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Strong's G3893 παραπικραίνω (parapikraino)

Parapikraino means “provoke” — full meaning, definition, and every linked Bible usage across the indexed canon.

Same number, other testament: Strong's H3893 — leach (“natural force”) in the Hebrew Bible.

Strong's Number G3893
Language Greek
Linked Usages 41
Books 9

Strong's G3893 Quick Answer

Strong's G3893 παραπικραίνω (parapikraino) is a Greek Strong's word-study entry. parapikraino (par-ap-ik-rai'-no) v. 1. to embitter alongside 2. (figuratively) to exasperate It has 41 linked Bible usages across 9 books. Visible English usage signals include provoke. Indexed coverage on this page includes New Testament, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, and Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha.

Meaning
parapikraino (par-ap-ik-rai'-no) v. 1. to embitter alongside 2. (figuratively) to exasperate
Usage
41 linked usages
Books
9 indexed books
Corpus
New Testament, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, and Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha
Usage Words
provoke

Meaning and Definition

parapikraino (par-ap-ik-rai'-no) v. 1. to embitter alongside 2. (figuratively) to exasperate [from G3844 and G4087] KJV: provoke Root(s): G3844, G4087

Original Word
παραπικραίνω
Transliteration
parapikraino
Derivation
Root: πικραίνω R1: 3844 R2: 4087
Morphology
verb

Across Lexicons

How independent scholarly lexicons define Strong's G3893. Each definition is shown with its source so you can compare and cite the original reference works.

Extended Strong's Greek Lexicon (Abbott-Smith based)

to rebel

Usage: παρα-πικραίνω [in LXX chiefly for מָרַד qal., hi., מְרִי, most frequently in Psa and Eze ;] to embitter, provoke: absol. (yet sc. τ. θεόν, cf. Psa.106:7, Eze.2:5-8, al., and with τὸν θ. added, Psa.5:4, Eze.20:21, al.), Heb.3:16 (cf. παραπικρασμός).† (AS)

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How Strong's G3893 Is Translated

The English word each shown verse actually uses to render parapikraino, 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.

provoke Hebrews 3:16

How Strong's G3893 Usage Compares

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.

  • The largest indexed corpus on this page is Septuagint / Greek Old Testament with 39 linked usages.
  • This page lets readers compare New Testament usage with Septuagint / Greek Old Testament usage, which is a key THF advantage over narrower Strong's pages.
  • Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha rows are counted separately so readers can decide how those texts relate to the main word study.

In the Septuagint (LXX)

Strong's G3893 (παραπικραίνω) appears 43 times in the Greek Septuagint — the Old Testament the New Testament authors quoted.

Sample Septuagint occurrences:

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Strong's G3893 by Corpus

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.

Strong's G3893 in the New Testament

1 indexed usage in New Testament.

Hebrews 3:16 KJV

For some, when they had heard, did provoke: howbeit not all that came out of Egypt by Moses.

Strong's G3893 in the Septuagint / Greek Old Testament

39 indexed usages in Septuagint / Greek Old Testament.

Deuteronomy 31:27 Septuagint / Brenton

For I know thy provocation, and thy stiff neck; for yet during my life with you at this day, ye have been provoking in your conduct toward God: how shall ye not also be so after my death?

3 Kingdoms 13:21 Septuagint / Brenton

and he spoke to the man of God that came out of Judah, saying, Thus saith the Lord, Because thou hast resisted the word of the Lord, and hast not kept the commandment which the Lord thy God commanded thee,

3 Kingdoms 13:26 Septuagint / Brenton

And the prophet that turned him back out of the way heard, and said, This is the man of God who rebelled against the word of the Lord.

Strong's G3893 in the deuterocanonical books / Apocrypha

1 indexed usage in Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha.

1 Esdras 6:14 Septuagint / Brenton

And as for this house, it was built many years ago by a king of Israel great and strong, and was finished.

Usage Excerpts

First 41 linked usage excerpts for Strong's G3893.

