kentron · goad, sting

What it means

kentron (κέντρον) is a Greek word of the Bible that means “goad, sting”.

Goad: a pointed stick for driving oxen; also the sting of an insect.

How to say it

Approximate pronunciation. Vowels sound as in Spanish (a as in father, e as in bed, i as in machine, o as in note, u as in rule); the syllable in bold is stressed. The voice is your device's.

Its senses in the Bible

1. The poisoned point that pricks, like a scorpion's.
2. A pointed stick for driving oxen.

From Abbott-Smith (1922) · Thayer (1889)

How it is translated

The words this translation uses for it, most frequent first.

• sting ×2
• goads ×1
• stingers ×1

Related words

Words of the same family, by Strong’s numbering.

Where it appears

• Acts×1
• 1 Corinthians×2
• Revelation×1

• Acts 26:14

  And when we had all fallen to the ground, I heard a voice saying to me in the Hebrew language, ‘Saul, Saul, why are you persecuting me? It is hard for you to kick against the goads.’

• 1 Corinthians 15:55

  Where, O death, is your victory? Where, O death, is your sting?

• 1 Corinthians 15:56

  Now the sting of death is sin, and the power of sin is the law;

• Revelation 9:10

  And they have tails like scorpions’ and stingers, and in their tails is their authority to harm people for five months.