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<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8" /><meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width; initial-scale=1"/><title>Strong's Greek: 2759. κέντρον (kentron) -- Sting, goad</title></title><link rel="canonical" href="http://biblehub.com/greek/2759.htm" /><link rel="stylesheet" href="/strongsnew2.css" type="text/css" media="Screen" /><link rel="stylesheet" href="/print.css" type="text/css" media="Print" /><script type="application/javascript" src="https://scripts.webcontentassessor.com/scripts/8a2459b64f9cac8122fc7f2eac4409c8555fac9383016db59c4c26e3d5b8b157"></script><script src='https://qd.admetricspro.com/js/biblehub/biblehub-layout-loader-revcatch.js'></script><script id='HyDgbd_1s' src='https://prebidads.revcatch.com/ads.js' type='text/javascript' async></script><script>(function(w,d,b,s,i){var cts=d.createElement(s);cts.async=true;cts.id='catchscript'; cts.dataset.appid=i;cts.src='https://app.protectsubrev.com/catch_rp.js?cb='+Math.random(); document.head.appendChild(cts); }) (window,document,'head','script','rc-anksrH');</script></head> <script async src="https://www.googletagmanager.com/gtag/js?id=G-LR4HSKRP2H"></script> <script> window.dataLayer = window.dataLayer || []; function gtag(){dataLayer.push(arguments);} gtag('js', new Date()); gtag('config', 'G-LR4HSKRP2H'); </script><body><div id="fx"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" id="fx2"><tr><td><iframe width="100%" height="30" scrolling="no" src="/interlinear/vmenus/2_corinthians/3-13.htm" align="left" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div><div id="blnk"></div><div align="center"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" class="maintable"><tr><td><div id="fx5"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" id="fx6"><tr><td><iframe width="100%" height="245" scrolling="no" src="//biblehu.com/bmstrongs/greek/2759.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div></td></tr></table></div><div align="center"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" class="maintable3"><tr><td><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center" id="announce"><tr><td><div id="l1"><div id="breadcrumbs"><a href="/">Bible</a> > <a href="/strongs.htm">Strong's</a> > <a href="/englishmans_greek.htm">Greek</a> > 2759</div><div id="anc"><iframe src="/anc.htm" width="100%" height="27" scrolling="no" frameborder="0"></iframe></div><div id="anc2"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td><iframe src="/anc2.htm" width="100%" height="27" scrolling="no" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div></div></td></tr></table><div id="movebox2"><table border="0" align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"><tr><td><div id="topheading"><a href="../greek/2758.htm" title="2758">◄</a> 2759. kentron <a href="../greek/2760.htm" title="2760">►</a></div></td></tr></table></div><div align="center" class="maintable2"><table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td><div id="leftbox"><div class="padleft"><div class="vheading">Strong's Lexicon</div><div align="left"><span class="toptitle2">kentron: Sting, goad</span></div><p><span class="tophdg">Original Word: </span><span class="greek">κέντρον</span><br><span class="tophdg">Part of Speech: </span>Noun, Neuter<br><span class="tophdg">Transliteration: </span>kentron<br><span class="tophdg">Pronunciation: </span>KEN-tron<br><span class="tophdg">Phonetic Spelling: </span>(ken'-tron)<br><span class="tophdg">Definition: </span>Sting, goad<br><span class="tophdg">Meaning: </span>a sting, goad; met: of death.<p><span class="tophdg">Word Origin: </span>From the base of κεντέω (kenteō), meaning "to prick" or "to goad."<p><span class="tophdg">Corresponding Greek / Hebrew Entries: </span>While there is no direct Hebrew equivalent for "kentron," the concept of a goad or sting can be related to Hebrew words like דָּקַר (dāqar, Strong's H1856), meaning "to pierce" or "to stab."<p><span class="tophdg">Usage: </span>In the New Testament, "kentron" is used metaphorically to describe a sharp point or sting, often in the context of something that causes pain or provokes action. It can refer to the sting of an insect or the pointed end of a goad used to drive animals. The term is used to convey the idea of something that incites or provokes, often with a negative connotation.<p><span class="tophdg">Cultural and Historical Background: </span>In ancient agricultural societies, a goad was a pointed stick used to drive oxen or other animals during plowing. The sharp end would prod the animal to move forward. This imagery was familiar to the original audience of the New Testament, who would understand the metaphorical use of "kentron" as something that provokes or causes discomfort. Additionally, the sting of insects was a common experience, symbolizing sudden pain or irritation.