Original Word: προσκόπτω
Part of Speech: Verb
Transliteration: proskoptó
Pronunciation: pros-KOP-to
Phonetic Spelling: (pros-kop'-to)
Definition: To stumble, to strike against, to offend
Meaning: I stumble, strike the foot against, beat upon, take offense at.

Word Origin: From πρός (pros, meaning "toward" or "against") and κόπτω (koptó, meaning "to strike" or "to cut").

Corresponding Greek / Hebrew Entries: - H4383 (מִכְשׁוֹל, mikshol): Meaning "stumbling block" or "obstacle."

- H5063 (נֶגֶף, negef): Meaning "stumbling" or "plague."

Usage: The verb "proskoptó" primarily means to strike against something, causing one to stumble or fall. It is often used metaphorically in the New Testament to describe spiritual stumbling or offense, where an individual encounters a moral or spiritual obstacle that causes them to falter in their faith or conduct.

Cultural and Historical Background: In ancient Greek culture, the concept of stumbling was often used metaphorically to describe moral or intellectual failure. In the context of the New Testament, stumbling is frequently associated with spiritual failure or sin. The imagery of stumbling is powerful in a culture where walking was a primary mode of transportation, and uneven paths or hidden obstacles could lead to physical harm.

Word Origin
from pros and koptó
Definition
to strike against, to stumble
NASB Translation
slammed against (1), strike (2), stumble (2), stumbled over (1), stumbles (2).

STRONGS NT 4350: προσκόπτω

προσκόπτω; 1 aorist προσεκοψα; to strike against (cf. πρός, IV. 4): absolutely of those who strike against a stone or other obstacle in the path, to stumble, John 11:9, 10; πρός λίθον τόν πόδα, to strike the foot against a stone, i. e. (dropping the figure) to meet with some harm, Matthew 4:6; Luke 4:11 (from Psalm 90:12 ()); to rush upon, beat against, οἱ ἄνεμοι τῇ οἰκία, Matthew 7:27 (L marginal reading προσερρηξαν, see προσρήγνυμι). ἐν τίνι, to be made to stumble by a thing, i. e. metaphorically, to be induced to sin, Romans 14:21 (cf. Winers Grammar, 583 (542); Buttmann, § 151, 23 d.). Since we are angry with an obstacle in our path which we have struck and hurt our foot against, one is tropically said προσκόπτειν, to stumble at, a person or thing which highly displeases him; thus the Jews are said προσκόψαι τῷ λίθῳ τοῦ προσκόμματος, i. e. to have recoiled from Jesus as one who failed to meet their ideas of the Messiah (see πρόσκομμα), Romans 9:32; the enemies of Christianity are said προσκόμματος ... τῷ λόγῳ, 1 Peter 2:8 (some (cf. R. V. marginal reading) take προσκόμματος here absolutely, and make τῷ λόγῳ depend on ἀπειθοῦντες, which see in a.). (Examples of this and other figurative uses of the word by Polybius, Diodorus, M. Antoninus are cited by Passow (Liddell and Scott), under the word and Fritzsche, Ep. ad Romans, ii., p. 362f.)

Strong's Exhaustive Concordance

beat upon, dash, stumble

From pros and kopto; to strike at, i.e. Surge against (as water); specially, to stub on, i.e. Trip up (literally or figuratively) -- beat upon, dash, stumble (at).

see GREEK pros

see GREEK kopto

Forms and Transliterations

προσεκοψαν προσέκοψαν προσκοπτει προσκόπτει προσκόπτονται προσκόπτουσι προσκοπτουσιν προσκόπτουσιν προσκόψαι προσκόψει προσκόψη προσκοψης προσκόψης προσκόψῃς προσκρούσει prosekopsan prosékopsan proskópseis proskópsēis proskopses proskopsēs proskoptei proskóptei proskoptousin proskóptousin

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