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κέντρον

MainId: 002771000000000

Version: 0

HasAramaic: False

InLXX: True

AlphaPos: κ

StrongCodes: G2759

Notes: {'Caller': 1, 'LanguageCode': 'en', 'LastEdited': '', 'LastEditedBy': '', 'References': [], 'Content': 'κέντρον also occurs in the meaning of a sharp pointed object (typically a sting, stinger) which may cause pain and even death (see {D:8.45}).'}

BaseForms:

1. BaseFormID: 002771001000000

   PartsOfSpeech: noun, n.

   Inflections:

   1. Lemma: κέντρον

      BaseFormIndex: 1

      Realizations: -ου

   RelatedLemmas: [{'Word': 'ἐγκεντρίζω', 'Meanings': []}, {'Word': 'ἐκκεντέω', 'Meanings': []}]

   LEXMeanings:

   1. LEXID: 002771001001000

      LEXIsBiblicalTerm: Y

      LEXEntryCode: 8.45

      LEXIndent: 0

      LEXDomains: Body, Body Parts, and Body Products

      LEXSubDomains: Parts of the Body

      LEXSenses:

      1. LanguageCode: en

         LastEdited: 2021-10-05 12:40:08

         DefinitionShort: a sharp, pointed projection used in stinging

         Glosses: ['sting', 'stinger']

      LEXReferences: REV 9:10

   2. LEXID: 002771001002000

      LEXIsBiblicalTerm: M

      LEXEntryCode: 6.9

      LEXIndent: 0

      LEXDomains: Artifacts

      LEXSubDomains: Instruments Used in Agriculture and Husbandry

      LEXSenses:

      1. LanguageCode: en

         LastEdited: 2021-10-05 12:40:08

         DefinitionShort: a pointed stick used in driving draft animals.

         Glosses: goad

         Comments: In the NT κέντρον[b] occurs only in the idiom πρὸς κέντρον λακτίζειν to kick against the goad; meaning to hurt oneself by active resistance.{N:001} See {D:39.19}.

      LEXReferences: ACTs 26:14

   3. LEXID: 002771001003000

      LEXIsBiblicalTerm: Y

      LEXEntryCode: 20.69

      LEXIndent: 0

      LEXDomains: Violence, Harm, Destroy, Kill

      LEXSubDomains: Kill

      LEXSenses:

      1. LanguageCode: en

         LastEdited: 2021-10-05 12:40:08

         DefinitionShort: (a figurative extension of meaning of {L:κέντρον}[a] ‘sting,’ {D:8.45}) the power or ability to kill or destroy

         Glosses: ['power to kill', 'power to destroy']

         Comments: For another interpretation of κέντρον in {S:04601505500020}, see {D:24.86}.

      LEXReferences: 1COR 15:55, 1COR 15:56

   4. LEXID: 002771001004000

      LEXIsBiblicalTerm: Y

      LEXEntryCode: 24.86

      LEXIndent: 0

      LEXDomains: Sensory Events and States

      LEXSubDomains: Pain, Suffering

      LEXSenses:

      1. LanguageCode: en

         LastEdited: 2021-10-05 12:40:08

         DefinitionShort: (a figurative extension of meaning of {L:κέντρον}[a] ‘sting,’ {D:8.45}) the means or capacity to cause severe suffering

         Glosses: ['means to hurt', 'power to cause suffering']

         Comments: For another interpretation of κέντρον in {S:04601505500020}, see {D:20.69}.

      LEXReferences: 1COR 15:55, 1COR 15:56