Lexical Summary skolios: curved, winding, crooked Original Word: σκολιόςTransliteration: skolios Phonetic Spelling: (skol-ee-os') Part of Speech: Adjective Short Definition: curved, winding, crooked Meaning: curved, winding, crooked Strong's Concordance crooked, froward, untoward. From the base of skelos; warped, i.e. Winding; figuratively, perverse -- crooked, froward, untoward. see GREEK skelos Thayer's Greek Lexicon STRONGS NT 4646: σκολιόςσκολιός, σκολιά, σκολιόν (opposed to ὀρθός, ὄρθιος, εὐθύς (cf. σκώληξ)), from Homer down, crooked, curved: properly, of a way (Proverbs 28:18), τά σκολιά, Luke 3:5 (opposed to ἡ εὐθεῖα namely, ὁδός, from Isaiah 40:4); metaphorically, perverse, wicked: ἡ γενεά ἡ σκολιά, Acts 2:40; with διεστραμμένη added, Philippians 2:15 (clearly so Deuteronomy 32:5); unfair, surly, froward (opposed to ἀγαθός καί ἐπιεικής), 1 Peter 2:18. |
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