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Strong's #4651: skorpios (pronounced skor-pee'-os)

probably from an obsolete skerpo (perhaps strengthened from the base of 4649 and meaning to pierce); a "scorpion" (from its sting):--scorpion.




Thayer's Greek Lexicon:

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skorpios

1) a scorpion, the name of a little animal, somewhat resembling a lobster, which in warm regions lurk, especially in stone walls; it has a poisonous sting in its tail

Part of Speech: noun masculine

Relation: probably from an obsolete skerpo (perhaps strengthened from the base of G4649 and meaning to pierce)




Usage:

This word is used 5 times:

Luke 10:19: "on serpents and scorpions, and over all the"
Luke 11:12: "will he offer him a scorpion?"
Revelation 9:3: "power, as the scorpions of the earth have power."
Revelation 9:5: "their torment was the torment of a scorpion, when he striketh a man."
Revelation 9:10: "they had tails like unto scorpions, and there were stings in"









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