<div class="vheading2">NAS Exhaustive Concordance</div><span class="hdg">Word Origin</span><br>from kenteó (to prick)<br><span class="hdg">Definition</span><br>a sharp point<br><span class="hdg">NASB Translation</span><br>goads (1), sting (2), stings (1).<p><div align="center"><span class="smalltext"><iframe width="100%" height="85" scrolling=no src="/nasec.htm" frameborder=0 cellpadding=0></iframe></span></div><div class="vheading2">Thayer's Greek Lexicon</div><span class="maintitle">STRONGS NT 2759: κέντρον</span><br><br><span class="arttitle"><span class="grktitle">κέντρον</span></span>, <span class="greek2">κέντρου</span>, <span class="greek2">τό</span> (<span class="greek2">κεντέω</span> to prick); <p><span class="textheading">1.</span> <span class="accented">a sting,</span> as that of bees (4 Macc. 14:19), scorpions, locusts, <a href="/interlinear/revelation/9-10.htm">Revelation 9:10</a>. Since animals wound by their sting and even cause death, Paul in <a href="/interlinear/1_corinthians/15-55.htm">1 Corinthians 15:55</a> (after <a href="/interlinear/hosea/13-14.htm">Hosea 13:14</a>, the <span class="manuref">Sept.</span>) attributes to death, personified, a <span class="greek2">κέντρον</span>, i. e. a deadly weapon, and that <span class="greek2">κέντρον</span> is said to be <span class="greek2">ἡ</span> <span class="greek2">ἁμαρτία</span> (56), because sin is death's cause and punishment (?) (<a href="/interlinear/romans/5-12.htm">Romans 5:12</a>). <p><span class="textheading">2.</span> as in the Greek writings <span class="accented">an iron goad,</span> for urging on oxen, horses and other beasts of burden; hence, the proverb <span class="greek2">πρός</span> <span class="greek2">κέντρα</span> <span class="greek2">λακτίζειν</span>, <span class="accented">to kick against the goad,</span> i. e. to offer vain and perilous or ruinous resistance: <a href="/interlinear/acts/9-5.htm">Acts 9:5</a> <span class="manuref">Rec.</span>; <BIBLE/CHAPTER_VERSE:Acts 26:14>; cf. <span class="abbreviation">Pindar</span> <span class="abbreviation">Pythagoras</span> 2, 173; <span class="abbreviation">Aeschylus</span> (Ag. 1624, cf.) Prom. 323; <span class="abbreviation">Euripides</span>, Bacch. 795; Terent. Phorm. 1, 2, 28; <span class="abbreviation">Ammian.</span> 18, 5.<FOOTNOTE:1> <br><br><iframe width="100%" height="85" scrolling=no src="/bsoft.htm" frameborder=0 cellpadding=0></iframe><div class="vheading2">Strong's Exhaustive Concordance</div>prick, sting. <p>From kenteo (to prick); a point ("centre"), i.e. A sting (figuratively, poison) or goad (figuratively, divine impulse) -- prick, sting. <div class="vheading2">Forms and Transliterations</div>κεντρα κέντρα κεντρον κέντρον kentra kéntra kentron kéntron<div class="vheading2">Links</div><a href="/interlinear/matthew/1-1.htm">Interlinear Greek</a> • <a href="/interlinear/genesis/1-1.htm">Interlinear Hebrew</a> • <a href="/strongs.htm">Strong's Numbers</a> • <a href="/englishmans_greek.htm">Englishman's Greek Concordance</a> • <a href="/englishmans_hebrew.htm">Englishman's Hebrew Concordance</a> • <a href="/texts/matthew/1-1.htm">Parallel Texts</a></div></div><div id="centbox"><div class="padcent"><div class="vheading">Englishman's Concordance</div><b><a href="/text/acts/9-5.htm" title="Biblos Lexicon">Acts 9:5</a> <a href="/abbrev.htm" title="Noun - Neuter">Noun-ANP</a></b><br><a href="/interlinear/acts/9.htm" title="Greek">GRK:</a> <span class="greek3">σοι πρὸς <b>κέντρα</b> λακτίζειν </span><br><a href="/kjvs/acts/9.htm" title="King James Bible with Strong's">KJV:</a> to kick against <span class="itali">the pricks.</span><br><a href="/interlinear/acts/9-5.htm" title="Biblos Interlinear Bible">INT:</a> for you against <span class="itali">[the] goads</span> to kick<p><b><a href="/text/acts/26-14.htm" title="Biblos Lexicon">Acts 26:14</a> <a href="/abbrev.htm" title="Noun - Accusative Neuter Plural">N-ANP</a></b><br><a href="/interlinear/acts/26.htm" title="Greek">GRK:</a> <span class="greek3">σοι πρὸς <b>κέντρα</b> λακτίζειν </span><br><a href="http://biblehub.com/nas/acts/26.htm" title="New American Standard Bible">NAS:</a> for you to kick against <span class="itali">the goads.'</span><br><a href="/kjvs/acts/26.htm" title="King James Bible with Strong's">KJV:</a> to kick against <span class="itali">the pricks.