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σκόλοψ

MainId: 004551000000000

Version: 0

HasAramaic: False

InLXX: True

AlphaPos: σ

StrongCodes: G4647

BaseForms:

BaseFormID: 004551001000000
PartsOfSpeech: noun, m.
Inflections:
1. Lemma: σκόλοψ
  BaseFormIndex: 1
  Realizations: -οπος
LEXMeanings:
1. LEXID: 004551001001000
  LEXIsBiblicalTerm: M
  LEXEntryCode: 3.54
  LEXIndent: 0
  LEXDomains: Plants
  LEXSubDomains: Non-Fruit Parts of Plants
  LEXSenses:
  1. LanguageCode: en
    LastEdited: 2022-02-12 14:19:02
    DefinitionShort: a sharp projection of a woody plant (though possibly a splinter of wood) with the implication of its causing injury and discomfort
    Glosses: ['thorn', 'splinter']
    Comments: In the NT σκόλοψ occurs only in the figurative expression σκόλοψ τῇ σαρκί ‘thorn in the flesh,’ and this expression has been subject to a number of different interpretations (see {D:22.20}).
  LEXReferences: 2COR 12:7
2. LEXID: 004551001002000
  LEXIsBiblicalTerm: Y
  LEXEntryCode: 22.20
  LEXIndent: 0
  LEXDomains: Trouble, Hardship, Relief, Favorable Circumstances
  LEXSubDomains: Experience Trouble, Hardship
  LEXCollocations: σκόλοψ τῇ σαρκί
  LEXSenses:
  1. LanguageCode: en
    LastEdited: 2022-02-12 14:19:02
    DefinitionShort: (an idiom, literally: thorn in the flesh) something which causes serious trouble and difficulty
    Glosses: ['trouble', 'woe', 'suffering', 'serious inconvenience', 'thorn in the flesh']
    Comments: There are a number of different interpretations of σκόλοψ τῇ σαρκί in {S:04701200700024} (see discussion at {D:20.27}).
  LEXReferences: 2COR 12:7