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πρόσκομμα

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Forms of the word
Dictionary: 
πρόσκομμα, ατος, τό
Greek transliteration: 
proskomma
Simplified transliteration: 
proskomma
Numbers
Strong's number: 
4348
GK Number: 
4682
Statistics
Frequency in New Testament: 
6
Morphology of Biblical Greek Tag: 
n-3c(4)
Gloss: 
stumbling block, something that causes one to stumble
Definition: 
a stumbling, Rom. 9:32, 33; 1 Pet. 2:8; met. a stumbling block, an occasion of sinning, means of inducing to sin, Rom. 14:13; 1 Cor. 8:9; met. a moral stumbling, a shock to the moral or religious sense, a moral embarrassment, Rom. 14:20*

Greek-English Concordance for πρόσκομμα

Romans 9:32 Why not? Because they did not pursue it by faith, but as though it were by works. They stumbled over the stumbling (proskommatos | προσκόμματος | gen sg neut) stone,
Romans 9:33 as it is written, “Behold, I am laying in Zion a stone that makes them stumble (proskommatos | προσκόμματος | gen sg neut) and a rock that trips them up; but the one who believes in him will not be put to shame.”
Romans 14:13 Therefore let us stop passing judgment on one another, but resolve instead, never to put an obstacle (proskomma | πρόσκομμα | acc sg neut) or a trap in a brother’s way.
Romans 14:20 Do not, for the sake of food, destroy the work of God. All food is indeed clean, but it is wrong to cause another to (proskommatos | προσκόμματος | gen sg neut) stumble (proskommatos | προσκόμματος | gen sg neut) by what you eat.
1 Corinthians 8:9 But take care that this right of yours does not become a stumbling (proskomma | πρόσκομμα | nom sg neut) block to the weak.
1 Peter 2:8 and, “A stone that makes people stumble (proskommatos | προσκόμματος | gen sg neut) and a rock that makes them fall.” They stumble, as they were destined to do, since they do not obey the word.