Strong's Concordance skolios: curved, winding, hence crooked Original Word: σκολιός, ά, όνPart 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: σκολιόςσκολιός, 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 ἡ εὐθεῖα namely, ὁδός, from Isaiah 40:4); metaphorically, perverse, wicked: ἡ γενεά ἡ 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 skolioîsLinks Interlinear Greek • Interlinear Hebrew • Strong's Numbers • Englishman's Greek Concordance • Englishman's Hebrew Concordance • Parallel TextsEnglishman's Concordance Strong's Greek 46464 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 Philippians 2:15 Adj-GFS 1 Peter 2:18 Adj-DMP |