1 Peter 2:8

American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

and, A stone of stumbling, and a rock of offence; for they stumble at the word, being disobedient: whereunto also they were appointed.

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

Καὶ Λίθος προσκόμματος, καὶ πέτρα σκανδάλου, οἳ προσκόπτουσιν τῷ λόγῳ, ἀπειθοῦντες: εἰς ὃ καὶ ἐτέθησαν.

Transliteration

And Lithos proskommatos, and petra skandalou, hoi proskoptousin tō logō, apeithountes: eis ho kai etethēsan.

Grammar Details

• *Lithos*: noun, masculine singular nominative - stone
• *proskommatos*: noun, neuter singular genitive - of stumbling
• *petra*: noun, feminine singular nominative - rock
• *skandalou*: noun, neuter singular genitive - of offense/scandal
• *hoi*: relative pronoun, masculine plural nominative - who
• *proskoptousin*: present active indicative, 3rd person plural - they stumble
• *tō logō*: noun with article, masculine singular dative - at the word
• *apeithountes*: present active participle, masculine plural nominative - disobeying/being disobedient
• *eis*: preposition + accusative - to/for
• *ho*: relative pronoun, neuter singular accusative - which
• *kai*: conjunction - also/even
• *etethēsan*: aorist passive indicative, 3rd person plural - they were appointed/set

Word Meanings

• *proskommatos*: of stumbling/of offense
• *petra*: rock/large stone
• *skandalou*: of offense/of stumbling/of a trap
• *proskoptousin*: stumble/strike against
• *apeithountes*: disobeying/being disobedient/not believing
• *etethēsan*: were appointed/were set/were ordained

Referenced Verses

• Isa 8:14 : 14 And he shall be for a sanctuary; but for a stone of stumbling and for a rock of offence to both the houses of Israel, for a gin and for a snare to the inhabitants of Jerusalem.
• Rom 9:22 : 22 What if God, willing to show his wrath, and to make his power known, endured with much longsuffering vessels of wrath fitted unto destruction:
• 1 Cor 1:23 : 23 but we preach Christ crucified, unto Jews {G3303} a stumblingblock, and unto Gentiles foolishness;
• Rom 9:32-33 : 32 Wherefore? Because [they sought it] not by faith, but as it were by works. {G3551} {G1063} They stumbled at the stone of stumbling; 33 even as it is written, Behold, I lay in Zion a stone of stumbling and a rock of offence: And he that believeth on him shall not be put to shame.
• 2 Pet 2:3 : 3 And in covetousness shall they with feigned words make merchandise of you: whose sentence now from of old lingereth not, and their destruction slumbereth not.
• Jude 1:4 : 4 For there are certain men crept in privily, [even] they who were of old written of beforehand unto this condemnation, ungodly men, turning the grace of our God into lasciviousness, and denying our only Master {G2316} and {G2257} Lord, Jesus Christ.
• Exod 9:16 : 16 but in very deed for this cause have I made thee to stand, to show thee my power, and that my name may be declared throughout all the earth.
• Isa 57:14 : 14 And he will say, Cast ye up, cast ye up, prepare the way, take up the stumbling-block out of the way of my people.
• Luke 2:34 : 34 and Simeon blessed them, and said unto Mary his mother, Behold, this [child] is set for the falling and the rising of many in Israel; and for a sign which is spoken against;
• 2 Cor 2:16 : 16 to the one {G3303} a savor from death unto death; {G1161} to the other a savor from life unto life. And who is sufficient for these things?
• 1 Thess 5:9 : 9 For God {G5087} appointed us not into wrath, but unto the obtaining of salvation through our Lord Jesus Christ,
• 1 Pet 2:7 : 7 For you therefore that believe is the preciousness: but for such as disbelieve, The stone which the builders rejected, The same was made the head of the corner;