σκορπίος skorpíos
Meaning
a "scorpion" (from its sting)
In the King James Version: scorpion
Derivation: probably from an obsolete (perhaps strengthened from the base of G4649 (σκοπός) and meaning to pierce);
Where it is used
- Luke 10:19 Behold, I have given you authority to tread on snakes and scorpions, and over all the power of the enemy. Nothing will harm you.
- Luke 11:12 Or if he asks for an egg, will give him a scorpion?
- Revelation 9:3 And out of the smoke, locusts descended on the earth, and they were given power like that of the scorpions of the earth.
- Revelation 9:5 The locusts were not given power to kill them, but only to torment them for five months, and their torment was like the stinging of a scorpion.
- Revelation 9:10 They had tails with stingers like scorpions, which had the power to injure people for five months.