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σκολιός

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Forms of the word
Dictionary: 
σκολιός, ά, όν
Greek transliteration: 
skolios
Simplified transliteration: 
skolios
Numbers
Strong's number: 
4646
GK Number: 
5021
Statistics
Frequency in New Testament: 
4
Morphology of Biblical Greek Tag: 
a-1a(1)
Gloss: 
crooked; corrupt
Definition: 
crooked, tortuous, Lk. 3:5; met. perverse, wicked, Acts 2:40; Phil. 2:15; crooked, peevish, morose, 1 Pet. 2:18*

Greek-English Concordance for σκολιός

Luke 3:5 Every ravine will be filled in and every mountain and hill will be leveled off; the crooked (skolia | σκολιά | nom pl neut) places (skolia | σκολιά | nom pl neut) will become straight and the rough places will become smooth roads.
Acts 2:40 And with many other words he gave them warning and pleaded with them, saying, “Escape from this corrupt (skolias | σκολιᾶς | gen sg fem) generation.”
Philippians 2:15 so that you may be blameless and innocent, children of God above reproach in the midst of a crooked (skolias | σκολιᾶς | gen sg fem) and perverse generation, among whom you shine like stars in the universe,
1 Peter 2:18 Household servants should be subject to their masters with all respect, not only to the good and kind but also to the unjust (skoliois | σκολιοῖς | dat pl masc).