Definition

a "scorpion" (from its sting)

Etymology

probably from an obsolete (perhaps strengthened from the base of G4649 (σκοπός) and meaning to pierce);

Word family

• σκοπός skopós

How the KJV renders it

• scorpion

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.