Strong's Dictionary Number: [2759]
2759
1 Original Word: κέντρον
2 Word Origin: from kenteo (to prick)
3 Transliterated Word: kentron
4 TDNT/TWOT Entry: 3:663,427
5 Phonetic Spelling: ken'-tron
6 Part of Speech: Noun Neuter
7 Strong's Definition: from kenteo (to prick); a point ("centre"), i.e. a sting (figuratively, poison) or goad (figuratively, divine impulse):--prick, sting.
8 Definition: - a sting, as that of bees, scorpions, locusts. Since animals wound by their sting and even cause death, Paul attributes death, personified as a sting, i.e. a deadly weapon
- an iron goad, for urging on oxen, horses and other beasts of burden
- hence the proverb, "to kick against the goad", i.e. to offer vain and perilous or ruinous resistance
9 English: prick, sting
0 Usage: prick, sting
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