- κέντρον
- any sharp point
- κέντρον
- a sting, goad
- a sting, goad; met: of death.
- κέντρον
- a point ("centre"), i.e. a sting (figuratively, poison) or goad (figuratively, divine impulse)
Derivation: from κεντέω (to prick);KJV Usage: prick, sting.
- κέντρον
- sting
- G:N-N
- κέντρον, -ου, τό
(< εκντέω, to prick), [in LXX: Pro.26:3 (מֶתֶג), Hos.13:14 (קֹטֶב),* ;]Refs
Hos.5:12, Sir.38:25, 4Ma.14:19
__1. a sting (4Mac, l.with): Rev.9:10. Metaph. (as Hos.13:14): τ. θανάτου, 1Co.15:55 (LXX), 1Co.15:56,
__2. a goad: pl., Act.26:14.†
(AS)
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
2a) hence the proverb, "to kick against the goad", i.e. to offer vain and perilous or ruinous resistance
2) an iron goad, for urging on oxen, horses and other beasts of burden
2a) hence the proverb, "to kick against the goad", i.e. to offer vain and perilous or ruinous resistance
κέντρον
kentron
ken'-tron
From κεντέω kenteō (to prick); a point (“centre”), that is, a sting (figuratively poison) or goad (figuratively divine impulse)
KJV Usage: prick, sting.