Definition
σκόλοψ, -οπος, ὁ
[in LXX: Numbers 33:55 (שֵׂךְ), Hosea 2:6 (8) (סִיר), Ezekiel 28:24 (סִלּוֹן), Sir.43.19 * ;]
anything pointed, esp.
1. in cl., a stake
2. In Hellenistic vernacular, a thorn (cf. LXX, ll. with): σ. τῇ σαρκί, 2 Corinthians 12:7 (cf. MM, i., xxiii; DB, iii, 700 f.; Deiss., St. Paul, 62 f.; Field, Notes, 187).
Hebrew words it translates
The Hebrew words that the ancient Greek translation of the Old Testament renders as σκόλοψ:
- סַלּוֹןsil.lon“briar”always
Usage patterns
Occurrences
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- 2 Corinthians 12:7σκόλοψ · a thorn…or because of these surpassingly great revelations. So to keep me from becoming conceited, I was given a thorn in my flesh, a messenger of Satan, to torment me.