What does σκύλλω (skýllō) mean in the Bible?
σκύλλω (skýllō): To trouble or distress someone, often with implication of unnecessary burden or inconvenience.
Greek · G4660
σκύλλω
To trouble
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σκύλλω G4660
Pronunciation skýllō
What does σκύλλω (skýllō) mean in the Bible?
σκύλλω (skýllō): To trouble or distress someone, often with implication of unnecessary burden or inconvenience.
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Questions this entry answers
How does the BSB render G4660?
The BSB source-word alignment has 4 aligned rows for this entry. Common renderings include {Do not} bother (1), bother (1), harassed (1), trouble Yourself (1).
Where does σκύλλω (skýllō) appear in Scripture?
The source-word alignment first shows this entry at Matthew 9:36. Its strongest book concentrations include Luke (2), Mark (1), Matthew (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 It {Do not} bother 1× Luke 8:49
bother 1× Mark 5:35
harassed 1× Matthew 9:36
trouble Yourself 1× Luke 7:6
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Matthew 9:36 ἐσκυλμένοι to harassed Verb - Perfect Participle Middle or Passive - Nominative Masculine Plural Mark 5:35 σκύλλεις to bother Verb - Present Indicative Active - 2nd Person Singular Luke 7:6 σκύλλου to trouble Yourself Verb - Present Imperative Middle or Passive - 2nd Person Singular Luke 8:49 σκύλλε to {Do not} bother Verb - Present Imperative Active - 2nd Person Singular
Usage map
A compact distribution from source-word alignment before the full evidence tables.
First aligned row Matthew 9:36
Aligned rows 4
Books represented 3
Matthew 1 Mark 1 Luke 2
Source forms
ἐσκυλμένοι 1x eskylmenoi Matthew 9:36
σκύλλε 1x skylle Luke 8:49
σκύλλεις 1x skylleis Mark 5:35
σκύλλου 1x skyllou Luke 7:6
Parsing patterns
Verb - Perfect Participle Middle or Passive - Nominative Masculine Plural 1x Matthew 9:36
Verb - Present Imperative Active - 2nd Person Singular 1x Luke 8:49
Verb - Present Imperative Middle or Passive - 2nd Person Singular 1x Luke 7:6
Verb - Present Indicative Active - 2nd Person Singular 1x Mark 5:35
Evidence Summary
Greek word. To trouble or distress someone, often with implication of unnecessary burden or inconvenience.
Strong's G4660
Lexical occurrences 4 verses Greek text appearances 3 times Word forms 3 forms 4 references Verse guides 0 guides
Study link Luke 7:1-10 Source Gloss
to trouble
Greek Text Appearances
Textus Receptus witness, full corpus Greek token appearances from Scrivener 1894 Textus Receptus in the full New Testament corpus.
3 Greek text appearances shown. Linked morphology labels have verse guides.
Mark 5:35 Verb Second Person Singular Present Active Indicative
σκύλλεις skulleiv
I flay, trouble, annoy
Read verse Luke 7:6 Verb Second Person Singular Present Passive Imperative
σκύλλου· skullou
I flay, trouble, annoy
Read verse Luke 8:49 Verb Second Person Singular Present Active Imperative
σκύλλε skulle
I flay, trouble, annoy
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 mood, tense, and voice shift the force of this verb in context.
This verb appears through different tense, voice, mood, or stem patterns. Those forms help readers see how the action is presented in context.
Form groups 3 Aligned forms 4 Tenses Perfect, Present Voices Passive, Active
Verse guides are not available for this word yet, so verse references remain plain evidence markers.
Tenses
Voices
Participle verbal adjective — the action as a modifying quality 1×
Perfect Passive Matt 9:36 1×
Indicative states a fact or reality 1×
Present Active Mark 5:35 1×
Imperative command or strong request 2×
Present Passive Luke 7:6 1×
Present Active Luke 8:49 1×
Discourse Aspect
How this verb appears across 3 occurrences in the NT discourse index (MACULA Greek SBLGNT).
Aspect
Tense
present 3
Voice
active 2 passive 1
Mood
imperative 2 indicative 1
NT Occurrences
Aspect reflects grammatical form — not authorial emphasis. Participles and infinitives are verbal adjectives and nouns respectively.
Clause data: MACULA Greek (Clear Bible, CC BY 4.0) · SBLGNT (Logos/SBL, CC BY 4.0)
Selected Scripture Witness
Selected passage-level study witnesses for this word. This section is not the full occurrence list.
Biblical Witnesses
Middle voice: the centurion asks Jesus not to trouble himself by coming
Showing 1 selected witness from 4 lexical occurrence verses.
Word Origins
σκύλλω is a primary verb - no further derivation.
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