Strong’s G4651 · Greek
σκορπίος
skorpíos · skor-pee'-os
Origin probably from an obsolete σκέρπω (perhaps strengthened from the base of σκοπός (G4649) and meaning to pierce);
Meaning a "scorpion" (from its sting)
In the King James Version scorpion.
In 5 verses of the King James Version
- Luke 10:19Behold, I give unto you power to tread on serpents and scorpions, and over all the power of the enemy: and nothing shall by any means hurt you.
- Luke 11:12Or if he shall ask an egg, will he offer him a scorpion?
- Revelation 9:3And there came out of the smoke locusts upon the earth: and unto them was given power, as the scorpions of the earth have power.
- Revelation 9:5And to them it was given that they should not kill them, but that they should be tormented five months: and their torment was as the torment of a scorpion, when he striketh a man.
- Revelation 9:10And they had tails like unto scorpions, and there were stings in their tails: and their power was to hurt men five months.
From James Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible (1890): its Greek dictionary in the edition of Ulrik Petersen, its Hebrew and Chaldee dictionary in that of David Troidl and David Instone-Brewer; the King James words numbered as in the edition the site sets the King James Version from. Public domain.