kentron <2759>

kentron kentron

Pronunciation:	ken'-tron
Origin:	from kenteo (to prick)
Reference:	TDNT - 3:663,427
PrtSpch:	n n
In Greek:	kentra 2, kentron 2
In NET:	sting 2, stingers 1
In AV:	sting 3, prick 2
Count:	5
Definition:	1) a sting, as that of bees, scorpions, locusts. Since animals wound by their sting and even cause death, Paul attributes death, personified as a sting, i.e. a deadly weapon 2) an iron goad, for urging on oxen, horses and other beasts of burden 2a) hence the proverb, "to kick against the goad", i.e. to offer vain and perilous or ruinous resistance from kenteo (to prick); a point ("centre"), i.e. a sting (figuratively, poison) or goad (figuratively, divine impulse):-prick, sting.

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