κέντρον (kentron) means “sting” in the TBESG Greek lexicon from STEPBible.
Pronunciation guide: ken'-tron Strong’s Greek pronunciation spelling.
κέντρον · kentron · sting
κέντρον, -ου, τό (εκντέω, to prick), [in LXX: Pro.26:3 (מֶתֶג), Hos.13:14 (קֹטֶב), Hos.5:12, Sir.38:25, 4Ma.14:19 * ;] 1. a sting (4Mac, l.with): Rev.9:10. Metaphorical (as Hos.13:14): τ. θανάτου, 1Co.15:55 (LXX), 1Co.15:56, 2. a goad: pl., Act.26:14.† (AS)
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a sting, goad; met: of death.
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Counts below follow each translation’s tagged words. A rendering can cover a phrase. Differences in text editions and tagging can produce different totals.
| Rendering | Count |
|---|---|
| sting | 2 |
| stingers | 1 |
| the goads | 1 |
| Rendering | Count |
|---|---|
| the pricks | 2 |
| sting | 1 |
| stings | 1 |
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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.’
Read word by word“Where, O Death, is your victory? Where, O Death, is your sting?”
Read word by wordThe sting of death is sin, and the power of sin is the law.
Read word by wordThey had tails with stingers like scorpions, which had the power to injure people for five months.
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