Strong G2759κέντρον
sting
- Transliteration
- kentron
- Pronunciation
- ken'-tron
- Morphology
- Greek Noun Neuter
Definition
From κεντέω kenteō (to prick); a point (centre) that is a sting (figuratively poison) or goad (figuratively divine impulse): - prick sting.
Detailed definition
κέντρον, -ου, τό
(εκντέω, to prick), [in LXX: Pro.26:3 (מֶתֶג), Hos.13:14 (קֹטֶב), Hos.5:12, Sir.38:25, 4Ma.14:19 *;]
1. a sting (4Mac, l.with): Rev.9:10. Metaphorical (as Hos.13:14): τ. θανάτου, 1Co.15:55 (LXX), 1Co.15:56,
2. a goad: pl., Act.26:14.†
(AS)
(εκντέω, to prick), [in LXX: Pro.26:3 (מֶתֶג), Hos.13:14 (קֹטֶב), Hos.5:12, Sir.38:25, 4Ma.14:19 *;]
1. a sting (4Mac, l.with): Rev.9:10. Metaphorical (as Hos.13:14): τ. θανάτου, 1Co.15:55 (LXX), 1Co.15:56,
2. a goad: pl., Act.26:14.†
(AS)
In the Bible
Strong G2759 appears in 5 verses of the KJV.
Translated in the KJV by
- sting3
- prick2
First verses
- 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.
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Detailed Greek dictionary
κέντρον, τό,
(κεντέω) any sharp point:
1 horse-goad, [ἵπποι] ἄνευ κέντροιο θέοντες [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 23.387, compare 430, 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Nubes” 1297, 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Institutio Cyri (Cyropaedia)” 7.1.29, etc.; διπλοῖς κέντροισι 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Oedipus Tyrannus” 809; ὄνειδος ἔτυψεν δίκαν διφρηλάτου μεσολαβεῖ κ. 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Eumenides” 157 (Lyric poetry): post- 8th c.BC: Homerus Epicus)], ox-goad [Refs 8th c.BC+ ((8th c.BC: Homerus Epicus βουπλήξ))], used as an instrument of torture, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 3.130; κέντροις καὶ μάστιξιν 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Leges” 777a: proverbial, πρὸς κέντρα λακτίζειν (see. λακτίζω 2); δεῖ.. κέντρου πολλάκις, οὕτω δὲ καὶ χαλινοῦ 3rd c.AD: Longinus Rhetor 2.2)]; as a symbol of sovereignty, λαβὼν.. χερσὶν κέντρα κηδεύει πόλιν [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Fragmenta” 683.)]
1.b metaphorically, goad, spur, incentive, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “Fragmenta.” 124.4, 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Prometheus Vinctus” 691 (Lyric poetry))]; ποῦ γὰρ τοσοῦτο κ. ὡς μητροκτονεῖ; [Refs 5th c.BC+ ([prev. author] “Eu.” 427; κέντροις ἔρωτος 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Hippolytus” 39, compare 1303; πόθου κ. 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Respublica” 573a; κέντρα καὶ ὠδῖνες [prev. author] “Phdr.” 251e; κ. ἐγερτικὸν θυμοῦ 1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus “Lycurgus” 21)]; κέντρα πτολέμοιο, of the Argives, Oracle texts cited in [Refs 3rd c.BC+ (Scholia 3rd c.BC: Theocritus Poeta Bucolicus 14.48)]; κ. ἐμοῦ desire for me, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Philoctetes” 1039.)]
2 metaphorically, in plural, tortures, pangs, [NT ([prev. author] “Tr.” 840 (Lyric poetry): _sing._, τὸ κ. τοῦ θανάτου ἡ ἁμαρτία NT.1Cor.15.56.)]
3 point of a spear, [Refs 2nd c.BC+ (2nd c.BC: Polybius Historicus 6.22.4: _plural_, of the περόναι)] with which Oedipus pierced his eyes, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Oedipus Tyrannus” 1318.)]
4 peg of a top, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Respublica” 436d.)]
5 of animals,
5.a sting of bees and wasps, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Vespae” 225, 407 (Lyric poetry), +others)]; of scorpions, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “de Partibus Animalium” 683a12)] (so of the constellation [Refs 4th c.BC+ (“Scorpio”, 4th-3rd c.BC: Aratus Epicus 505))]: hence, metaphorically, of malicious persons, ἐς τοὺς ἔχοντας κέντρ᾽ ἀφιᾶσιν [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Supplices” 242; πορεύεται, ὥσπερ σκορπίος, ἠρκὼς τὸ κ. 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 25.52)]; of Pericles as an orator, τὸ κ. ἐγκατέλειπε τοῖς ἀκροωμένοις [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Eupolis Comicus 94.7)]; of Socrates, ὥσπερ μέλιττα τὸ κ. ἐγκαταλιπών [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Phaedo” 91c; οἷον ὀφθαλμῷ κ. ἐνθεῖσα 2nd-3rd c.AD: Philostratus Sophista “Philostrati majoris imagines” 2.1)]; βλέμματος κ. Onomarch. cited in [Refs 2nd c.AD+ (2nd-3rd c.AD: Philostratus Sophista “Vitae Sophistarum” 2.18.)]
