Word

σκύλλω

skýllō · G4660 · Greek · 4 occurrences

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Meanings

to trouble, to harass, to bother

To cause trouble or harassment

Examples
Matthew 9:36 Seeing the crowds, He felt compassion for them, because they were distressed and downcast, like sheep without a shepherd.
Mark 5:35 While He was still speaking, people came from the house of the synagogue official, saying, “Your daughter has died; why bother the Teacher further?”
Luke 8:49 While He was still speaking, someone came from the house of the synagogue official, saying, “Your daughter has died; do not trouble the Teacher anymore.”
to be troubled, to be harassed, to be bothered

To suffer trouble or harassment

Examples
Luke 7:6 Now Jesus started on His way with them; but already, when He was not yet far from the house, the centurion sent friends, saying to Him, “Lord, do not trouble Yourself further, for I am not worthy for You to enter under my roof;

How it’s used In 4 roles

Every occurrence, grouped by the words it is grammatically related to.

the word studied the word it goes with

Who or what does itSubject

3 occurrences in 1 groups

Not stated: you (one person) 3

What it acts on, or what is saidObject

2 occurrences in 1 groups

διδάσκαλοςteacher, instructor 2

With adverbsAdverbs

3 occurrences in 3 groups

ἔτιstill 1
μήnot 1
μηκέτιno longer 1

What is done to itIt is the object

1 occurrences in 1 groups

λέγωto say 1

When two words share a role, as in “Paul and Barnabas said”, the verse appears under each, so a section’s counts can add up to more than the number of occurrences.

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Semantic domains 2 entries

To be troubled, to be harassed, to be bothered22.16: The verb, in a passive or reflexive sense, describes being troubled or burdened oneself. The centurion sends word to Jesus, “Lord, do not trouble Yourself further, for I am not worthy for You to come under my roof” (Luke 7:6).
To trouble, to harass, to bother22.23: The same verb also describes imposing an unwelcome burden on someone else. A messenger asks concerning the synagogue official's daughter, “Your daughter has died; why bother the Teacher further?” (Mark 5:35).

Word family 2 words

Words formed from the same root. They share a form, not always a meaning.

σκύλλωskýllō · G4660σκῦλον skŷlon · G4661 · booty, spoils, plunder · 1×

Thayer's Greek-English Lexicon perfect passive participle ἐσκυλμενος; present middle imperative 2 person singular…

perfect passive participle ἐσκυλμενος; present middle imperative 2 person singular σκύλλου; (σκῦλον, which see);
a. to skin, flay (Anthol.).
b. to rend, mangle (Aeschylus Pers. 577); to vex, trouble, annoy (Herodian, 7, 3, 9 (4)): τινα, Mk 5:35; Lk 8:49; passive, ἐσκυλμένοι (Vulg.vexati) (R. V. distressed), Mt 9:36 G L T Tr WH; middle to give oneself trouble, trouble oneself: μή σκύλλου, Lk 7:6.

Thayer's Greek-English Lexicon of the New Testament (1889), public domain

Topical studies with this word 2 entries

Experience Trouble, Hardship1 occurrence Cause Trouble, Hardship3 occurrences

Meanings adapted from the UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament, © United Bible Societies, CC BY-SA 4.0 and the UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew (from the Semantic Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew), © United Bible Societies, CC BY-SA 4.0; MACULA Greek Linguistic Datasets, available at https://github.com/Clear-Bible/macula-greek/, licensed CC BY 4.0; MACULA Hebrew Linguistic Datasets © 2022-2024 by Biblica, Inc., CC BY 4.0. Westminster Leningrad Codex (tanach.us). OpenScriptures Hebrew Bible morphology (hb.openscriptures.org), CC BY 4.0.

Sources

eRhema lexical overview, based on the UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew and the UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament (© United Bible Societies, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Macula Hebrew and Greek (Clear Bible, CC BY 4.0); released under CC BY-SA 4.0