Deuteronomy 31:27 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
For I know thy provocation, and thy stiff neck; for yet during my life with you at this day, ye have been provoking in your conduct toward God: how shall ye not also be so after my death?
3 Kingdoms 13:21 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
and he spoke to the man of God that came out of Judah, saying, Thus saith the Lord, Because thou hast resisted the word of the Lord, and hast not kept the commandment which the Lord thy God commanded thee,
3 Kingdoms 13:26 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And the prophet that turned him back out of the way heard, and said, This is the man of God who rebelled against the word of the Lord.
Psalms 5:11 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
Judge them, O God; Let them fail of their counsels: Cast them out according to the abundance of their ungodliness; For they have provoked thee, O Lord.
Psalms 65:7 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
Who by his power is Lord over the age, His eyes look upon the nations; Let not them that provoke him be exalted in themselves. Pause.
Psalms 67:7 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
God settles the solitary in a house; Leading forth prisoners mightily, Also them that act provokingly, even them that dwell in tombs.
Psalms 77:8 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
That they should not be as their fathers, A perverse and provoking generation; A generation which set not its heart aright, And its spirit was not steadfast with God.
Psalms 77:17 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And they sinned yet more against him; They provoked the Most High in the wilderness.
Psalms 77:40 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
How often did they provoke him in the wilderness, And anger him in a dry land!
Psalms 77:56 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
Yet they tempted and provoked the most high God, And kept not his testimonies.
Psalms 104:28 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
He sent forth darkness, and made it dark; Yet they rebelled against his words.
Psalms 105:7 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
Our fathers in Egypt understood not thy wonders, And remembered not the multitude of thy mercy; But provoked him as they went up by the Red Sea.
Psalms 105:33 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
For they provoked his spirit, And he spoke unadvisedly with his lips.
Psalms 105:43 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
Many a time he delivered them; But they provoked him by their counsel, And they were brought low by their iniquities.
Psalms 106:11 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
Because they rebelled against the words of God, And provoked the counsel of the Most High.
Jeremiah 39:29 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
and the Chaldeans shall come to war against this city, and they shall burn this city with fire, and shall burn down the houses wherein they burned incense on the roofs thereof to Baal, and poured drink offerings to other gods, to provoke me.
Jeremiah 51:3 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
because of their wickedness, which they have wrought to provoke me, by going to burn incense to other gods, whom ye knew not.
Jeremiah 51:8 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
by provoking me with the works of your hands, to burn incense to other gods in the land of Egypt, into which ye entered to dwell there, that ye might be cut off, and that ye might become a curse and a reproach among all the nations of the earth?
Lamentations 1:18 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
The Lord is righteous; For I have provoked his mouth: Hear, I pray you, all people, And behold my grief: My virgins and my young men Are gone into captivity.
Lamentations 1:20 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
Behold, O Lord; for I am afflicted: My belly is troubled, And my heart is turned within me; For I have been grievously rebellious: Abroad the sword has bereaved me, Even as death at home.
Ezekiel 2:3 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And he said to me, Son of man, I send thee forth to the house of Israel, them that provoke me; who have provoked me, they and their fathers, to this day.
Ezekiel 2:5 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
Whether then indeed they shall hear or fear (for it is a provoking house), yet they shall know that thou art a prophet in the midst of them.
Ezekiel 2:6 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And thou, son of man, fear them not, nor be dismayed at their face (for they will madden and will rise up against thee round about, and thou dwellest in the midst of scorpions): be not afraid of their words, nor be dismayed at their countenance, for it is a provoking house.
Ezekiel 2:7 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And thou shalt speak my words to them, whether they will hear or fear: for it is a provoking house.
Ezekiel 2:8 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And thou, son of man, hear him that speaks to thee; be not thou provoking, as the provoking house: open thy mouth, and eat what I give thee.
Ezekiel 3:9 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And it shall be continually stronger than a rock: be not afraid of them, neither be dismayed at their faces, because it is a provoking house.
Ezekiel 3:26 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
Also I will bind thy tongue, and thou shalt be dumb, and shalt not be to them a reprover: because it is a provoking house.
Ezekiel 3:27 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
But when I speak to thee, I will open thy mouth, and thou shalt say to them, Thus saith the Lord, He that hears, let him hear; and he that is disobedient, let him be disobedient: because it is a provoking house.
Ezekiel 12:2 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
Son of man, thou dwellest in the midst of the iniquities of those, who have eyes to see, and see not; and have ears to hear, and hear not: because it is a provoking house.
Ezekiel 12:3 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
Thou therefore, son of man, prepare thyself baggage for going into captivity by day in their sight; and thou shalt be led into captivity from thy place into another place in their sight; that they may see that it is a provoking house.
Ezekiel 12:9 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
Son of man, have not the house of Israel, the provoking house, said to thee, What doest thou?
Ezekiel 12:25 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
For I the Lord will speak my words; I will speak and perform them, and will no more delay, for in your days, O provoking house, I will speak the word, and will perform it, saith the Lord.
Ezekiel 12:27 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
Son of man, behold, the provoking house of Israel boldly say, The vision which this man sees is for many days, and he prophesies for times afar off.
Ezekiel 17:12 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
Son of man, say now to the provoking house, Know ye not what these things were? say to them, Whenever the king of Babylon shall come against Jerusalem, then he shall take her king and her princes, and shall take them home to Babylon.
Ezekiel 20:21 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
But they provoked me, and their children walked not in my commandments, and they took no heed to mine ordinances to do them, which if a man shall do, he shall even live in them, and they profaned my Sabbaths: then I said that I would pour out my wrath upon them in the wilderness, to accomplish mine anger upon them.
Ezekiel 24:3 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And speak a parable to the provoking house, and thou shalt say to them, Thus saith the Lord; Set on the caldron, and pour water into it:
Ezekiel 24:14 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
I the Lord have spoken; and it shall come, and I will do it; I will not delay, neither will I have any mercy: I will judge thee, saith the Lord, according to thy ways, and according to thy devices: therefore will I judge thee according to thy bloodshed, and according to thy devices will I judge thee, thou unclean, notorious, and abundantly provoking one.
Ezekiel 44:6 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And thou shalt say to the provoking house, even to the house of Israel, Thus saith the Lord God; Let it suffice you to have committed all your iniquities, O house of Israel!
Hosea 10:5 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
The inhabitants of Samaria shall dwell near the calf of the house of Aven; for the people of it mourned for it: and as they provoked him, they shall rejoice at his glory, because he has departed from them.
Hebrews 3:16 New Testament, KJV
For some, when they had heard, did provoke: howbeit not all that came out of Egypt by Moses.
1 Esdras 6:14 Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha, Septuagint / Brenton
And as for this house, it was built many years ago by a king of Israel great and strong, and was finished.

