Erethizo means “provoke” — full meaning, definition, and every linked Bible usage across the indexed canon.
Same number, other testament: Strong's H2042 — harar (“hill”) in the Hebrew Bible.
Strong's G2042 ἐρεθίζω (erethizo) is a Greek Strong's word-study entry. erethizo (er-eth-id'-zo) v. 1. to stimulate (especially to anger) [from a presumed prolonged form of G2054] It has 7 linked Bible usages across 6 books. Visible English usage signals include anger. Indexed coverage on this page includes New Testament, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, and Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha.
erethizo (er-eth-id'-zo) v. 1. to stimulate (especially to anger) [from a presumed prolonged form of G2054] KJV: provoke Root(s): G2054
How independent scholarly lexicons define Strong's G2042. Each definition is shown with its source so you can compare and cite the original reference works.
to provoke/irritate
Usage: ἐρεθίζω [in LXX: Dan LXX 11:10, 25 (גָּרָה hithp.), 1Ma.15:40, 2Ma.14:17, etc. ;] __1. to stir up, provoke (as in cl.): Col.3:21. __2. In good sense (cf. ἐρεθισμός, excitement, in MGr.), to stir up, stimulate: 2Co.9:2.† (AS)
The English word each shown verse actually uses to render erethizo, taken from the interlinear word alignment (the same word underlined in the excerpts below). Where a rendering is used more than once, the count is shown.
Indexed coverage includes Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, New Testament, and Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha. Each section below keeps corpus counts and sample passages visible so readers can compare the word across contexts instead of reading one flat concordance list.
Strong's G2042 (ἐρεθίζω) appears 5 times in the Greek Septuagint — the Old Testament the New Testament authors quoted.
Sample Septuagint occurrences:
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2 indexed usages in New Testament.
For I know the forwardness of your mind, for which I boast of you to them of Macedonia, that Achaia was ready a year ago; and your zeal hath provoked very many.
Fathers, provoke not your children to anger, lest they be discouraged.
3 indexed usages in Septuagint / Greek Old Testament.
and they shall say to the men of their city, This our son is disobedient and contentious, he hearkens not to our voice, he is a reveler and a drunkard.
Every one who hates his poor brother Shall also be far from friendship. Good understanding will draw near to them that know it, And a sensible man will find it. He that does much harm perfects mischief; And he that uses provoking words shall not escape.
2 indexed usages in Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha.
So Cendebeus came to Jamnia, and began to provoke the people, and to invade Judea, and to take the people prisoners, and slay them.
Then the king being in a rage, and provoked with the accusations of the most wicked man, wrote to Nicanor, signifying that he was much displeased with the covenants, and commanding him that he should send Maccabeus prisoner in all haste unto Antioch.
First 7 linked usage excerpts for Strong's G2042.
and they shall say to the men of their city, This our son is disobedient and contentious, he hearkens not to our voice, he is a reveler and a drunkard.
Every one who hates his poor brother Shall also be far from friendship. Good understanding will draw near to them that know it, And a sensible man will find it. He that does much harm perfects mischief; And he that uses provoking words shall not escape.
For I know the forwardness of your mind, for which I boast of you to them of Macedonia, that Achaia was ready a year ago; and your zeal hath provoked very many.
Fathers, provoke not your children to anger, lest they be discouraged.
So Cendebeus came to Jamnia, and began to provoke the people, and to invade Judea, and to take the people prisoners, and slay them.
Then the king being in a rage, and provoked with the accusations of the most wicked man, wrote to Nicanor, signifying that he was much displeased with the covenants, and commanding him that he should send Maccabeus prisoner in all haste unto Antioch.
Every indexed verse link for Strong's G2042, grouped by book.
Erethizo (Strong's G2042) is a Greek word most simply glossed "provoke". erethizo (er-eth-id'-zo) v. 1. to stimulate (especially to anger) [from a presumed prolonged form of G2054]
This page currently indexes 7 linked usages for Strong's G2042 across 6 books.
Use the linked verse references on this page to study Strong's G2042 in context. The indexed coverage includes New Testament, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, and Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha.
The visible usage excerpts most often surface English words such as anger. These are scanning signals from the displayed verses, not replacements for the original-language definition.
Yes. The current local index includes 3 in Septuagint / Greek Old Testament and 2 in Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha for Strong's G2042, with linked reader references where each row is available.