Strong G2042ἐρεθίζω
to provoke/irritate
- Transliteration
- erethizō
- Pronunciation
- er-eth-id'-zo
- Morphology
- Greek Verb
Definition
From a presumed prolonged form of G2054; to stimulate (especially to anger): - provoke.
Detailed definition
ἐρεθίζω
[in LXX: Dan LXX 11:10, 25 (גָּרָה hithp.), 1Ma.15:40, 2Ma.14:17, etc.;]
1. to stir up, provoke (as in cl.): Col.3:21.
2. In good sense (cf. ἐρεθισμός, excitement, in MGr.), to stir up, stimulate: 2Co.9:2.†
(AS)
[in LXX: Dan LXX 11:10, 25 (גָּרָה hithp.), 1Ma.15:40, 2Ma.14:17, etc.;]
1. to stir up, provoke (as in cl.): Col.3:21.
2. In good sense (cf. ἐρεθισμός, excitement, in MGr.), to stir up, stimulate: 2Co.9:2.†
(AS)
In the Bible
Strong G2042 appears in 2 verses of the KJV.
Translated in the KJV by
- provoke2
First verses
- 2 Corinthians 9:2For I know the forwardness of your mind, for which I boast of you to them of Macedonia, that Achaia was ready a year ago; and your zeal hath provoked very many.
- Colossians 3:21Fathers, provoke not your children to anger, lest they be discouraged.
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Detailed Greek dictionary
ἐρεθίζω,
Epic dialect infinitive -ιζέμεν [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 4.5)]: imperfect [Refs 5th c.BC+ (ἠρέθιζον 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Antigone” 965)] (Lyric poetry), Epic dialect [Refs 8th c.BC+ (ἐρ- 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 5.419)]: future -ίσω [Refs 2nd c.AD+ (2nd c.AD: Galenus Medicus 1.385)], -ιῶ [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Hippocrates Medicus “Mochl.” 2, 2nd c.BC: Polybius Historicus 13.4.2)]: aorist 1 [Refs 5th c.BC+ (ἠρέθισα 1st c.BC: Dionysius Halicarnassensis 3.72; poetry ἐρ- Aeschylus Tragicus [{4-5th c.BC}] “Prometheus Vinctus” 183)](Lyric poetry), infinitive [Refs 3rd c.BC+ (ἐρεθίξαι “AP” 12.37 (3rd c.BC: Dioscorides Epigrammaticus))]: perfect [Refs 4th c.BC+ (ἠρέθικα 4th c.BC: Aeschines Orator 2.37)]:—passive, aorist 1 ἠρεθίσθην, participle [Refs 5th c.BC+ (ἐρεθισθείς 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 6.40, 1st c.BC: Dionysius Halicarnassensis 4.57)]: perfect [Refs 5th c.BC+ (ἠρέθισμαι 5th c.BC: Hippocrates Medicus)] (see. below), etc.: (ἐρέθω):—rouse to anger, rouse to fight, [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 1.32; κερτομίοις ἐπέεσσι 5.419)]; κύνας τ᾽ ἄνδρας τε, of a lion, [Refs 6th c.BC+ (17.658; ἐ. τοὺς Πέρσας 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 3.146; φιλαύλους τ᾽ ἠρ. Μούσας 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Antigone” 965 (Lyric poetry); ὥσπερ σφηκιὰν ἐ. τινά Aristophanes Comicus [{5-6th c.BC}] “Lysistrata” 475; χεῖρον..ἐρεθίσαι γραῦν ἢ κύνα Menander Comicus [{4-3rd c.BC}] 802)]; πὺξ ἐ. challenge to a boxing-match, [Refs 3rd c.BC+ (3rd c.BC: Theocritus Poeta Bucolicus 22.2)]; provoke to curiosity, [Refs 8th c.BC+ (μητέρα σήν 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 19.45)]: generally, excite, chafe, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (φρένας ἐ. φόβος Aeschylus Tragicus [{4-5th c.BC}] “Prometheus Vinctus” 183)](Lyric poetry); of physical irritation, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Hippocrates Medicus “Mochl.” 2; βῆχες βραχέα -ουσαι)] causing brief irritation, [Refs 5th c.BC+ ([prev\. author] “Aph.” 4.54: _metaphorically_, ἐ. πλανάτας χοροῖσιν 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Bacchae” 148)] (Lyric poetry); ἐ. μάγαδιν to touch it, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Telestes Lyricus 4; φλόγα 3rd c.AD: Heliodorus Scriptor Eroticus 8.9; τὸ φονικὸν καὶ θηριῶδες Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus [{1-2nd c.AD}] 2.822c)]; incite to rivalry, [NT (NT.2Cor.9.2:—)]passive, to be provoked, excited, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (ὑπό τινος 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 6.40, compare 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “V.” 1104; ἠρεθισμένος _under provocation, Menander Comicus [{4-3rd c.BC}] 574; ὀργῇ χεῖρας -ισμένας 3rd c.BC: Euphro Comicus 8.3)]; of love, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (τοῖς νέοισιν -ισμένος 4th c.BC: Timocles Comicus 30)]; of fire, [Refs 6th c.BC+ (φέψαλος.. -όμενος..ῥιπίδι Aristophanes Comicus [{5-6th c.BC}] “Acharnenses” 669 (Lyric poetry); αἰθὴρ -έσθω βροντῇ Aeschylus Tragicus [{4-5th c.BC}] “Prometheus Vinctus” 1045)] (anapaest meter); πνεῦμα ἠρεθισμένον, of one who has run till he is out of breath, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Medea” 1119; ἕλκος ἠρεθισμένον _irritated,_ 5th c.BC: Hippocrates Medicus “περὶ ἀγμῶν” 27, compare 31, 2nd c.BC: Polybius Historicus 1.81.6; ὀσμὴ -ισμένη 4th c.BC: Eubulus Comicus 75.9; ἐπὶ τὴν ὕβριν ἠρεθίσθαι 2nd c.AD: Lucianus Sophista “Am.” 22)].
