obduracy, obstinacy, perverseness, Ro. 2.5. Σκληροτράχηλος, ου, ὁ, ἡ, (σκληρός & τράχηλος) stiff-necked, obstinate, refractory, Ac. 7.51. S. Σκληρύνω, f. υνῶ, a.1. ἐσκλήρυνα, to harden; met. to harden morally, to make stubborn, He. 3.8, 15; 4.7; as a negation of ἐλεεῖν, to leave to stubbornness and contumacy, Ro. 9.38; mid. & pass. to put on a stubborn frame, become obdurate, Ac. 19.9. He. 3.13. Σκολιός, ά, όν, crooked, tortuous, Lu. 3.5; met. perverse, wicked, Ac. 2.40. Phi. 2.15; crooked, peevish, morose, 1 Pe. 2.18. Σκόλοψ, οπος, ὁ any thing pointed, met. a thorn, a plague, 2 Co. 12.7. Σκοπέω, ῶ, f. ήσω, to view attentively, watch, reconnoitre; to see, observe, take care, beware, Lu. 1.35. Ga. 6.1; to regard, have respect to, 2 Co. 4.18. Phi. 2.4; to mark, note, Ro. 16.17. Ph. 3.17: from Σκοπός, οῦ, ὁ, (σκέπτομαι) a watcher; also, a distant object on which the eye is kept fixed; a mark, goal, Ph. 3.14. Σκορπίζω, f. ίσω, a.1. ἐσκόρπισα, to disperse, scatter, Jno. 10.12; 16.32; to dissipate, waste, Mat. 12.30. Lu. 11.23; to scatter abroad one's gifts, give liberally, 2 Co. 9.9. Σκορπίος, ου, ὁ, a scorpion, scorpio. Afer of Linn., a large insect, sometimes several inches in length, shaped somewhat like a crab, and furnished with a tail terminating in a sting, whence it emits a dangerous poison, Lu. 10.19; 11.12, et al. Σκοτεινός, ή, όν, (σκότος) dark, darkling, Mat. 6.23. Lu. 11.34, 36. Σκοτία, ας, ἡ, (fr. same) darkness, Jno. 6.17; 20.1; privacy, Mat. 10.27. Lu. 12.3; met. moral or spiritual darkness, Jno. 1.5, bis.; 8.12; 12.38, 46, et al. Σκοτίζω, f. ίσω, to darken, shroud in darkness; pass. to be darkened, obscured, Mat. 24.29. Lu. 23.45; met. to be shrounded in moral darkness, to be benighted, Ro. 1.21, et al.: (L.G.) from Σκότος, ου, ὁ darkness, He. 12.18. Σκότος, εος, τό, but ου, ὁ, He. 12.18, according to ordinary Greek usage, darkness, Mat. 27.45. Ac. 2.20; gloom of punishment and misery, Mat. 8.12. 2 Pe. 2.17; met. moral or spritual darkness, Mat. 4.16. Jno. 3.19. Ep. 5.11; meton. men in a state of moral darkness, Ep. 5.8; 6.12: whence Σκοτόω, ῶ, f. ώσω, to darken, shroud in darkness, Re. 16.10. Σκύβᾰλον, ου, τό, offal, dung, sweepings, refuse, Phi. 3.8. Σκυθρωπός, οῦ, ὁ, ἡ, & ή, όν (σκυθρός, stern, gloomy, & ὤψ) of a stern, morose, sour, gloomy, or dejected countenance, Mat. 6.16. Lu. 24.17. Σκύλλω, f. υλῶ, p. pass. ἔσκυλμαι, to flay, lacerate; met. to vex, trouble, annoy, Mar. 5.35. Lu. 7.6; 8.49; pass. met., ἐσκυλμένοι, jaded, in sorry plight, v.r. Mat. 9.36: whence Σλῦλον, ου, τό, (σκύλλω) spoils stripped of an enemy; σκῦλα, spoil, plunder, booty, Lu. 11.22. Σκωληκόβρωτος, (σκώληξ, & βιβρώσκω) eaten of worms, consumed by worms, Ac. 12.23. Σκώληξ, ηκος, ὁ, a worm; met. gnawing anguish, Mar. 9.44, 46, 48. Σμαράγδῐνος, ίνη, ινον, of smaragdus or emerald, Re. 4.3: (N.T.) from Σμάραγδος, ου, ὁ, & ἡ,