What does σκορπίος (skorpíos) mean in the Bible?
σκορπίος (skorpíos) is a Greek word meaning "a "scorpion" (from its sting)".
Greek · G4651
σκορπίος
A "scorpion" (from its sting)
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σκορπίος G4651
Pronunciation skorpíos
What does σκορπίος (skorpíos) mean in the Bible?
σκορπίος (skorpíos) is a Greek word meaning "a "scorpion" (from its sting)".
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Questions this entry answers
How does the BSB render G4651?
The BSB source-word alignment has 5 aligned rows for this entry. Common renderings include scorpions (3), a scorpion (1), of a scorpion (1).
Where does σκορπίος (skorpíos) appear in Scripture?
The source-word alignment first shows this entry at Luke 10:19. Its strongest book concentrations include Revelation (3), Luke (2).
Source Word Evidence
BSB source-word alignment connects this entry to exact verse rows, English rendering, source form, transliteration, and parsing.
How English Renders It scorpions 3× Luke 10:19, Revelation 9:3, Revelation 9:10
a scorpion 1× Luke 11:12
of a scorpion 1× Revelation 9:5
Show sample aligned rows
Luke 10:19 σκορπίων to scorpions Noun - Genitive Masculine Plural Luke 11:12 σκορπίον to a scorpion Noun - Accusative Masculine Singular Revelation 9:3 σκορπίοι to scorpions Noun - Nominative Masculine Plural Revelation 9:5 σκορπίου to of a scorpion Noun - Genitive Masculine Singular Revelation 9:10 σκορπίοις to scorpions Noun - Dative Masculine Plural
Usage map
A compact distribution from source-word alignment before the full evidence tables.
First aligned row Luke 10:19
Aligned rows 5
Books represented 2
Luke 2 Revelation 3
Source forms
σκορπίοι 1x skorpioi Revelation 9:3
σκορπίοις 1x skorpiois Revelation 9:10
σκορπίον 1x skorpion Luke 11:12
σκορπίου 1x skorpiou Revelation 9:5
σκορπίων 1x skorpiōn Luke 10:19
Parsing patterns
Noun - Accusative Masculine Singular 1x Luke 11:12
Noun - Dative Masculine Plural 1x Revelation 9:10
Noun - Genitive Masculine Plural 1x Luke 10:19
Noun - Genitive Masculine Singular 1x Revelation 9:5
Noun - Nominative Masculine Plural 1x Revelation 9:3
Evidence Summary
Greek word. a "scorpion" (from its sting)
Strong's G4651
Lexical occurrences 5 verses Greek text appearances 5 times Word forms 5 forms 5 references Verse guides 0 guides
Source Gloss
a "scorpion" (from its sting)
Greek Text Appearances
Textus Receptus witness, full corpus Greek token appearances from Scrivener 1894 Textus Receptus in the full New Testament corpus.
5 Greek text appearances shown. Linked morphology labels have verse guides.
Luke 10:19 Noun Genitive Plural Masculine
σκορπίων, skorpiwn
a scorpion
Read verse Luke 11:12 Noun Accusative Singular Masculine
σκορπίον; skorpion
a scorpion
Read verse Revelation 9:3 Noun Nominative Plural Masculine
σκορπίοι skorpioi
a scorpion
Read verse Revelation 9:5 Noun Genitive Singular Masculine
σκορπίου, skorpiou
a scorpion
Read verse Revelation 9:10 Noun Dative Plural Masculine
σκορπίοις, skorpioiv
a scorpion
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 5 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 patterns 5 Aligned forms 5 Case pattern Genitive (2) Number pattern Plural (3)
Verse guides are not available for this word yet, so verse references remain plain evidence markers.
Nominative · Plural · Masculine Rev 9:3 1×
Genitive · Plural · Masculine Luke 10:19 1×
Genitive · Singular · Masculine Rev 9:5 1×
Dative · Plural · Masculine Rev 9:10 1×
Accusative · Singular · Masculine Luke 11:12 1×
Word Origins
σκορπίος is built from this root:
Part of These Phrases
Compound and idiomatic phrases that include this word. Follow a link to study the phrase and how its parts work together.
Sources
MorphGNT Strong's Dictionary XML — CC0 1.0 Public Domain
Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible (morphhb/OSHB) — CC BY 4.0
Open Scriptures Hebrew Lexicon — CC BY 4.0
Berean Standard Bible (BSB) source-word alignment - CC0 Public Domain