Strong's Greek · G2759

κέντρον

kéntron

prick, sting

Definition

a point ("centre"), i.e. a sting (figuratively, poison) or goad (figuratively, divine impulse)

Derivation

from (to prick);

Appears 4 times in Scripture

1 Corinthians 15:55

“Where, O Death, is your victory? Where, O Death, is your sting?”

1 Corinthians 15:56

The sting of death is sin, and the power of sin is the law.

Revelation 9:10

They had tails with stingers like scorpions, which had the power to injure people for five months.

Acts 26:14

We all fell to the ground, and I heard a voice say to me in Hebrew, ‘Saul, Saul, why do you persecute Me? It is hard for you to kick against the goads.’

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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).

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