Matthew 18:6
but whoever causes one of these little ones who believe in me to stumble, it would be better for him if a huge millstone were hung around his neck and that he were sunk in the depths of the sea.This verse in the real world
In what words
- καταποντίζωkatapontízōto plunge down, i.e. submerge
- ὀνικόςonikósbelonging to a ass, i.e. large (so as to be turned by a ass)
- πέλαγοςpélagosdeep or open sea, i.e. the main
- μύλοςmýlosa "mill", i.e. (by implication), a grinder (millstone)
- κρεμάννυμιkremánnymito hang
- τράχηλοςtráchēlosthe throat (neck), i.e. (figuratively) life
- συμφέρωsymphérōto bear together (contribute), i.e. (literally) to collect, or (figuratively) to conduce;
- σκανδαλίζωskandalízōto entrap, i.e. trip up (figuratively, stumble (transitively) or entice to sin, apostasy o
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The Hebrew and Greek words standing behind this verse. Word-by-word alignment comes with the interlinear.
Cross-references
Mrk 9:42, Luk 17:1–2, Mat 18:10, Mat 18:14, 2Th 1:6–9, Rom 15:1–3, Psa 105:15, Rom 14:13–15