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Pricks
American Tract Society Bible Dictionary
The points with which ox-goads were armed, by kicking against which a refractory bullock only hurt itself the more. Hence a proverb, found in Greek and Latin as well as in Hebrew, applied to those who resist lawful authority, or the power of God, Acts 9:5 26:14 . Compare Job 15:25-26 . See OX.
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Rand, W. W. Entry for 'Pricks'. American Tract Society Bible Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/dictionaries/eng/ats/p/pricks.html. 1859.