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Goad

Vine's Expository Dictionary of NT Words

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1: κέντρον

(Strong's #2759 — Noun Neuter — kentron — ken'-tron )

from kenteo, "to prick," denotes (a) "a sting," Revelation 9:10; metaphorically, of sin as the "sting" of death, 1 Corinthians 15:55,56; (b) "a goad," Acts 26:14 , RV, "goad" (marg., "goads"), for AV, "pricks" (in some mss. also in Acts 9:5 ), said of the promptings and misgivings which Saul of Tarsus had resisted before conversion.

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Vines, W. E., M. A. Entry for 'Goad'. Vine's Expository Dictionary of NT Words. https://www.studylight.org/​dictionaries/​eng/​ved/​g/goad.html. 1940.
 
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