UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament

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:

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