Strong's Greek · G4651
σκορπίος
skorpíos
scorpion
Definition
a "scorpion" (from its sting)
Derivation
probably from an obsolete (perhaps strengthened from the base of G4649 (σκοπός) and meaning to pierce);
Appears 5 times in Scripture
“The locusts were not given power to kill them, but only to torment them for five months, and their torment was like the stinging of a scorpion.”
“And out of the smoke, locusts descended on the earth, and they were given power like that of the scorpions of the earth.”
“Or if he asks for an egg, will give him a scorpion?”
“They had tails with stingers like scorpions, which had the power to injure people for five months.”
“Behold, I have given you authority to tread on snakes and scorpions, and over all the power of the enemy. Nothing will harm you.”
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Lexicon: Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (James Strong, 1890, public domain), digital edition by Open Scriptures (CC BY-SA). Verse mappings: Berean Standard Bible interlinear tables (public domain).