occasion of apostasy

, : (= , ), fig., , , ; a stumble stumbling λίθος προσκόμματος אֶבֶן נֶגֶף Is 8:14 Ro 9:32 33 I Pe 2:8 (LXX) = , , : metaph., , , (Plut.).† προσκοπή an occasion of stumbling a stumbling-block Ro 14:13 20 I Co 8:9

aanstoot, aanstoots

a stumbling-block, an occasion for falling, a moral embarrassment.

stumbling block

a stub, i.e. (figuratively) occasion of apostasy

offence, stumbling(-block, (-stone))

πρόσ-κομμα, -τος, τό (προσκόπτω), [in LXX: Exo.23:33 34:12 (מוֹקֵשׁ), Isa.8:14 (נֶגֶף), Jdth.8:22, Sir.17:25, al. ;] (a) a stumble, stumbling: λίθος προσκόμματος (= נֶגֶף אֶבֶן, Isa, l.with), figuratively, Rom.9:32-33, 1Pe.2:8" (LXX) ; (b) = προσκοπή, an occasion of stumbling, a stumbling-block: metaphorically, Rom.14:13, 20, 1Co.8:9 (Plut.).† SYN.: σκάνδαλον (cf. Cremer, 752 f.) (AS)