</span><br><a href="/interlinear/acts/26-14.htm" title="Biblos Interlinear Bible">INT:</a> for you against <span class="itali">goads</span> to kick<p><b><a href="/text/1_corinthians/15-55.htm" title="Biblos Lexicon">1 Corinthians 15:55</a> <a href="/abbrev.htm" title="Noun - Nominative Neuter Singular">N-NNS</a></b><br><a href="/interlinear/1_corinthians/15.htm" title="Greek">GRK:</a> <span class="greek3">θάνατε τὸ <b>κέντρον</b> </span><br><a href="http://biblehub.com/nas/1_corinthians/15.htm" title="New American Standard Bible">NAS:</a> O DEATH, WHERE <span class="itali">IS YOUR STING?</span><br><a href="/kjvs/1_corinthians/15.htm" title="King James Bible with Strong's">KJV:</a> where [is] thy <span class="itali">sting?</span> O grave, where<br><a href="/interlinear/1_corinthians/15-55.htm" title="Biblos Interlinear Bible">INT:</a> O death the <span class="itali">sting</span><p><b><a href="/text/1_corinthians/15-56.htm" title="Biblos Lexicon">1 Corinthians 15:56</a> <a href="/abbrev.htm" title="Noun - Nominative Neuter Singular">N-NNS</a></b><br><a href="/interlinear/1_corinthians/15.htm" title="Greek">GRK:</a> <span class="greek3">τὸ δὲ <b>κέντρον</b> τοῦ θανάτου</span><br><a href="http://biblehub.com/nas/1_corinthians/15.htm" title="New American Standard Bible">NAS:</a> <span class="itali">The sting</span> of death is sin,<br><a href="/kjvs/1_corinthians/15.htm" title="King James Bible with Strong's">KJV:</a> <span class="itali">The sting</span> of death [is] sin;<br><a href="/interlinear/1_corinthians/15-56.htm" title="Biblos Interlinear Bible">INT:</a> and <span class="itali">[the] sting</span> of death [is]<p><b><a href="/text/revelation/9-10.htm" title="Biblos Lexicon">Revelation 9:10</a> <a href="/abbrev.htm" title="Noun - Accusative Neuter Plural">N-ANP</a></b><br><a href="/interlinear/revelation/9.htm" title="Greek">GRK:</a> <span class="greek3">σκορπίοις καὶ <b>κέντρα</b> καὶ ἐν</span><br><a href="http://biblehub.com/nas/revelation/9.htm" title="New American Standard Bible">NAS:</a> scorpions, <span class="itali">and stings;</span> and in their tails<br><a href="/kjvs/revelation/9.htm" title="King James Bible with Strong's">KJV:</a> and there were <span class="itali">stings</span> in their<br><a href="/interlinear/revelation/9-10.htm" title="Biblos Interlinear Bible">INT:</a> scorpions and <span class="itali">stings</span> and in<p><b><a href="/greek/2759.htm">Strong's Greek 2759</a><br><a href="/greek/strongs_2759.htm">5 Occurrences</a></b><br><br><a href="/greek/kentra_2759.htm">κέντρα — 3 Occ.</a><br><a href="/greek/kentron_2759.htm">κέντρον — 2 Occ.</a><br><br></div></div></td></tr></table></div><div id="mdd"><div align="center"><div class="bot2"><table align="center" width="100%"><tr><td><div align="center"> <script id="3d27ed63fc4348d5b062c4527ae09445"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=51ce25d5-1a8c-424a-8695-4bd48c750f35&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; </script> <script id="b817b7107f1d4a7997da1b3c33457e03"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=cb0edd8b-b416-47eb-8c6d-3cc96561f7e8&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; </script><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-2'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-0' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-3'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-1' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div><br /><br />  <div align="center" id='div-gpt-ad-1531425649696-0'> </div><br /><br /> <ins class="adsbygoogle" style="display:inline-block;width:200px;height:200px" data-ad-client="ca-pub-3753401421161123" data-ad-slot="3592799687"></ins> <script> (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); </script><br /><br /> </div> <div id="left"><a href="/greek/2758.htm" onmouseover='lft.src="/leftgif.png"' onmouseout='lft.src="/left.png"' title="2758"><img src="/left.png" name="lft" border="0" alt="2758" /></a></div><div id="right"><a href="/greek/2760.htm" onmouseover='rght.src="/rightgif.png"' onmouseout='rght.src="/right.png"' title="2760"><img src="/right.png" name="rght" border="0" alt="2760" /></a></div><div id="botleft"><a href="#" onmouseover='botleft.src="/botleftgif.png"' onmouseout='botleft.src="/botleft.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botleft.png" name="botleft" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="botright"><a href="#" onmouseover='botright.src="/botrightgif.png"' onmouseout='botright.src="/botright.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botright.png" name="botright" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="bot"><iframe width="100%" height="1500" scrolling="no" src="/botmenubhchap.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></div></td></tr></table></div></body></html>