5.b spur of a cock, [Refs (“Geoponica” 14.7.17.)]
5.c quill of the porcupine, [Refs 2nd c.AD+ (2nd-3rd c.AD: Aelianus “De Natura Animalium - Ar.Byzantine Epit.” 12.26.)]
5.d ={πόσθη}, [Refs 3rd c.BC+ (3rd c.BC: Sotades Lyricus 1.)]
6 stationary point of a pair of compasses, [Refs 1st c.BC+ (1st c.BC: Vitruvius Scriptor de Architectura Latinus 3.1.3)]: generally, centre of a circle, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Timaeus” 54e, 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Analytica Priora” 41b15, +others)]; ἡ ἐκ τοῦ κ. (i.e. εὐθεῖα) radius, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (3rd c.BC: Euclides Geometra “Optica” 34; ὥσπερ κύκλον κέντρῳ περιέγραψαν τὴν πόλιν 1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus “Romulus” 11; τὸ κ. τᾶς σφαίρας 5th-4th c.BC: Timaeus Locrus Philosophus 100e; τὸ κ. τῆς γῆς 2nd c.AD: Ptolemaeus Mathematicus “Tetrabiblos” 52)]; κ. βάρεος centre of gravity, [Refs 3rd c.BC+ (3rd c.BC: Archimedes Geometra “περὶ ἰσορροπιῶν” 1 “Def.” 4: _metaphorically_, κ. καὶ διαστήματι περιγράφειν)] circumscribe, [Refs 1st c.AD+ (1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus 2.513c, 524f.)]
7 pin, rivet, [Refs 2nd c.AD+ (2nd c.AD: Pausanias Periegeta 10.16.1)]; spur, tip, for fixing a machine in the ground, [Refs (Apollod “Poliorc.” 144.1.)]
8 ῥακτηρίοις κέντροισιν, of oars, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Fragmenta” 802.)]
9 Astron., cardinal point on the ecliptic, [Refs 2nd c.AD+ (2nd c.AD: Ptolemaeus Mathematicus “Tetrabiblos” 74, 2nd c.AD: Sextus Empiricus Philosophus “adversus Mathematicos” 5.12, 2nd c.AD: Vettius Valens Astrologus 50.18, etc.)]
10 hard knot in stone, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th-3rd c.BC: Theophrastus Philosophus “Historia Plantarum” 5.2.3)]; flaw in crystals, [Refs 1st c.AD+ (1st c.AD: Plinius Rerum Naturalium Scriptor “Historia Naturalis” 37.28.)]
(κεντέω) any sharp point:
1 horse-goad, [ἵπποι] ἄνευ κέντροιο θέοντες [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 23.387, compare 430, 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Nubes” 1297, 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Institutio Cyri (Cyropaedia)” 7.1.29, etc.; διπλοῖς κέντροισι 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Oedipus Tyrannus” 809; ὄνειδος ἔτυψεν δίκαν διφρηλάτου μεσολαβεῖ κ. 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Eumenides” 157 (Lyric poetry): post- 8th c.BC: Homerus Epicus)], ox-goad [Refs 8th c.BC+ ((8th c.BC: Homerus Epicus βουπλήξ))], used as an instrument of torture, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 3.130; κέντροις καὶ μάστιξιν 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Leges” 777a: proverbial, πρὸς κέντρα λακτίζειν (see. λακτίζω 2); δεῖ.. κέντρου πολλάκις, οὕτω δὲ καὶ χαλινοῦ 3rd c.AD: Longinus Rhetor 2.2)]; as a symbol of sovereignty, λαβὼν.. χερσὶν κέντρα κηδεύει πόλιν [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Fragmenta” 683.)]
1.b metaphorically, goad, spur, incentive, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “Fragmenta.” 124.4, 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Prometheus Vinctus” 691 (Lyric poetry))]; ποῦ γὰρ τοσοῦτο κ. ὡς μητροκτονεῖ; [Refs 5th c.BC+ ([prev. author] “Eu.” 427; κέντροις ἔρωτος 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Hippolytus” 39, compare 1303; πόθου κ. 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Respublica” 573a; κέντρα καὶ ὠδῖνες [prev. author] “Phdr.” 251e; κ. ἐγερτικὸν θυμοῦ 1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus “Lycurgus” 21)]; κέντρα πτολέμοιο, of the Argives, Oracle texts cited in [Refs 3rd c.BC+ (Scholia 3rd c.BC: Theocritus Poeta Bucolicus 14.48)]; κ. ἐμοῦ desire for me, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Philoctetes” 1039.)]
