Romans 16:17:11Rom.16.17.W11TAB
σκάνδαλα
skandala
“stumbling blocks”
- Transliteration
- SKAN-da-la
- Extended
- SKAHN-dah-lah
- IPA
- /ˈskan.da.la/
Meaning by language
- English
- stumbling blocks
Greek · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Sigma | s — as in sit | |
| Kappa | k — as in kite | |
| Alpha | ah — as in father | |
| Nu | n — as in new | |
| Delta | th — as in this | |
| Alpha | ah — as in father | |
| Lambda | l — as in law | |
| Alpha | ah — as in father |
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The word
Word in context
- word
SKAN-da-la
- sentence
pa-ra-ka-LO de hy-MAS a-del-PHOI sko-PEIN tous tas di-kho-sta-SEE-as kai ta SKAN-da-la pa-RA tên di-da-KHÊN hên hy-MEIS e-MA-the-te poi-OU-ntas kai ek-KLI-ne-te ap au-TÔN
Exegesis
The coordinated accusatives tas dichostasias {τὰς διχοστασίας | tàs di-kho-sta-sí-as} and ta skandala {τὰ σκάνδαλα | tà skán-da-la} denote internal splits and spiritual traps.
In context — Romans 16:17
Now I urge you, brothers, keep watch over those who produce divisions and lay stumbling-blocks that oppose the teaching you learned, and turn away from them.
About this coordinate
Romans 16:17:11 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 11 of Romans 16:17, so the Greek word σκάνδαλα (skandala) can be cited, linked and studied at exactly this position rather than somewhere in the verse. In the Biblical Knowledge Coordinate System the same position is written Rom.16.17.W11, which extends further down to each syllable (Rom.16.17.W11.S1) and character.