Strong’s G2759 · Greek
κέντρον
kéntron · ken'-tron
Origin from κεντέω (to prick);
Meaning a point ("centre"), i.e. a sting (figuratively, poison) or goad (figuratively, divine impulse)
In the King James Version prick, sting.
In 5 verses of the King James Version
- Acts 9:5And he said, Who art thou, Lord? And the Lord said, I am Jesus whom thou persecutest: it is hard for thee to kick against the pricks.
- Acts 26:14And when we were all fallen to the earth, I heard a voice speaking unto me, and saying in the Hebrew tongue, Saul, Saul, why persecutest thou me? it is hard for thee to kick against the pricks.
- 1 Corinthians 15:55O death, where is thy sting? O grave, where is thy victory?
- 1 Corinthians 15:56The sting of death is sin; and the strength of sin is the law.
- Revelation 9:10And they had tails like unto scorpions, and there were stings in their tails: and their power was to hurt men five months.
From James Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible (1890): its Greek dictionary in the edition of Ulrik Petersen, its Hebrew and Chaldee dictionary in that of David Troidl and David Instone-Brewer; the King James words numbered as in the edition the site sets the King James Version from. Public domain.