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It often refers to moral or ethical crookedness, indicating a deviation from what is right or true. In a biblical context, it is used to describe a generation or people who are morally corrupt or perverse.<p><span class="tophdg">Cultural and Historical Background: </span>In ancient Greek culture, the concept of straightness was often associated with righteousness and truth, while crookedness was linked to deceit and moral failure. This metaphorical use of "skolios" would have been understood by early Christians as a critique of moral and spiritual deviation from God's standards.<div class="vheading2">HELPS Word-studies</div><p class="discovery"><b>4646</b> <i>skoliós</i> (an adjective, derived from a primitive root, <i>NAS</i> dictionary) – properly, crooked (bent) because <i>dried out</i> (like a piece of <i>parched</i> wood); (figuratively) morally <i>twisted</i> (warped) because lacking the oil of the Holy Spirit – hence, <i>unacceptable</i> to God (His standards); "perverse, unjust" (<i>Abbott-Smith</i>).</p><iframe width="100%" height="85" scrolling=no src="/discovery.htm" frameborder=0 cellpadding=0></iframe><div class="vheading2">NAS Exhaustive Concordance</div><span class="hdg">Word Origin</span><br>a prim. word<br><span class="hdg">Definition</span><br>curved, winding, hence crooked<br><span class="hdg">NASB Translation</span><br>crooked (2), perverse (1), unreasonable (1).<p><div align="center"><span class="smalltext"><iframe width="100%" height="85" scrolling=no src="/nasec.htm" frameborder=0 cellpadding=0></iframe></span></div><div class="vheading2">Thayer's Greek Lexicon</div><span class="maintitle">STRONGS NT 4646: σκολιός</span><br><br><span class="arttitle"><span class="grktitle">σκολιός</span></span>, <span class="greek2">σκολιά</span>, <span class="greek2">σκολιόν</span> (opposed to <span class="greek2">ὀρθός</span>, <span class="greek2">ὄρθιος</span>, <span class="greek2">εὐθύς</span> (cf. <span class="greek2"><span class="lexref">σκώληξ</span></span>)), from <span class="abbreviation">Homer</span> down, <span class="accented">crooked, curved</span>: properly, of a way (<a href="/interlinear/proverbs/28-18.htm">Proverbs 28:18</a>), <span class="greek2">τά</span> <span class="greek2">σκολιά</span>, <a href="/interlinear/luke/3-5.htm">Luke 3:5</a> (opposed to <span class="greek2">ἡ</span> <span class="greek2">εὐθεῖα</span> namely, <span class="greek2">ὁδός</span>, from <a href="/interlinear/isaiah/40-4.htm">Isaiah 40:4</a>); metaphorically, <span class="accented">perverse, wicked</span>: <span class="greek2">ἡ</span> <span class="greek2">γενεά</span> <span class="greek2">ἡ</span> <span class="greek2">σκολιά</span>, <a href="/interlinear/acts/2-40.htm">Acts 2:40</a>; with <span class="greek2">διεστραμμένη</span> added, <a href="/interlinear/philippians/2-15.htm">Philippians 2:15</a> (clearly so <a href="/interlinear/deuteronomy/32-5.htm">Deuteronomy 32:5</a>); <span class="accented">unfair, surly, froward</span> (opposed to <span class="greek2">ἀγαθός</span> <span class="greek2">καί</span> <span class="greek2">ἐπιεικής</span>), <a href="/interlinear/1_peter/2-18.htm">1 Peter 2:18</a>.<FOOTNOTE:1> <br><br><iframe width="100%" height="85" scrolling=no src="/bsoft.htm" frameborder=0 cellpadding=0></iframe><div class="vheading2">Strong's Exhaustive Concordance</div>crooked, froward, untoward. <p>From the base of <a href="/greek/4628.htm">skelos</a>; warped, i.e. Winding; figuratively, perverse -- crooked, froward, untoward. <p>see GREEK <a href="/greek/4628.htm">skelos</a> <div class="vheading2">Forms and Transliterations</div>σκολια σκολιά σκολιὰ σκολία σκολιαί σκολιαίς σκολιας σκολιάς σκολιᾶς σκολιοις σκολιοίς σκολιοῖς σκολιόν σκολιός σκολιότητι σκολιούς σκολιώς skolia skolià skolias skoliâs skoliois skolioîs<div class="vheading2">Links</div><a href="/interlinear/matthew/1-1.htm">Interlinear Greek</a> • <a href="/interlinear/genesis/1-1.htm">Interlinear