Dictionary entry

πρόσκομμα

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

πρόσ-κομμα, -τος, τό

(< προσκόπτω), [in LXX: Ex 23:3334:12 (מוֹקֵשׁ), Is 8:14 (נֶגֶף), Jth 8:22, Si 17:25, al.;]

(a) a stumble, stumbling: λίθος προσκόμματος (= אֶבֶןנֶגֶף, Is 8:14), fig., Ro 9:32, 33, I Pe 2:8(LXX);

(b) = προσκοπή, an occasion of stumbling, a stumbling-block: metaph., Ro 14:13, 20, I Co 8:9 (Plut.).†

SYN.: σκάνδαλον (cf. Cremer, 752 f.).