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Lexical Definition
Strong's Greek G4625
a trap-stick (bent sapling), i.e. snare (figuratively, cause of displeasure or sin)
KJV usage: :--occasion to fall (of stumbling), offence, thing that offends, stumblingblock.
Etymology: ("scandal"); probably from a derivative of ;
Thayer's Greek Lexicon
pr. a trap-spring; also genr. a stumbling block, anything against which one stumbles, an impediment; met. a cause of ruin, destruction, misery, etc., Rom. 9:33; 11:9; 1 Pet. 2:8; a cause or occasion of sinning, Mt. 16:23; 18:7 (3x); Lk. 17:1; Rom. 14:13; 16:17; Rev. 2:14; scandal, offense, cause of indignation, Mt. 13:41; 1 Cor. 1:23; Gal. 5:11; 1 Jn. 2:10*