Greek noun (neuter) · G2759
κέντρον
kentronken'-tron
a sting; a goad
4 uses in the Greek text, one for each word STEP Bible has tagged with this key
Concordance spelling: kéntron
Word page · Part of the concordance, one page for every word of the Hebrew and Greek text. Strong's G2759is this word's number in James Strong's 1890 index of the King James Bible.
- 3 of 27New Testament books
- 2spellings
- 2meanings
The definition in full
Strong's key (1890) · G2759
a point ("centre"), i.e. a sting (figuratively, poison) or goad (figuratively, divine impulse)
The King James renders it: prick, sting.
James Strong, The Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible (1890), public domain. Strong indexed the King James text, and this site quotes his entry as that index.
Summary
kentron is rendered "a sting; a goad". It stands 4 times in the Greek text, across three books.
- Two of the uses stand in 1 Corinthians, more than in any other book.
- The lexicon lists two meanings for it, beginning with "a sting".
- Its first use in canonical order opens the ledger below.Acts 26:14We 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.’
- The Greek text spells it two different ways.
The first use
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.’
Acts 26:14κέντρα
The first use, in the order of the New Testament's books.
Where the word stands
Two of the word's four uses are in 1 Corinthians.
What the word means
The lexicons give this word two senses, and a verse uses one of them at a time: a sting, and a goad.
Each meaning, and the words it is translated by
| Meaning | Tagged as | Where |
|---|---|---|
| a sting(4Mac, l.with): Rev.9:10. Metaphorical (as Hos.13:14): τ. θανάτου, 1Co.15:55 (LXX), 1Co.15:56 | Tagged as
| WhereHosea 13:14I will ransom them from the power of Sheol; I will redeem them from Death. Where, O Death… |
| a goadpl., Act.26:14.† (AS) | Tagged as
| WhereActs 26:14We all fell to the ground, and I heard a voice say to me in Hebrew, ‘Saul, Saul… |
The words built on the same word-part
Each word below begins with the same letters this one begins with. A shared word-part shows a family. It does not settle what any one of them means, so each word carries its own uses on its own page. Scholars call that shared part the stem.
| Word | Written | Meaning | Uses |
|---|---|---|---|
| κεντυρίων | kentyrion | centurion | Uses3 |
All 4, in canonical order
Every use, in order
Every use, grouped by book, with its verse.
2 spellings and their grammar
STEP Bible tags every word of the Hebrew and Greek text with its spelling and its grammar. Both lists below count the rows printed underneath, written out in English, with the code beside each one as it was tagged.
How it is spelled
- κέντρα2
- κέντρον2
The grammar of each form
- noun · accusative (object) · neuter plural2N-APN
- noun · nominative (subject) · neuter singular2N-NSN
Acts
one use
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.’
- κέντραkentranoun · accusative (object) · neuter pluraltagged: goads
1 Corinthians
two uses
“Where, O Death, is your victory? Where, O Death, is your sting?”
- κέντρονkentronnoun · nominative (subject) · neuter singulartagged: sting
The sting of death is sin, and the power of sin is the law.
- κέντρονkentronnoun · nominative (subject) · neuter singulartagged: the sting
Revelation
one use
They had tails with stingers like scorpions, which had the power to injure people for five months.
- κέντραkentranoun · accusative (object) · neuter pluraltagged: stingers
Where it leads
On this page
Studies1
How the numbers are counted
Every count on this page comes from STEP Bible's tagged Hebrew and Greek text, the same text the ledger prints. A use is counted once each time the tagging marks a word with this key.
Spellings are counted as the Greek text spells them, with the sentence's own punctuation taken off the word first, so a form that ends a clause is not counted as a second spelling.
The family is read from the lexicon by the stem the two words share, with the accents off, and a person or a place named on the stem is left out.