πρόσκομμα
proskomma · stumbling, obstacle
Greek word · Strong’s number G4348 · appears 6 times in the Bible
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proskomma (πρόσκομμα) is a Greek word of the Bible that means “stumbling, obstacle”.
Stumbling; an obstacle that makes someone stumble or fall into sin.
How to say it
pros·kom·ma
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
- What makes another fall.
From Abbott-Smith (1922) · Thayer (1889)
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Words of the same family, by Strong’s numbering.
Where it appears
- 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 9:33
as it is written: Look, I am laying in Zion a stone of stumbling and a rock of offense, and whoever believes in him will not be put to shame.
- Romans 14:13
Therefore let us no longer judge one another, but rather judge this: not to put a cause of stumbling or an offense in the way of your brother.
- Romans 14:20
Do not, for the sake of food, tear down the work of God. All things are indeed clean, but it is evil for the person who eats with stumbling.
- 1 Corinthians 8:9
But watch out that this right of yours does not somehow become a cause of stumbling to the 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.