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προσκόπτω

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Forms of the word
Dictionary: 
προσκόπτω
Greek transliteration: 
proskoptō
Simplified transliteration: 
proskopto
Principal Parts: 
-, προσέκοψα, -, -, -
Numbers
Strong's number: 
4350
GK Number: 
4684
Statistics
Frequency in New Testament: 
8
Morphology of Biblical Greek Tag: 
cv-4
Gloss: 
to strike, beat; (intr.) to stumble, fall
Definition: 
to dash against, to beat upon, Mt. 7:27; to strike the foot against, Mt. 4:6; Lk. 4:11; to stumble, Jn. 11:9, 10; met. to stumble at, to take offense at, Rom. 9:32; 14:21; 1 Pet. 2:8*

Greek-English Concordance for προσκόπτω

Matthew 4:6 and said to him, “If you are the Son of God, throw yourself down, for it stands written: ‘He will command his angels concerning you,’ and, ‘on their hands they will hold you up, lest you strike (proskopsēs | προσκόψῃς | aor act subj 2 sg) your foot against a stone.’”
Matthew 7:27 When the rain came down, and the waters rose, and the winds blew and beat (prosekopsan | προσέκοψαν | aor act ind 3 pl) against that house, it collapsed — and great was its fall!”
Luke 4:11 and, ‘On their hands they will raise you up, so that you will not strike (proskopsēs | προσκόψῃς | aor act subj 2 sg) your foot against a stone.’”
John 11:9 Jesus answered, “Are there not twelve hours in a day? If a person walks during the day, he (proskoptei | προσκόπτει | pres act ind 3 sg) will (proskoptei | προσκόπτει | pres act ind 3 sg) not stumble (proskoptei | προσκόπτει | pres act ind 3 sg), because he sees the light of this world.
John 11:10 But if someone walks during the night, he will stumble (proskoptei | προσκόπτει | pres act ind 3 sg), because the light is not in him.”
Romans 9:32 Why not? Because they did not pursue it by faith, but as though it were by works. They stumbled (prosekopsan | προσέκοψαν | aor act ind 3 pl) over the stumbling stone,
Romans 14:21 It is good not to eat meat or to drink wine or to do anything that makes (proskoptei | προσκόπτει | pres act ind 3 sg) your brother stumble (proskoptei | προσκόπτει | pres act ind 3 sg).
1 Peter 2:8 and, “A stone that makes people stumble and a rock that makes them fall.” They stumble (proskoptousin | προσκόπτουσιν | pres act ind 3 pl), as they were destined to do, since they do not obey the word.