(1.) An injury or wrong done to one (1 Samuel 25:31; Romans 5:15).

(2.) A stumbling-block or cause of temptation (Isaiah 8:14; Matthew 16:23; 18:7). Greek skandalon, properly that at which one stumbles or takes offence. The "offence of the cross" (Galatians 5:11) is the offence the Jews took at the teaching that salvation was by the crucified One, and by him alone. Salvation by the cross was a stumbling-block to their national pride.

Noah Webster's New International Dictionary of the English Language

1. (n.) See Offense.

2. (n.) The act of offending in any sense; esp., a crime or a sin, an affront or an injury.

3. (n.) The state of being offended or displeased; anger; displeasure.

4. (n.) A cause or occasion of stumbling or of sin.