II absolutely, to be quarrelsome or perverse, [Refs 1st c.AD+ (1st c.AD: Philo Judaeus 1.359.)]
Epic dialect infinitive -ιζέμεν [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 4.5)]: imperfect [Refs 5th c.BC+ (ἠρέθιζον 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Antigone” 965)] (Lyric poetry), Epic dialect [Refs 8th c.BC+ (ἐρ- 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 5.419)]: future -ίσω [Refs 2nd c.AD+ (2nd c.AD: Galenus Medicus 1.385)], -ιῶ [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Hippocrates Medicus “Mochl.” 2, 2nd c.BC: Polybius Historicus 13.4.2)]: aorist 1 [Refs 5th c.BC+ (ἠρέθισα 1st c.BC: Dionysius Halicarnassensis 3.72; poetry ἐρ- Aeschylus Tragicus [{4-5th c.BC}] “Prometheus Vinctus” 183)](Lyric poetry), infinitive [Refs 3rd c.BC+ (ἐρεθίξαι “AP” 12.37 (3rd c.BC: Dioscorides Epigrammaticus))]: perfect [Refs 4th c.BC+ (ἠρέθικα 4th c.BC: Aeschines Orator 2.37)]:—passive, aorist 1 ἠρεθίσθην, participle [Refs 5th c.BC+ (ἐρεθισθείς 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 6.40, 1st c.BC: Dionysius Halicarnassensis 4.57)]: perfect [Refs 5th c.BC+ (ἠρέθισμαι 5th c.BC: Hippocrates Medicus)] (see. below), etc.: (ἐρέθω):—rouse to anger, rouse to fight, [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 1.32; κερτομίοις ἐπέεσσι 5.419)]; κύνας τ᾽ ἄνδρας τε, of a lion, [Refs 6th c.BC+ (17.658; ἐ. τοὺς Πέρσας 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 3.146; φιλαύλους τ᾽ ἠρ. Μούσας 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Antigone” 965 (Lyric poetry); ὥσπερ σφηκιὰν ἐ. τινά Aristophanes Comicus [{5-6th c.BC}] “Lysistrata” 475; χεῖρον..ἐρεθίσαι γραῦν ἢ κύνα Menander Comicus [{4-3rd c.BC}] 802)]; πὺξ ἐ. challenge to a boxing-match, [Refs 3rd c.BC+ (3rd c.BC: Theocritus Poeta Bucolicus 22.2)]; provoke to curiosity, [Refs 8th c.BC+ (μητέρα σήν 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 19.45)]: generally, excite, chafe, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (φρένας ἐ. φόβος Aeschylus Tragicus [{4-5th c.BC}] “Prometheus Vinctus” 183)](Lyric poetry); of physical irritation, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Hippocrates Medicus “Mochl.” 2; βῆχες βραχέα -ουσαι)] causing brief irritation, [Refs 5th c.BC+ ([prev\. author] “Aph.” 4.54: _metaphorically_, ἐ. πλανάτας χοροῖσιν 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Bacchae” 148)] (Lyric poetry); ἐ. μάγαδιν to touch it, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Telestes Lyricus 4; φλόγα 3rd c.AD: Heliodorus Scriptor Eroticus 8.9; τὸ φονικὸν καὶ θηριῶδες Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus [{1-2nd c.AD}] 2.822c)]; incite to rivalry, [NT (NT.2Cor.9.2:—)]passive, to be provoked, excited, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (ὑπό τινος 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 6.40, compare 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “V.” 1104; ἠρεθισμένος _under provocation, Menander Comicus [{4-3rd c.BC}] 574; ὀργῇ χεῖρας -ισμένας 3rd c.BC: Euphro Comicus 8.3)]; of love, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (τοῖς νέοισιν -ισμένος 4th c.BC: Timocles Comicus 30)]; of fire, [Refs 6th c.BC+ (φέψαλος.. -όμενος..ῥιπίδι Aristophanes Comicus [{5-6th c.BC}] “Acharnenses” 669 (Lyric poetry); αἰθὴρ -έσθω βροντῇ Aeschylus Tragicus [{4-5th c.BC}] “Prometheus Vinctus” 1045)] (anapaest meter); πνεῦμα ἠρεθισμένον, of one who has run till he is out of breath, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Medea” 1119; ἕλκος ἠρεθισμένον _irritated,_ 5th c.BC: Hippocrates Medicus “περὶ ἀγμῶν” 27, compare 31, 2nd c.BC: Polybius Historicus 1.81.6; ὀσμὴ -ισμένη 4th c.BC: Eubulus Comicus 75.9; ἐπὶ τὴν ὕβριν ἠρεθίσθαι 2nd c.AD: Lucianus Sophista “Am.” 22)].
II absolutely, to be quarrelsome or perverse, [Refs 1st c.AD+ (1st c.AD: Philo Judaeus 1.359.)]