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

Revelation 9:5

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.

Revelation 9:3

And out of the smoke, locusts descended on the earth, and they were given power like that of the scorpions of the earth.

Luke 11:12

Or if he asks for an egg, will give him a scorpion?

Revelation 9:10

They had tails with stingers like scorpions, which had the power to injure people for five months.

Luke 10:19

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).

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