Forms of the word
Dictionary
πρόσκομμα, ατος, τό
Greek transliteration
proskomma
Simplified transliteration
proskomma
Statistics
Frequency in New Testament
6
Morphology of Biblical Greek Tag
n-3c(4)
Gloss
stumbling block, something that causes one to stumble
Definition
a stumbling, Rom. 9:32, 33; 1 Pet. 2:8; met. a stumbling block, an occasion of sinning, means of inducing to sin, Rom. 14:13; 1 Cor. 8:9; met. a moral stumbling, a shock to the moral or religious sense, a moral embarrassment, Rom. 14:20*
Greek-English Concordance for πρόσκομμα
| Romans 9:32 |
Why not? Because they did not pursue it by faith, but as though it were by works. They stumbled over the stumbling (proskommatos | προσκόμματος | gen sg neut) stone, |
| Romans 9:33 |
as it is written, “Behold, I am laying in Zion a stone that makes them stumble (proskommatos | προσκόμματος | gen sg neut) and a rock that trips them up; but the one who believes in him will not be put to shame.” |
| Romans 14:13 |
Therefore let us stop passing judgment on one another, but resolve instead, never to put an obstacle (proskomma | πρόσκομμα | acc sg neut) or a trap in a brother’s way. |
| Romans 14:20 |
Do not, for the sake of food, destroy the work of God. All food is indeed clean, but it is wrong to cause another to (proskommatos | προσκόμματος | gen sg neut) stumble (proskommatos | προσκόμματος | gen sg neut) by what you eat. |
| 1 Corinthians 8:9 |
But take care that this right of yours does not become a stumbling (proskomma | πρόσκομμα | nom sg neut) block to the weak. |
| 1 Peter 2:8 |
and, “A stone that makes people stumble (proskommatos | προσκόμματος | gen sg neut) and a rock that makes them fall.” They stumble, as they were destined to do, since they do not obey the word. |