προσ-κόπτω,
[in LXX for נגף, כּשׁל ni., etc.;]
1. trans., to strike (e.g. hand or foot) against: c. acc. seq. πρός, fig., Mt 4:6, Lk 4:11(LXX).
2. Intrans., to stumble: absol. (To 11:9, Pr 3:23), Jo 11:9, 10; of wind, to rush against, beat upon: c. dat, Mt 7:27. Metaph., in late writers,
(a) to offend (Polyb.);
(b) to take offence at, stumble at: seq. ἐν, Ro 14:21; c. dat., τ. λόγῳ, I Pe 2:8; τ. λίθῳ τ. προσκόμματος, Ro 9:32.†