Strong G2979λακτίζω
to kick
- Transliteration
- laktizō
- Pronunciation
- lak-tid'-zo
- Morphology
- Greek Verb
Definition
From adverb λάξ lax (heelwise); to recalcitrate: - kick.
Detailed definition
λακτίζω
(λάξ, with the foot),
to kick: Act.26:14.†
(AS)
(λάξ, with the foot),
to kick: Act.26:14.†
(AS)
In the Bible
Strong G2979 appears in 2 verses of the KJV.
Translated in the KJV by
- kick2
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.
Occurrences by book
Detailed Greek dictionary
λακτίζω,
perfect λελάκτῐκα [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Nubes” 136)]:—kick with the heel or foot, λ. ποσὶ γαῖαν, of a defeated boxer, [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 18.99, compare 22.88)]; φλὸξ αἰθέρα λακτίζοισα καπνῷ flames lashing heaven with smoke, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “I.” 4(3).66)]; κραδία δὲ φόβῳ φρένα λακτίζει my heart 'knocks at my ribs' for fear, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Prometheus Vinctus” 881 (_anapaest meter_); [ἔρως] λ. κραδίην “Anthologia Graeca” 12.16 (2nd c.AD: Strato Epigrammaticus))]; τὸν πεσόντα λακτίσαι trample on the fallen, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Agamemnon” 885)]; λ. βωμὸν εἰς ἀφάνειαν trample on the altar so as utterly to destroy it, [Refs ([prev. work] 383 (Lyric poetry))]; τὴν θύραν λ. kick at the door, Ar.[same place]; λ. ἀλλήλους [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Respublica” 586b)]; of horses, λ. τὸ λυποῦν [Refs 5th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “de Partibus Animalium” 690a21; ἑαυτόν 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Gorgias” 516a; ὑπὸ ἵππου λακτισθείς 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Anabasis” 3.2.18: _metaphorically_, λ. πολλὴν χάριν 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Rhesus” 411)]; βοῦς ὁ λακτίσας ὑμᾶς, of a clumsy-footed person, [Refs 3rd c.BC+ (3rd c.BC: Herodas Mimographus 7.118)]:—middle in active sense, [Refs (“Mim. Oxy.” 413.65.)]
2 absolutely, kick, struggle, [Refs (Batrachomyomachia 90)]; of horses, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Eq. Mag.” 1.4: frequently in proverbial λ. ποτὶ κέντρον, πρὸς κέντρα)], kick against the pricks, [NT+5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “P.” 2.95, 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Agamemnon” 1624, 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Bacchae” 795, NT.Act.26.14, etc.; so πρὸς κῦμα λ. 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Iphigenia Taurica” 1396.)]
perfect λελάκτῐκα [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Nubes” 136)]:—kick with the heel or foot, λ. ποσὶ γαῖαν, of a defeated boxer, [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 18.99, compare 22.88)]; φλὸξ αἰθέρα λακτίζοισα καπνῷ flames lashing heaven with smoke, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “I.” 4(3).66)]; κραδία δὲ φόβῳ φρένα λακτίζει my heart 'knocks at my ribs' for fear, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Prometheus Vinctus” 881 (_anapaest meter_); [ἔρως] λ. κραδίην “Anthologia Graeca” 12.16 (2nd c.AD: Strato Epigrammaticus))]; τὸν πεσόντα λακτίσαι trample on the fallen, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Agamemnon” 885)]; λ. βωμὸν εἰς ἀφάνειαν trample on the altar so as utterly to destroy it, [Refs ([prev. work] 383 (Lyric poetry))]; τὴν θύραν λ. kick at the door, Ar.[same place]; λ. ἀλλήλους [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Respublica” 586b)]; of horses, λ. τὸ λυποῦν [Refs 5th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “de Partibus Animalium” 690a21; ἑαυτόν 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Gorgias” 516a; ὑπὸ ἵππου λακτισθείς 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Anabasis” 3.2.18: _metaphorically_, λ. πολλὴν χάριν 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Rhesus” 411)]; βοῦς ὁ λακτίσας ὑμᾶς, of a clumsy-footed person, [Refs 3rd c.BC+ (3rd c.BC: Herodas Mimographus 7.118)]:—middle in active sense, [Refs (“Mim. Oxy.” 413.65.)]
2 absolutely, kick, struggle, [Refs (Batrachomyomachia 90)]; of horses, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Eq. Mag.” 1.4: frequently in proverbial λ. ποτὶ κέντρον, πρὸς κέντρα)], kick against the pricks, [NT+5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “P.” 2.95, 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Agamemnon” 1624, 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Bacchae” 795, NT.Act.26.14, etc.; so πρὸς κῦμα λ. 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Iphigenia Taurica” 1396.)]