Words the Bible translates as offense
English uses one word here. The Bible uses 5 words, and they do not mean the same thing. Each is listed with what it actually means, most frequent first.
- paraptōmaπαράπτωμαa wrongdoing: a concrete act in which someone falls away from what is right and breaks faith with God or neighbor
- skandalonσκάνδαλονa stumbling block: the trap, obstacle, or offense that causes a person to fall into sin or turn away from God.
- ḥetחֵטְאsin: a wrong that fails a rightful standard, along with the guilt it creates and the penalty it earns
- ashmahאַשְׁמָהguilt: the culpability a person or community incurs by doing wrong, together with the liability to punishment or repayment it brings
- proskommaπρόσκομμαa stumbling block: something lying in the path that a person strikes against and trips over, and so the fall it brings on, an obstacle rather than a trap laid to catch someone.
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