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G2759 — κέντρον
Greek entry for Bible study and original-language reference.
Definition / Gloss
kentron (ken'-tron) n.
1. a sting (poisonous)
2. (actively) a goad
3. (by implication) a divine impulse
[from kenteo "to prick"]
KJV: prick, sting
TWOT
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KJV Renderings
prick, sting
Thayer's Greek Lexicon
κέντρον, κέντρου, τό (κεντέω to prick);
1. a sting, as that of bees (4Ma 14:19), scorpions, locusts, Rev 9:10. Since animals wound by their sting and even cause death, Paul in 1Co 15:55 (after Hos 13:14, the Sept.) attributes to death, personified, a κέντρον, i. e. a deadly weapon, and that κέντρον is said to be ἡ ἁμαρτία (56), because sin is death’s cause and punishment (?) (Rom 5:12).
2. as in the Greek writings an iron goad, for urging on oxen, horses and other beasts of burden; hence, the proverb πρός κέντρα λακτίζειν, to kick against the goad, i. e. to offer vain and perilous or ruinous resistance: Act 9:5 Rec.; ; cf. Pindar Pythagoras 2, 173; Aeschylus (Ag. 1624, cf.) Prom. 323; Euripides, Bacch. 795; Terent. Phorm. 1, 2, 28; Ammian. 18, 5.
Englishman's Greek Concordance
κέντρον (prick)
Acts 9:5
- KJV: And he said Who art thou Lord And the Lord said I am Jesus whom thou persecutest hard for thee to kick against the pricks
- GK: είπε δε τις ει κύριε ο δε κύριος είπεν εγώ ειμι Ιησούς ον συ διώκεις σκληρόν σοι προς κέντρα λακτίζειν
Acts 26:14
- KJV: And when we were all fallen to the earth I heard a voice speaking unto me and saying in the Hebrew tongue Saul Saul why persecutest thou me hard for thee to kick against the pricks
- GK: πάντων δε καταπεσόντων ημών εις την γην ήκουσα φωνήν λαλούσαν προς με και λέγουσαν τη Εβραϊδι διαλέκτω Σαούλ Σαούλ τι με διώκεις σκληρόν σοι προς κέντρα λακτίζειν
1 Corinthians 15:55
- KJV: O death where thy sting O grave where thy victory
- GK: που σου θάνατε το κέντρον που σου άδη το νίκος
1 Corinthians 15:56
- KJV: The sting of death sin and the strength of sin the law
- GK: το δε κέντρον του θανάτου η αμαρτία η δε δύναμις της αμαρτίας ο νόμος
Revelation 9:10
- KJV: And they had tails like unto scorpions and there were stings in their tails and their power was to hurt men five months
- GK: και έχουσιν ουράς ομοίας σκορπίοις και κέντρα και εν ταις ουραίς αυτών εξουσίαν έχουσι του αδικήσαι τους ανθρώπους μήνας πέντε