,7, Rom 11,9" (LXX) Rom 14,13, 1 Joh 2,10 Åb 2,14; τὸ σ. τοῦ σταυροῦ, Gal 5,11 pl., Matt 18,7, Luk 17,1, Rom 16,17.†

SYN.: πρόσκομμα