ἐρεθίζω
erethízō
“to stimulate (especially to anger)”
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Definition
Strong’s Definition
to stimulate (especially to anger)
Mounce Concise Greek-English Dictionary
to provoke, to irritate, exasperate, Col. 3:21; to incite, stimulate, 2 Cor. 9:2*
Translated in KJV as
provoke
Etymology
from a presumed prolonged form of G2054 (ἔρις);
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“For I know the forwardness of your mind, for which I boast of you to them of Macedonia, that Achaia was ready a year ago; and your zeal hath provoked very many.”