κέντρον
kéntron
“a point ("centre"), i.e. a sting (figuratively, poison) or goad (figuratively, divine impulse)”
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Definition
From Mounce's Concise Greek-English Dictionary
Strong’s Definition
a point ("centre"), i.e. a sting (figuratively, poison) or goad (figuratively, divine impulse)
Mounce Concise Greek-English Dictionary
a sharp point; a sting of an animal, Rev. 9:10; a prick, stimulus, goad, Acts 26:14; met. of death, destructive power, deadly venom, 1 Cor. 15:55, 56*
Translated in KJV as
pricksting
Etymology
from (to prick);
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