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Revelation 2:14
Textus Receptus (Stephanus 1550)
(See Variants Below)
King James Bible (Oxford 1769)
Textus Receptus Support:
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Variants
This verse is not fully supported by the Stephanus 1550 but is supported by the Beza 1598.
Variant: Add "through" before "Balac."
Greek-English Dictionary
probably from a derivative of G2578; a trap stick (bent sapling) that is snare (figuratively cause of displeasure or sin)
1. the movable stick or trigger of a trap, a trap stick
a. a trap, snare
b. any impediment placed in the way and causing one to stumble or fall, (a stumbling block, occasion of stumbling) i.e. a rock which is a cause of stumbling
c. fig. applied to Jesus Christ, whose person and career were so contrary to the expectations of the Jews concerning the Messiah, that they rejected him and by their obstinacy made shipwreck of their salvation
2. any person or thing by which one is (entrapped) drawn into error or sin
of the New Testament 1889
by James Strong (S.T.D.) (LL.D.) 1890.