Hebrew</a> • <a href="/strongs.htm">Strong's Numbers</a> • <a href="/englishmans_greek.htm">Englishman's Greek Concordance</a> • <a href="/englishmans_hebrew.htm">Englishman's Hebrew Concordance</a> • <a href="/texts/matthew/1-1.htm">Parallel Texts</a></div></div><div id="centbox"><div class="padcent"><div class="vheading">Englishman's Concordance</div><b><a href="/text/luke/3-5.htm" title="Biblos Lexicon">Luke 3:5</a> <a href="/abbrev.htm" title="Adjective - Nominative Neuter Plural">Adj-NNP</a></b><br><a href="/interlinear/luke/3.htm" title="Greek">GRK:</a> <span class="greek3">ἔσται τὰ <b>σκολιὰ</b> εἰς εὐθείαν</span><br><a href="http://biblehub.com/nas/luke/3.htm" title="New American Standard Bible">NAS:</a> WILL BE BROUGHT LOW; <span class="itali">THE CROOKED</span> WILL BECOME<br><a href="/kjvs/luke/3.htm" title="King James Bible with Strong's">KJV:</a> and <span class="itali">the crooked</span> shall be made<br><a href="/interlinear/luke/3-5.htm" title="Biblos Interlinear Bible">INT:</a> will become the <span class="itali">crooked</span> into straight<p><b><a href="/text/acts/2-40.htm" title="Biblos Lexicon">Acts 2:40</a> <a href="/abbrev.htm" title="Adjective - Genitive Feminine Singular">Adj-GFS</a></b><br><a href="/interlinear/acts/2.htm" title="Greek">GRK:</a> <span class="greek3">γενεᾶς τῆς <b>σκολιᾶς</b> ταύτης </span><br><a href="http://biblehub.com/nas/acts/2.htm" title="New American Standard Bible">NAS:</a> from this <span class="itali">perverse</span> generation!<br><a href="/kjvs/acts/2.htm" title="King James Bible with Strong's">KJV:</a> from this <span class="itali">untoward</span> generation.<br><a href="/interlinear/acts/2-40.htm" title="Biblos Interlinear Bible">INT:</a> generation <span class="itali">perverse</span> this<p><b><a href="/text/philippians/2-15.htm" title="Biblos Lexicon">Philippians 2:15</a> <a href="/abbrev.htm" title="Adjective - Genitive Feminine Singular">Adj-GFS</a></b><br><a href="/interlinear/philippians/2.htm" title="Greek">GRK:</a> <span class="greek3">μέσον γενεᾶς <b>σκολιᾶς</b> καὶ διεστραμμένης</span><br><a href="http://biblehub.com/nas/philippians/2.htm" title="New American Standard Bible">NAS:</a> in the midst <span class="itali">of a crooked</span> and perverse<br><a href="/kjvs/philippians/2.htm" title="King James Bible with Strong's">KJV:</a> in the midst <span class="itali">of a crooked</span> and perverse<br><a href="/interlinear/philippians/2-15.htm" title="Biblos Interlinear Bible">INT:</a> in [the] midst of a generation <span class="itali">crooked</span> and perverted<p><b><a href="/text/1_peter/2-18.htm" title="Biblos Lexicon">1 Peter 2:18</a> <a href="/abbrev.htm" title="Adjective - Dative Masculine Plural">Adj-DMP</a></b><br><a href="/interlinear/1_peter/2.htm" title="Greek">GRK:</a> <span class="greek3">καὶ τοῖς <b>σκολιοῖς</b> </span><br><a href="http://biblehub.com/nas/1_peter/2.htm" title="New American Standard Bible">NAS:</a> to those <span class="itali">who are unreasonable.</span><br><a href="/kjvs/1_peter/2.htm" title="King James Bible with Strong's">KJV:</a> but also <span class="itali">to the froward.</span><br><a href="/interlinear/1_peter/2-18.htm" title="Biblos Interlinear Bible">INT:</a> also to the <span class="itali">unreasonable</span><p><b><a href="/greek/4646.htm">Strong's Greek 4646</a><br><a href="/greek/strongs_4646.htm">4 Occurrences</a></b><br><br><a href="/greek/skolia_4646.htm">σκολιὰ — 1 Occ.</a><br><a href="/greek/skolias_4646.htm">σκολιᾶς — 2 Occ.</a><br><a href="/greek/skoliois_4646.htm">σκολιοῖς — 1 Occ.</a><br><br></div></div></td></tr></table></div><div id="mdd"><div align="center"><div class="bot2"><table align="center" width="100%"><tr><td><div align="center"> <script id="3d27ed63fc4348d5b062c4527ae09445"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=51ce25d5-1a8c-424a-8695-4bd48c750f35&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; 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