KJV dictionary & concordance
Sense 1: To transgress, sin, or act wrongly against. Sense 2: To displease or scandalize; to cause oneself or another to stumble or fall into sin.
Definition sources
Some verses contain the word more than once.
First occurrence: Job 34:31
Complete exact-word concordance
If I say, I will speak thus; behold, I should offend against the generation of thy children.
If I say, I will speake thus: behold, I should offend against the generation of thy children.
Great peace have they which love thy law: and nothing shall offend them.
Great peace haue they which loue thy law: & nothing shall offend them.
1611 marginal noteHeb. they shall haue no stumbling blocke
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Source order
1 · Direct Scripture definition
For whosoever shall keep the whole law, and yet offend in one point, he is guilty of all.
2 · KJV context and cross-references
Historical English dictionary sources
To cause to stumble.
To displease; to make angry; to affront. To transgress; to violate. To disturb, annoy, or cause to fall or stumble. To draw to evil, or hinder in obedience; to cause to sin or neglect duty.
To transgress the moral or divine law; to sin; to commit a crime. To cause dislike or anger. To be scandalized; to be stumbled.
