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Koine Greek wordlink #159600

SR GNT Rev 9:10 κέντρα (kentra) ‘similar to scorpions and stings and in the’ Strongs=27590 Lemma=kentron
Word role=noun case=accusative gender=neuter number=plural
Year=96 AD

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Other uses (1) of identical word form κέντρα (N-ANP) in the Greek originals

The word form ‘κέντρα’ (N-ANP) has 2 different glosses: ‘the prods’, ‘stings’.

Acts 26:14 ‘hard it_is for you against the prods to_be kicking’ SR GNT Acts 26:14 word 28

OET-LV: 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. (ACT_26:14)

OET-RV: 14 All of us fell down to the ground and I heard a voice speaking to me in Hebrew saying, ‘Saul, Saul, why are you persecuting me? Life will be difficult for you if you resist me.’ (ACT 26:14)

The various word forms of the root word (lemma) ‘kentron’ have 4 different glosses: ‘the prods’, ‘the sting’, ‘sting’, ‘stings’.

Key: N=noun ANP=accusative,neuter,plural