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.
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BLB Scripture Index of Thayer's
- Hosea
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13:14
- Acts
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9:5; 26:14
- Romans
-
5:12
- 1 Corinthians
-
15:55
- Revelation
-
9:10