Strong's Number G2759

κέντρον

kentron · ken'-tron

Transliteration:

kentron{ken'-tron}

Word Origin:

from kenteo (to prick)

TDNT:

3:663,427

Part of Speech:

noun neuter

Strong's Definition:

a point ("centre"), i.e. a sting (figuratively, poison) or goad (figuratively, divine impulse)

Usage in the KJV:

sting 3, prick 2

Total: 5
Occurs 4 times in the Greek text.

Definition:

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
an iron goad, for urging on oxen, horses and other beasts of burden
1. hence the proverb, "to kick against the goad", i.e. to offer vain and perilous or ruinous resistance