Forms of the word

Dictionary
σκορπίος, ου, ὁ
Greek transliteration
skorpios
Simplified transliteration
skorpios

Numbers

Strong's number
4651
GK Number
5026

Statistics

Frequency in New Testament
5
Morphology of Biblical Greek Tag
n-2a
Gloss
scorpion
Definition
a scorpion, a large insect, sometimes several inches in length, shaped somewhat like a crab and furnished with a tail terminating in a stinger from which it emits a dangerous poison, Lk. 10:19; 11:12; Rev. 9:3, 5, 10*

Greek-English Concordance for σκορπίος

Luke 10:19 I have given you authority to tread on serpents and scorpions (skorpiōn | σκορπίων | gen pl masc), and authority over all the power of the enemy; nothing may hurt you at all.
Luke 11:12 Or should he ask for an egg, will give him a scorpion (skorpion | σκορπίον | acc sg masc)?
Revelation 9:3 Then out of the smoke came locusts onto the earth, and they were given power like the power of scorpions (skorpioi | σκορπίοι | nom pl masc) of the earth.
Revelation 9:5 They were allowed not to kill them but to torture them for five months, and their torture was like the torture of a scorpion (skorpiou | σκορπίου | gen sg masc) when it stings a person.
Revelation 9:10 They had tails like scorpions (skorpiois | σκορπίοις | dat pl masc), with stingers; and their power to hurt people for five months lies in their tails.

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