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Lexicon :: Strong's G2759 - kentron

Aa
κέντρον
Transliteration
kentron (Key)
Pronunciation
ken'-tron
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Part of Speech
neuter noun
Root Word (Etymology)
From kenteo (to prick)
mGNT
4x in 2 unique form(s) TR
5x in 2 unique form(s) LXX
3x in 1 unique form(s)
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Vine's Expository Dictionary: View Entry

TDNT Reference: 3:663,427

Strong’s Definitions

κέντρον kéntron, ken'-tron; from κεντέω kentéō (to prick); a point ("centre"), i.e. a sting (figuratively, poison) or goad (figuratively, divine impulse):—prick, sting.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 5x

The KJV translates Strong's G2759 in the following manner: sting (3x), prick (2x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 5x
The KJV translates Strong's G2759 in the following manner: sting (3x), prick (2x).

  1. 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

  2. an iron goad, for urging on oxen, horses and other beasts of burden

    1. hence the proverb, "to kick against the goad", i.e. to offer vain and perilous or ruinous resistance

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
κέντρον kéntron, ken'-tron; from κεντέω kentéō (to prick); a point ("centre"), i.e. a sting (figuratively, poison) or goad (figuratively, divine impulse):—prick, sting.
STRONGS G2759:
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.; Acts 26:14; cf. Pindar Pythagoras 2, 173; Aeschylus (Ag. 1624, cf.) Prom. 323; Euripides, Bacch. 795; Terent. Phorm. 1, 2, 28; Ammian. 18, 5.
THAYER’S GREEK LEXICON, Electronic Database.
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BLB Scripture Index of Thayer's

Hosea
13:14
Acts
9:5; 26:14
Romans
5:12
1 Corinthians
15:55
Revelation
9:10

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number G2759 matches the Greek κέντρον (kentron),
which occurs 4 times in 4 verses in the MGNT Greek.

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Unchecked Copy BoxAct 26:14

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 26:14 - “And when we had all G3956 fallen G2667 to the ground, G1093 I heard G191 a voice G5456 saying G3004 to me in the [fn]Hebrew G1446 dialect, G1258 ‘Saul, G4549 Saul, G4549 why G5101 are you persecuting G1377 Me? [fn]It is hard G4642 for you to kick G2979 against G4314 the goads.’ G2759

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Unchecked Copy Box1Co 15:55

Unchecked Copy Box1Co 15:55 - “O DEATH G2288, WHERE G4226 IS YOUR VICTORY G3534? O DEATH, G2288 WHERE G4226 IS YOUR STING G2759?”

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Unchecked Copy Box1Co 15:56

Unchecked Copy Box1Co 15:56 - The sting G2759 of death G2288 is sin, G266 and the power G1411 of sin G266 is the law; G3551

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Unchecked Copy BoxRev 9:10

Unchecked Copy BoxRev 9:10 - They have G2192 tails G3769 like G3664 scorpions, G4651 and stings; G2759 and in their tails G3769 is their power G1849 to hurt G91 men G444 for five G4002 months. G3376
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