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λακτίζω

Strong’s: G2979

Associated OET lemmas: λακτίζω

Form 1

Part of speech: verb

Sense 1: to hurt oneself by reacting against a person or command

Semantic entry: 39.19

Semantic domains: Hostility, Strife

Subdomains: Resistance

Definition: (an idiom, literally: to kick against the goad) to react against authority in such a way as to cause harm or suffering to oneself

Collocations: πρὸς κέντρα λακτίζω

ACT 26:14: RV ACT 26:14 · LV ACT 26:14 · Read together ACT 26:14

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OET-RV ACT 26:14

14 All of us fell down to the ground and I heard a voice speaking to me in Hebrew saying, ‘Sha’ul (Saul; Grk. Saulos /Saul), Sha’ul, why are you persecuting me? Life will be difficult for you if you resist me.’

OET-LV ACT 26:14

14 And all of _us having _falling _down to the ground, I _heard a_voice, saying to me in _the Hebraios language:
Saulos/(Shāʼūl), Saulos, why are _you _persecuting me?
It _is hard for _you to _be _kicking against the_prods.