Dictionary entry

σκύλλω

G. Abbott-Smith's A Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament

* σκύλλω

1. in cl., to skin, flay, rend (Æsch., Anthol.).

2. In Hellenistic writers, to vex, trouble, annoy: c. acc. pers., Mk 5:35, Lk 8:49; pass., ἐσκυλμένοι, distressed, Mt 9:36; mid., to trouble oneself, μὴ σκύλλου, Lk 7:6 (freq. in π.; v. MM, i, ii, and cf. M, Pr., 89; Abbott, Essays, 87; Kennedy, Sources, 82).†