from 4350; a stub, i.e. (figuratively) occasion of apostasy:
KJV-- offence, stumbling (-block, [-stone]).
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4350 proskopto (pros-kop'-to);
from 4314 and 2875; to strike at, i.e. surge against (as water); specifically, to stub on, i.e. trip up (literally or figuratively):
KJV-- beat upon, dash, stumble (at).
STUMBLING BLOCKA cause of stumbling; anything that leads others to sin. The word is used literally (from Nelson's Illustrated Bible Dictionary)
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