noun · neuter
kentrem
Greekκέντρον (kentron)
Strong’sG2759
a sting, goad
stem kentr-4 times in the New Testamentin 3 of 27 books1 of 6 forms occur
Translated as
What it means
κέντρον, -ου, τό
(< κεντέω, to prick), [in LXX: Pr 26:3 (מֶתֶג), Ho 13:14 (קֹטֶב), 5:12, Si 38:25, IV Mac 14:19*;]
G. Abbott-Smith, A Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament, 1922 — public domain. References open in the reader.
Strong’s G2759 — the 1890 definition, and where the word comes from
Saidken'-tron
a point ("centre"), i.e. a sting (figuratively, poison) or goad (figuratively, divine impulse)
Fromfrom κεντέω (to prick);
King Jamesprick, sting.
James Strong, Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible, 1890 — public domain. The numbers in it link to the entries here.
Every form
| Job in the sentence case | one singular | more than one plural |
|---|---|---|
| subject or object direct | kentrem2×κέντρον | kentreim |
| of, belonging to genitive | kentreu | kentreiu |
| to, for dative | kentre | kentrei |
Tinted cells are forms the New Testament never uses, so there is no Greek to show against them — but they are still correct Biblang, built from the slots below like any other.
Why these forms, and no others — the slots that make them
kentre is this word in every one of its forms. The slots after it make all the rest.
same in every form varies — every value shown
Where it appears
4 occurrences, every one of them listed
kentrem“sting”subject or objectdirect singular2×
1 Corinthians 15:55“sting”pou su, thanator, tem nikem? pou su, thanator, tem kentrem?“Where, O Death, is your victory? Where, O Death, is your sting?”
1 Corinthians 15:56“sting”tem de kentrem tou thanatou tas hamartas, tas de dunamias tau hamartau tos nomos;The sting of death is sin, and the power of sin is the law.
kentreim2×
Acts 26:14“goads”pantoiu tē katapiptaratoiu nu eis tan gēan akouama fōnan legarōtan pros min ta Hebraida dialekta; Saoul Saoul, tinem min diōkasō? sklērem si pros kentreim laktizarō.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.’
Revelation 9:10“stings”kai echalō ourain homoiain skorpioi kai kentreim, kai en tai ourai autaiu tas exousias autaiu adikara toin anthrōpoin mēnoin pente.They had tails with stingers like scorpions, which had the power to injure people for five months.