Strong's Greek · G2042
ἐρεθίζω
erethízō
provoke
Definition
to stimulate (especially to anger)
Derivation
from a presumed prolonged form of G2054 (ἔρις);
Appears 2 times in Scripture
Colossians 3:21
“Fathers, do not provoke your children, so they will not become discouraged.”
2 Corinthians 9:2
“For I know your eagerness to help, and I have been boasting to the Macedonians that since last year you in Achaia were prepared to give. And your zeal has stirred most of them to do likewise.”
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Lexicon: Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (James Strong, 1890, public domain), digital edition by Open Scriptures (CC BY-SA). Verse mappings: Berean Standard Bible interlinear tables (public domain).