4646. skolios
Strong's Concordance
skolios: curved, winding, hence crooked
Original Word: σκολιός, ά, όν
Part of Speech: Adjective
Transliteration: skolios
Phonetic Spelling: (skol-ee-os')
Short Definition: crooked, perverse, unfair
Definition: crooked, perverse, unfair, curved, tortuous.
HELPS Word-studies

4646 skoliós (an adjective, derived from a primitive root, NAS dictionary) – properly, crooked (bent) because dried out (like a piece of parched wood); (figuratively) morally twisted (warped) because lacking the oil of the Holy Spirit – hence, unacceptable to God (His standards); "perverse, unjust" (Abbott-Smith).

Thayer's Greek Lexicon
STRONGS NT 4646: σκολιός

σκολιός, 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 εὐθεῖα namely, ὁδός, from Isaiah 40:4); metaphorically, perverse, wicked: γενεά 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.

Strong's Exhaustive Concordance
crooked, froward, untoward.

From the base of skelos; warped, i.e. Winding; figuratively, perverse -- crooked, froward, untoward.

see GREEK skelos

Forms and Transliterations
σκολια σκολιά σκολιὰ σκολία σκολιαί σκολιαίς σκολιας σκολιάς σκολιᾶς σκολιοις σκολιοίς σκολιοῖς σκολιόν σκολιός σκολιότητι σκολιούς σκολιώς skolia skolià skolias skoliâs skoliois skolioîs
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Strong's Greek 4646
4 Occurrences


σκολιὰ — 1 Occ.
σκολιᾶς — 2 Occ.
σκολιοῖς — 1 Occ.

Luke 3:5 Adj-NNP
GRK: ἔσται τὰ σκολιὰ εἰς εὐθείαν
NAS: WILL BE BROUGHT LOW; THE CROOKED WILL BECOME
KJV: and the crooked shall be made
INT: will become the crooked into straight

Acts 2:40 Adj-GFS
GRK: γενεᾶς τῆς σκολιᾶς ταύτης
NAS: from this perverse generation!
KJV: from this untoward generation.
INT: generation perverse this

Philippians 2:15 Adj-GFS
GRK: μέσον γενεᾶς σκολιᾶς καὶ διεστραμμένης
NAS: in the midst of a crooked and perverse
KJV: in the midst of a crooked and perverse
INT: in [the] midst of a generation crooked and perverted

1 Peter 2:18 Adj-DMP
GRK: καὶ τοῖς σκολιοῖς
NAS: to those who are unreasonable.
KJV: but also to the froward.
INT: also to the unreasonable

4 Occurrences

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