The corpus record

σκάνδαλ-ον

skandalon

trap

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Where it lives

1 Peter 1 · 5.8/10k
Romans 4 · 5.7/10k
1 John 1 · 4.7/10k
Galatians 1 · 4.58/10k
Judith 3 · 3.42/10k
Matthew 5 · 2.79/10k
Osee 1 · 2.65/10k
Psalmi Salomonis 1 · 2.1/10k
Psalmi 7 · 2.05/10k
1 Corinthians 1 · 1.48/10k
Sapientia Salomonis 1 · 1.45/10k
Judices (cod. Al.) 2 · 1.37/10k

Densest 12 of 19 attested works shown, by occurrences per 10,000 attested tokens.

What it meant

1. σκάνδαλον · skandalon — Beekes

σκάνδαλον [n.] ‘trap’, usually (Semitism) ‘temptation, scandal’ (LXX, NT;.PCair. Zen. 608, 7; III* [-avwv gen. pl.}). *DER σκανδαλ-ίζω ‘to tempt, be offensive, annoy’, -ίζομαι ‘to be tempted to sin, to be offended’ (LXX, NT), whence -ἰστής [m.] an acrobat, e.g. ‘trapeze artist’ (SIG 847, 5 [ΠΡ]}, -6w ‘id’ (Aq.), σκανδάλ-η [f.] ‘stick of a trap’ (Alciphr. 3, 21, τ: κρεάδιον τῆς σκανδάλης ἀπαρτήσας; … — [Beekes, s.v. σκάνδαλον, p. 1392]

2. σκάνδαλον · skandalon — Chantraine

σκάνδαλον : π. «piège» (LXX, P. Cair. Zen. 608, 7 ire 8. av. [-dvov gén. pl}, etc.), d'où sous l'influence d'emplois sémitiques, au figuré «occasion de scandale, péché, incitation à péchers (LXX, NT), cf. Bauer, Gr.-Deuiïsches Wôrterb. z. den Schr. des N.T. s.u. G. Stählin, Skandalon, 1930. Verbes dérivés : 1. σκανδαλίζω «inciter au mal, scandaliser » (LXX, NT), et -ἰζομαι « être scandalisé » ; 2. -6w id. (Aq.). Le … — [Chantraine, s.v. σκάνδαλον, p. 1030]

3. σκάνδαλον · skandalon — Frisk

σκάνδαλον. Alessio Studi Pisani I 23ff. will oxavödin in lat. scandala "Spelt’ als LW wiederfinden. — [Frisk, s.v. σκάνδαλον, p. 2304]

4. σκάνδαλ-ον · skandal-on — LSJ

trap, snare, stumbling-block, offence, scandal

trap or snare laid for an enemy, LXX Jo. 23.13, 1 Ki. 18.21, Ep.Rom. 11.9, 1 Ep.Pet. 2.7; prob. laid for animals, PCair.Zen. 608.7 (iii B.C., written σκανδάνων, gen. pl.): metaph., stumbling-block, offence, scandal, Ev.Matt. 18.7, Ev.Luc. 17.1; σκάνδαλα ποιεῖσθαι PMasp. 4.9 (vi A.D.).

v. σκανδαλιστής.

In the wild

σκάνδαλον · skandalon New Testament, 1 Corinthians 1.23 (DIORISIS sentence 23)
σκάνδαλον · skandalon New Testament, 1 John 2.10 (DIORISIS sentence 21)
σκανδάλου · skandalou New Testament, 1 Peter 2.7 (DIORISIS sentence 25)
σκάνδαλον · skandalon New Testament, Galatians 5.11 (DIORISIS sentence 126)
σκάνδαλα · skandala New Testament, Luke 17.1 (DIORISIS sentence 867)
σκάνδαλα · skandala New Testament, Matthew 13.41 (DIORISIS sentence 544)

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Where it came from

No etymology authority pointer is recorded for this lemma yet — an honest gap, not an omission. The etymological dictionaries (Beekes, Chantraine, Frisk) are matched incrementally.

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