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skoliós

crooked, twisted

Say it: skol-ee-OS (approximate)

σκολιός

What it means

Bent, curved, or crooked, and morally warped. In 2:15, "a crooked and perverse generation," an echo of Deuteronomy 32:5. In Luke 3:5, crooked paths will be made straight.

Range of meaning

  • CrookedNot straight.
  • PerverseTwisted in morals.

In Philippians

  • Chapter 2

    "A crooked and perverse generation" (2:15).

Every verse (1)

Verses where G4646 is tagged in the Hebrew text: STEPBible Data (Tyndale House, Cambridge), CC BY 4.0. About our sources