πρόσκομμα (proskomma) means “stumbling block” in the TBESG Greek lexicon from STEPBible.
Pronunciation guide: pros'-kom-mah Strong’s Greek pronunciation spelling.
πρόσκομμα · proskomma · stumbling block
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)
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a stumbling-block, an occasion for falling, a moral embarrassment.
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Counts below follow each translation’s tagged words. A rendering can cover a phrase. Differences in text editions and tagging can produce different totals.
| Rendering | Count |
|---|---|
| a stumbling block | 2 |
| of stumbling | 2 |
| any stumbling block | 1 |
| stumbling | 1 |
| Rendering | Count |
|---|---|
| a stumblingblock | 2 |
| of stumbling | 1 |
| offence | 1 |
| stumblingstone | 1 |
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Why not? Because their pursuit was not by faith, but as if it were by works. They stumbled over the stumbling stone,
Read word by wordas it is written: “See, I lay in Zion a stone of stumbling and a rock of offense; and the one who believes in Him will never be put to shame.”
Read word by wordTherefore let us stop judging one another. Instead, make up your mind not to put any stumbling block or obstacle in your brother’s way.
Read word by wordDo not destroy the work of God for the sake of food. All food is clean, but it is wrong for a man to let his eating be a stumbling block.
Read word by wordBe careful, however, that your freedom does not become a stumbling block to the weak.
Read word by wordand, “A stone of stumbling and a rock of offense.” They stumble because they disobey the word—and to this they were appointed.
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