All Indexed Usage Links

Every indexed verse link for Strong's G3893, grouped by book.

Deuteronomy 1 usage, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
3 Kingdoms 2 usages, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Psalms 12 usages, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Jeremiah 3 usages, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Lamentations 2 usages, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Ezekiel 18 usages, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Hosea 1 usage, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Hebrews 1 usage, New Testament
1 Esdras 1 usage, Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha

Strong's G3893 FAQ

What does parapikraino (παραπικραίνω) mean?

Parapikraino (Strong's G3893) is a Greek word most simply glossed "provoke". parapikraino (par-ap-ik-rai'-no) v. 1. to embitter alongside 2. (figuratively) to exasperate

How many times is parapikraino (παραπικραίνω) used in the Bible?

This page currently indexes 41 linked usages for Strong's G3893 across 9 books.

Where can I study parapikraino (παραπικραίνω) in context?

Use the linked verse references on this page to study Strong's G3893 in context. The indexed coverage includes New Testament, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, and Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha.

What English words translate parapikraino (παραπικραίνω)?

The visible usage excerpts most often surface English words such as provoke. These are scanning signals from the displayed verses, not replacements for the original-language definition.

Does Strong's G3893 appear in the Septuagint or deuterocanonical books?

Yes. The current local index includes 39 in Septuagint / Greek Old Testament and 1 in Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha for Strong's G3893, with linked reader references where each row is available.