2 metaphorically, in plural, tortures, pangs, [NT ([prev. author] “Tr.” 840 (Lyric poetry): _sing._, τὸ κ. τοῦ θανάτου ἡ ἁμαρτία NT.1Cor.15.56.)]
3 point of a spear, [Refs 2nd c.BC+ (2nd c.BC: Polybius Historicus 6.22.4: _plural_, of the περόναι)] with which Oedipus pierced his eyes, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Oedipus Tyrannus” 1318.)]
4 peg of a top, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Respublica” 436d.)]
5 of animals,
5.a sting of bees and wasps, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Vespae” 225, 407 (Lyric poetry), +others)]; of scorpions, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “de Partibus Animalium” 683a12)] (so of the constellation [Refs 4th c.BC+ (“Scorpio”, 4th-3rd c.BC: Aratus Epicus 505))]: hence, metaphorically, of malicious persons, ἐς τοὺς ἔχοντας κέντρ᾽ ἀφιᾶσιν [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Supplices” 242; πορεύεται, ὥσπερ σκορπίος, ἠρκὼς τὸ κ. 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 25.52)]; of Pericles as an orator, τὸ κ. ἐγκατέλειπε τοῖς ἀκροωμένοις [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Eupolis Comicus 94.7)]; of Socrates, ὥσπερ μέλιττα τὸ κ. ἐγκαταλιπών [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Phaedo” 91c; οἷον ὀφθαλμῷ κ. ἐνθεῖσα 2nd-3rd c.AD: Philostratus Sophista “Philostrati majoris imagines” 2.1)]; βλέμματος κ. Onomarch. cited in [Refs 2nd c.AD+ (2nd-3rd c.AD: Philostratus Sophista “Vitae Sophistarum” 2.18.)]
5.b spur of a cock, [Refs (“Geoponica” 14.7.17.)]
5.c quill of the porcupine, [Refs 2nd c.AD+ (2nd-3rd c.AD: Aelianus “De Natura Animalium - Ar.Byzantine Epit.” 12.26.)]
5.d ={πόσθη}, [Refs 3rd c.BC+ (3rd c.BC: Sotades Lyricus 1.)]
6 stationary point of a pair of compasses, [Refs 1st c.BC+ (1st c.BC: Vitruvius Scriptor de Architectura Latinus 3.1.3)]: generally, centre of a circle, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Timaeus” 54e, 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Analytica Priora” 41b15, +others)]; ἡ ἐκ τοῦ κ. (i.e. εὐθεῖα) radius, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (3rd c.BC: Euclides Geometra “Optica” 34; ὥσπερ κύκλον κέντρῳ περιέγραψαν τὴν πόλιν 1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus “Romulus” 11; τὸ κ. τᾶς σφαίρας 5th-4th c.BC: Timaeus Locrus Philosophus 100e; τὸ κ. τῆς γῆς 2nd c.AD: Ptolemaeus Mathematicus “Tetrabiblos” 52)]; κ. βάρεος centre of gravity, [Refs 3rd c.BC+ (3rd c.BC: Archimedes Geometra “περὶ ἰσορροπιῶν” 1 “Def.” 4: _metaphorically_, κ. καὶ διαστήματι περιγράφειν)] circumscribe, [Refs 1st c.AD+ (1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus 2.513c, 524f.)]
7 pin, rivet, [Refs 2nd c.AD+ (2nd c.AD: Pausanias Periegeta 10.16.1)]; spur, tip, for fixing a machine in the ground, [Refs (Apollod “Poliorc.” 144.1.)]
8 ῥακτηρίοις κέντροισιν, of oars, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Fragmenta” 802.)]
9 Astron., cardinal point on the ecliptic, [Refs 2nd c.AD+ (2nd c.AD: Ptolemaeus Mathematicus “Tetrabiblos” 74, 2nd c.AD: Sextus Empiricus Philosophus “adversus Mathematicos” 5.12, 2nd c.AD: Vettius Valens Astrologus 50.18, etc.)]
10 hard knot in stone, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th-3rd c.BC: Theophrastus Philosophus “Historia Plantarum” 5.2.3)]; flaw in crystals, [Refs 1st c.AD+ (1st c.AD: Plinius Rerum Naturalium Scriptor “Historia Naturalis” 37.28.)]