What does σκολιός (skoliós) mean in the Bible?
σκολιός (skoliós) is a Greek word meaning "crooked".
Greek · G4646
σκολιός
Crooked
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σκολιόςG4646
Pronunciationskoliós
What does σκολιός (skoliós) mean in the Bible?
σκολιός (skoliós) is a Greek word meaning "crooked".
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How does the BSB render G4646?
The BSB source-word alignment has 4 aligned rows for this entry. Common renderings include a crooked (1), corrupt (1), crooked [ways] (1), unreasonable (1).
Where does σκολιός (skoliós) appear in Scripture?
The source-word alignment first shows this entry at Luke 3:5. Its strongest book concentrations include 1 Peter (1), Acts (1), Luke (1), Philippians (1).
Source Word Evidence
BSB source-word alignment connects this entry to exact verse rows, English rendering, source form, transliteration, and parsing.
How English Renders Ita crooked1×Philippians 2:15
corrupt1×Acts 2:40
crooked [ways]1×Luke 3:5
unreasonable1×1 Peter 2:18
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Usage map
A compact distribution from source-word alignment before the full evidence tables.
First aligned rowLuke 3:5
Aligned rows4
Books represented4
Luke1Acts1Philippians11 Peter1
Source forms
σκολιᾶς2xskoliasActs 2:40, Philippians 2:15
σκολιὰ1xskoliaLuke 3:5
σκολιοῖς1xskoliois1 Peter 2:18
Parsing patterns
Adjective - Genitive Feminine Singular2xActs 2:40, Philippians 2:15
Adjective - Dative Masculine Plural1x1 Peter 2:18
Adjective - Nominative Neuter Plural1xLuke 3:5
Evidence Summary
Greek word. crooked
Strong'sG4646
Lexical occurrences4 versesGreek text appearances4 timesWord forms3 forms4 referencesVerse guides0 guides
Source Gloss
crooked
Greek Text Appearances
Textus Receptus witness, full corpusGreek token appearances from Scrivener 1894 Textus Receptus in the full New Testament corpus.
4 Greek text appearances shown. Linked morphology labels have verse guides.
Luke 3:5Adjective Nominative Plural Neuter
σκολιὰskolia
crooked, perverse, unfair
Read verseActs 2:40Adjective Genitive Singular Feminine
σκολιᾶςskoliav
crooked, perverse, unfair
Read versePhilippians 2:15Adjective Genitive Singular Feminine
σκολιᾶςskoliav
crooked, perverse, unfair
Read verse1 Peter 2:18Adjective Dative Plural Masculine
σκολιοῖς.skolioiv
crooked, perverse, unfair
Read verseFull New Testament corpus: 260 chapters, 7,957 verses, 140,628 tokens. Data source: honza/textus-receptus (data only), with authority check against byztxt/greektext-textus-receptus.
Grammatical Forms
How this word appears across different grammatical cases and numbers.
This word appears as a noun across 3 case and number patterns. The form changes show how the word functions in a sentence; they do not change the basic lexical meaning by themselves.
Form patterns3Aligned forms4Case patternGenitive (2)Number patternPlural (2)
Verse guides are not available for this word yet, so verse references remain plain evidence markers.
Nominative · Plural · NeuterLuke 3:51×
Genitive · Singular · FeminineActs 2:40 · Phil 2:152×
Dative · Plural · Masculine1 Pet 2:181×
Word Origins
σκολιός is built from this root:
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