◄ 2759. kentron ►
Strong's Lexicon kentron: Sting, goad Original Word: κέντρον Part of Speech: Noun, Neuter Transliteration: kentron Pronunciation: KEN-tron Phonetic Spelling: (ken'-tron) Definition: Sting, goad Meaning: a sting, goad; met: of death. NAS Exhaustive Concordance Word Origin from kenteó (to prick) Definition a sharp point NASB Translation goads (1), sting (2), stings (1). Thayer's Greek Lexicon STRONGS NT 2759: κέντρον κέντρον, κέντρου, τό (κεντέω to prick); 1. a sting, as that of bees (4 Macc. 14:19), scorpions, locusts, Revelation 9:10. Since animals wound by their sting and even cause death, Paul in 1 Corinthians 15:55 (after Hosea 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 (?) (Romans 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: Acts 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. Strong's Exhaustive Concordance prick, sting. From kenteo (to prick); a point ("centre"), i.e. A sting (figuratively, poison) or goad (figuratively, divine impulse) -- prick, sting. Forms and Transliterations κεντρα κέντρα κεντρον κέντρον kentra kéntra kentron kéntron Links Interlinear Greek • Interlinear Hebrew • Strong's Numbers • Englishman's Greek Concordance • Englishman's Hebrew Concordance • Parallel Texts Englishman's Concordance Acts 9:5 Noun-ANP GRK: σοι πρὸς κέντρα λακτίζειν KJV: to kick against the pricks. INT: for you against [the] goads to kick Acts 26:14 N-ANP GRK: σοι πρὸς κέντρα λακτίζειν NAS: for you to kick against the goads.' KJV: to kick against the pricks. INT: for you against goads to kick 1 Corinthians 15:55 N-NNS GRK: θάνατε τὸ κέντρον NAS: O DEATH, WHERE IS YOUR STING? KJV: where [is] thy sting? O grave, where INT: O death the sting 1 Corinthians 15:56 N-NNS GRK: τὸ δὲ κέντρον τοῦ θανάτου NAS: The sting of death is sin, KJV: The sting of death [is] sin; INT: and [the] sting of death [is] Revelation 9:10 N-ANP GRK: σκορπίοις καὶ κέντρα καὶ ἐν NAS: scorpions, and stings; and in their tails KJV: and there were stings in their INT: scorpions and stings and in Strong's Greek 2759 5 Occurrences κέντρα — 3 Occ. κέντρον — 2 Occ.