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To provoke

παροξύνωStrong’s G3947

paroxunō

Appears in 2 verses of the New Testament

In short

Paroxunō is the Greek word usually translated “was provoked” and “is easily provoked”. It appears in 2 verses of the New Testament.

“Now while Paul waited for them at Athens, his spirit was stirred in him, when he saw the city wholly given to idolatry.”
Acts 17:16 KJV
Meaning

Usually translated “was provoked” and “is easily provoked”. Open the dictionary entry below for the full range of meaning, with the verses it cites.

How it's translated
  • was provoked 1
  • is easily provoked 1

Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.

Where it's used most
  • Acts 1
  • 1 Corinthians 1

2 books in all.

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Greek dictionary

παροξύνω paroxunō · to provoke

παρ-οξύνω [in LXX for נָאַץ, קָצַף, רָגַז, etc. ;] 1. primarily, but never so in cl., to sharpen (μάχαιραν, Deu.32:41, שָׁנַן). 2. Metaphorical, as always in cl., (a) to spur on, stimulate (Arist., Xen., al.); (b) to provoke, rouse to anger (Deu.9:7, 18, Psa.106:29, al.) : pass., Act.17:16, 1Co.13:5.† (AS)

From STEPBible’s Greek lexicon (based on Abbott-Smith).

Webster's 1828 Dictionary

How the English word “provoke” was understood when the King James Version was still the common Bible of English readers.

PROVO'KE, verb transitive

[Latin provoco, to call forth; pro and voco, to call.]

  1. To call into action; to arouse; to excite; as, to provoke anger or wrath by offensive words or by injury; to provoke war.
  2. To make angry; to offend; to incense; to enrage.“Ye fathers, provoke not your children to wrath” Ephesians 6:4
  3. To excite; to cause; as, to provoke perspiration; to provoke a smile.
  4. To excite; to stimulate; to increase.
All definitions and other forms of “provoke”
  1. To challenge.
  2. To move; to incite; to stir up; to induce by motives. Romans 10:19“Let us consider one another to provoke to love and to good works” Hebrews 10:24
  3. To incite; to rouse; as, to provoke one to anger. Deuteronomy 32:21

PROVO'KE, verb intransitive

To appeal. [A Latinism, not used.]

    Noah Webster, An American Dictionary of the English Language (1828). Verse references are checked against the KJV. Read the full entry.

    Verses are from the King James Version. Word meanings come from the original Greek, not from any one translation.