number - 2759
orig_word - κέντρον
word_orig - from kenteo (to prick)
translit - kentron
tdnt - 3:663,427
phonetic - ken'-tron
part_of_speech - Noun Neuter
st_def - from kenteo (to prick); a point ("centre"), i.e. a sting (figuratively, poison) or goad (figuratively, divine impulse):--prick, sting.
IPD_def -
- 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
- an iron goad, for urging on oxen, horses and other beasts of burden
- hence the proverb, "to kick against the goad", i.e. to offer vain and perilous or ruinous resistance
English - prick, sting
letter - k
data - {"def":{"short":"a point (\"center\"), i.e., a sting (figuratively, poison) or goad (figuratively, divine impulse)","long":["a sting, as that of bees, scorpions, locusts","an iron goad, for urging on oxen, horses and other beasts of burden",["hence the proverb, \"to kick against the goad\", i.e., to offer vain and perilous or ruinous resistance"]]},"deriv":"from κεντέω (to prick)","pronun":{"ipa":"ˈkɛn.tron","ipa_mod":"ˈke̞n.trown","sbl":"kentron","dic":"KEN-trone","dic_mod":"KANE-trone"},"comment":"Since animals wound by their sting and even cause death, Paul attributes death, personified as a sting, i.e., a deadly weapon."}
usages - prick, sting
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id - 2758
strongs - 2759
base_word - κέντρον
data - {"def":{"short":"a point (\"center\"), i.e., a sting (figuratively, poison) or goad (figuratively, divine impulse)","long":["a sting, as that of bees, scorpions, locusts","an iron goad, for urging on oxen, horses and other beasts of burden",["hence the proverb, \"to kick against the goad\", i.e., to offer vain and perilous or ruinous resistance"]]},"deriv":"from κεντέω (to prick)","pronun":{"ipa":"ˈkɛn.tron","ipa_mod":"ˈke̞n.trown","sbl":"kentron","dic":"KEN-trone","dic_mod":"KANE-trone"},"comment":"Since animals wound by their sting and even cause death, Paul attributes death, personified as a sting, i.e., a deadly weapon."}
usage - prick, sting