proskoptō · stumble

What it means

proskoptō (προσκόπτω) is a Greek word of the Bible that means “stumble”.

Strike against something.

How to say it

Approximate pronunciation. Vowels sound as in Spanish (a as in father, e as in bed, i as in machine, o as in note, u as in rule); the syllable in bold is stressed. The voice is your device's.

Its senses in the Bible

1. To hit against something, like a foot on a stone or wind on a house.
2. To trip and fall; fall through unbelief.

From Abbott-Smith (1922) · Thayer (1889)

How it is translated

The words this translation uses for it, most frequent first.

• strike ×2
• stumble ×2
• stumbles ×2
• They stumbled ×1
• struck ×1

Related words

Words of the same family, by Strong’s numbering.

Where it appears

• Matthew×2
• Luke×1
• John×2
• Romans×2
• 1 Peter×1

• Matthew 4:6

  and says to him, “If you are the Son of God, throw yourself down; for it is written, ‘He will command his angels concerning you,’ and ‘On their hands they will lift you up, so that you do not strike your foot against a stone.’”

• Matthew 7:27

  And the rain came down, and the floods came, and the winds blew and struck that house, and it fell, and its fall was great.”

• Luke 4:11

  and: On their hands they will carry you, so that you do not strike your foot against a stone.”

• John 11:9

  Jesus answered, “Are there not twelve hours in the day? If anyone walks in the day, he does not stumble, because he sees the light of this world.

• John 11:10

  But if anyone walks in the night, he stumbles, because the light is not in him.”

• Romans 9:32

  Why? Because they did not pursue it by faith, but as if by works. They stumbled over the stone of stumbling,

• Romans 14:21

  It is good not to eat meat or to drink wine or to do anything by which your brother stumbles or falls away or is weak.

• 1 Peter 2:8

  and A stone of stumbling and a rock of offense. They stumble because they disobey the word, and to this they were also destined.