σκορπίος, σκορπίου, ὁ ((for the derivation see the preceding word); from Aeschylus down; on its accent, cf. Chandler § 246), a scorpion, the Sept. for ςΗχΐψΘα, the name of a little animal, somewhat resembling a lobster, which in warm regions lurks especially in stone walls; it has a poisonous sting in its tail (McClintock and Strong's Cyclopaedia and BB. DD., under the word): Luk_10:19; Luk_11:12; Rev_9:3; Rev_9:5; Rev_9:10.

σκορπίος skorpios 5x a scorpion, a large insect, sometimes several inches in length, shaped somewhat like a crab and furnished with a tail terminating in a stinger from which it emits a dangerous poison, Luk_10:19 ; Luk_11:12 ; Rev_9:3 ; Rev_9:5 ; Rev_9:10

σκορπίος , -ου , ὁ , [in LXX for H6137 ;] a scorpion: Luk_10:19 ; Luk_11:12 , Rev_9:3 ; Rev_9:5 ; Rev_9:10 †

σκορπίος [page 579] a scorpion. On the mummy tablet Preisigke 1209 it is recorded that a certain Apollonius ἐτελεύτησεν ὑπὸ σκορπίου : cf. the sepulchral inscr. ib. 1267 .6 (A.D. 8) πλ [α ]γεῖσα . . ὑπὸ σκορπίου μετήλλαξε , and P Lond 121 .193 (iii/A.D.) (= I. p. 90) πρὸς σκορπίου πληγήν . For the word as a sign of the Zodiac see the calendar P Hib I. 27 .90 (B.C. 301 240) ε― Σκορπίος ἐῶιος [ἄρχ ]ε̣ται δύνειν , 5th, Scorpio begins to set in the morning, the horoscope PSI IV. 312 .5 (A.D. 345) Σελήνη Σκορπίῳ , and the Gnostic charm against reptiles P Oxy VII : 1060 .5 (vi/A.D.) σκορπίε . . ἀπάλλαξον τὸν οἶκον τοῦτον ἀπὸ παντὸς κακοῦ ἑρπετοῦ <καὶ > πράγματος ταχὺ ταχύ .

σκορπίος σκορπίος, ὁ, "a scorpion", Plat. , Dem. an engine of war for discharging arrows, Plut. [Etym: deriv. uncertain]

σκορπίος, -ου, ὁ [in LXX for עַקְרָב ;] a scorpion: Luk.10:19 11:12, Rev.9:3, 5 9:10 † (AS)