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
““Where, O Death, is your victory? Where, O Death, is your sting?””
“The sting of death is sin, and the power of sin is the law.”
“They had tails with stingers like scorpions, which had the power to injure people for five months.”
“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).