Kentron means “sting” — full meaning, definition, and every linked Bible usage across the indexed canon.
Same number, other testament: Strong's H2759 — charishi (“vehement”) in the Hebrew Bible.
Strong's G2759 κέντρον (kentron) is a Greek Strong's word-study entry. kentron (ken'-tron) n. 1. a sting (poisonous) 2. (actively) a goad It has 10 linked Bible usages across 7 books. Visible English usage signals include pricks, sting, and stings. Indexed coverage on this page includes New Testament, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, and Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha.
kentron (ken'-tron) n. 1. a sting (poisonous) 2. (actively) a goad 3. (by implication) a divine impulse [from kenteo "to prick"] KJV: prick, sting
How independent scholarly lexicons define Strong's G2759. Each definition is shown with its source so you can compare and cite the original reference works.
sting
Usage: 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)
The English word each shown verse actually uses to render kentron, 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 New Testament, Septuagint / Greek Old 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 G2759 (κέντρον) appears 5 times in the Greek Septuagint — the Old Testament the New Testament authors quoted.
Sample Septuagint occurrences:
Indexed usage grouped by testament and extended corpus so readers can compare this word across the Bible, Septuagint, deuterocanonical books, and 1 Enoch where present.
5 indexed usages in New Testament.
And he said, Who art thou, Lord? And the Lord said, I am Jesus whom thou persecutest: it is hard for thee to kick against the pricks.
And when we were all fallen to the earth, I heard a voice speaking unto me, and saying in the Hebrew tongue, Saul, Saul, why persecutest thou me? it is hard for thee to kick against the pricks.
O death, where is thy sting? O grave, where is thy victory?
3 indexed usages in Septuagint / Greek Old Testament.
Therefore I will be as consternation to Ephraim, and as a goad to the house of Judah.
I will deliver them out of the power of Hades, and will redeem them from death: where is thy penalty, O death? O Hades, where is thy sting? comfort is hidden from mine eyes.
2 indexed usages in Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha.
The very bees, at the season of honey making, attack all who approach; and pierce with their sting, as with a sword, those who draw near their hive, and repel them even unto death.
How can he get wisdom that holdeth the plow, And that glorieth in the goad, That driveth oxen, and is occupied in their labors, And whose talk is of bullocks?
First 10 linked usage excerpts for Strong's G2759.
Therefore I will be as consternation to Ephraim, and as a goad to the house of Judah.
I will deliver them out of the power of Hades, and will redeem them from death: where is thy penalty, O death? O Hades, where is thy sting? comfort is hidden from mine eyes.
And he said, Who art thou, Lord? And the Lord said, I am Jesus whom thou persecutest: it is hard for thee to kick against the pricks.
And when we were all fallen to the earth, I heard a voice speaking unto me, and saying in the Hebrew tongue, Saul, Saul, why persecutest thou me? it is hard for thee to kick against the pricks.
O death, where is thy sting? O grave, where is thy victory?
The sting of death is sin; and the strength of sin is the law.
And they had tails like unto scorpions, and there were stings in their tails: and their power was to hurt men five months.
The very bees, at the season of honey making, attack all who approach; and pierce with their sting, as with a sword, those who draw near their hive, and repel them even unto death.
How can he get wisdom that holdeth the plow, And that glorieth in the goad, That driveth oxen, and is occupied in their labors, And whose talk is of bullocks?
Every indexed verse link for Strong's G2759, grouped by book.
Kentron (Strong's G2759) is a Greek word most simply glossed "sting". kentron (ken'-tron) n. 1. a sting (poisonous) 2. (actively) a goad
This page currently indexes 10 linked usages for Strong's G2759 across 7 books.
Use the linked verse references on this page to study Strong's G2759 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 pricks, sting, and stings. 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 G2759, with linked reader references where each row is available.
