skandalizō · cause to stumble

What it means

skandalizō (σκανδαλίζω) is a Greek word of the Bible that means “cause to stumble”.

Lead into sin; offend.

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 make someone fall into sin or lose faith.
2. To trip up, drift away, or be offended.

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

How it is translated

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

• causes to stumble ×10
• stumble ×8
• fall away ×7
• falls away ×2
• they stumbled ×2
• took offense ×1

Related words

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

Where it appears

• Matthew×14
• Mark×8
• Luke×2
• John×2
• Romans×1
• 1 Corinthians×2
• 2 Corinthians×1

• Matthew 5:29

  And if your right eye causes you to stumble, tear it out and throw it away from you; for it is better for you that one of your members perish and not your whole body be thrown into Gehenna.

• Matthew 5:30

  And if your right hand causes you to stumble, cut it off and throw it away from you; for it is better for you that one of your members perish and not your whole body go off into Gehenna.

• Matthew 11:6

  And happy is whoever does not stumble over me.”

• Matthew 13:21

  yet he has no root in himself, but is short-lived; and when affliction or persecution comes on account of the word, at once he falls away.

• Matthew 13:57

  And they stumbled over him. But Jesus said to them, “A prophet is not without honor except in his hometown and in his house.”

• Matthew 15:12

  Then the disciples come up and say to him, “Do you know that the Pharisees took offense when they heard your word?”

• Matthew 17:27

  But so that we do not cause them to stumble, go to the sea, cast a hook, and take the first fish that comes up; and when you open its mouth, you will find a stater. Take that and give it to them for me and you.”

• Matthew 18:6

  But whoever causes one of these little ones who believe in me to stumble, it is better for him that a donkey’s millstone be hung around his neck and that he be drowned in the depth of the sea.

• Matthew 18:8

  And if your hand or your foot causes you to stumble, cut it off and throw it from you; it is better for you to enter into life maimed or lame than having two hands or two feet to be thrown into the eternal fire.

• Matthew 18:9

  And if your eye causes you to stumble, tear it out and throw it from you; it is better for you to enter into life with one eye than having two eyes to be thrown into fiery Gehenna.

• Matthew 24:10

  And then many will fall away, and they will hand one another over and hate one another.

• Matthew 26:31

  Then Jesus says to them, “You will all fall away because of me on this night, for it is written, ‘I will strike the shepherd, and the sheep of the flock will be scattered.’

• Matthew 26:33

  But Peter answered him, “If all fall away because of you, I will never fall away.”

• Mark 4:17

  and they have no root in themselves, but are short-lived; then, when affliction or persecution comes on account of the word, at once they fall away.

• Mark 6:3

  Is not this the carpenter, the son of Mary and brother of James and Joses and Judas and Simon? And are not his sisters here with us?” And they stumbled over him.

• Mark 9:42

  And whoever causes one of these little ones who believe in me to stumble, it would be far better for him if a millstone were hung around his neck and he were thrown into the sea.

• Mark 9:43

  And if your hand causes you to stumble, cut it off; it is better for you to enter into life maimed than having the two hands to go away into Gehenna, into the unquenchable fire.

• Mark 9:45

  And if your foot causes you to stumble, cut it off; it is better for you to enter into life lame than having the two feet to be thrown into Gehenna.

• Mark 9:47

  And if your eye causes you to stumble, throw it out; it is better for you to enter into the kingdom of God with one eye than having two eyes to be thrown into Gehenna,

• Mark 14:27

  And Jesus says to them, “You will all fall away, for it is written, ‘I will strike the shepherd, and the sheep will be scattered.’

• Mark 14:29

  But Peter said to him, “Even if all fall away, yet not I.”

• Luke 7:23

  And happy is whoever does not stumble over me.”

• Luke 17:2

  It would be better for him if a millstone were hung around his neck and he were thrown into the sea than that he should cause one of these little ones to stumble.

• John 6:61

  But Jesus, knowing in himself that his disciples were grumbling about this, said to them, “Does this make you stumble?

• John 16:1

  I have spoken these things to you so that you may not stumble.

• 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 Corinthians 8:13

  Therefore, if food causes my brother to stumble, I will never eat meat again, so that I may not cause my brother to stumble.

• 2 Corinthians 11:29

  Who is weak, and I am not weak? Who is made to stumble, and I do not burn?

And 2 more times.