Strong G3951παροτρύνω

to incite

Transliteration
parotrunō
Pronunciation
par-ot-roo'-no
Morphology
Greek Verb

Definition

From G3844 and ὀτρύνω otrunō (to spur); to urge along that is stimulate (to hostility): - stir up.

Detailed definition

παρ-οτρύνω
to urge on, stir up: with accusative of person(s), Act.13:50 (find., Hipp., and late writers).†
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In the Bible

Strong G3951 appears in 1 verse of the KJV.

Translated in the KJV by

  • stir1

First verses

  1. Acts 13:50
    But the Jews stirred up the devout and honourable women, and the chief men of the city, and raised persecution against Paul and Barnabas, and expelled them out of their coasts.
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Detailed Greek dictionary
Included with: παροτρ-υντικός, ή, όν,
fit for inciting, εἰς μάχην [Refs (12th c.AD: Eustathius Episcopus Thessalonicensis 1169.55. παροτρ-ύνω)], urge on, with infinitive, πὰρ θυμὸς ὀτρύνει φάμεν [NT+5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “O.” 3.38, cf. NT.Act.13.50, 1st c.AD: Josephus Historicus “Antiquitates Judaicae” 7.6.1, 2nd c.AD: Lucianus Sophista “Tox.” 35.)]
2 in Medicine texts, displace the uterus, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Hippocrates Medicus “γυναικεῖα” 2.138.)]