Definition

to entrap, i.e. trip up (figuratively, stumble (transitively) or entice to sin, apostasy or displeasure)

Etymology

from G4625 (σκάνδαλον);

Word family

• σκάνδαλον skándalon

How the KJV renders it

• (make to) offend

Every distinct English word the King James Version uses to translate this Greek term. The variety shows what readers in English receive across many different surface words — the same underlying word, scattered across the English Bible under different names.