ΚΕΝΤΡΑ, κεντρα
KENTRA, kentra
Sounds Like: KEN-trah
Translations: goads, stings, pricks
From the root: ΚΕΝΤΡΟΝ
Part of Speech: Noun
Explanation: This word refers to sharp points or instruments used for prodding or piercing. It can describe a goad used to drive cattle, a sting of an insect, or a prickle. In a figurative sense, it can refer to something that irritates or incites, like a sharp rebuke or a painful experience.
Inflection: Plural, Nominative or Accusative, Neuter
Strong’s number: G2759 (Lookup on BibleHub)
Instances
Codex Sinaiticus
Tischendorf's Greek New Testament
From the same root
Below are all other words in our texts that we've cataloged as being from the same root, ΚΕΝΤΡΟΝ.
These could represent different words with related meanings, or different forms of the same word to fit different grammatical cases, numbers, or genders. This list may include spelling variants and even misspellings in the original manuscripts! Even more words from the same root may exist in other ancient texts that aren't in our database.
- ΚΕΝΤΡΟΙΣ — to points, with points, by points, for points, to goads, with goads, by goads, for goads, to centers, with centers, by centers, for centers
- ΚΕΝΤΡΟΝ — goad, a goad, sting, a sting, prick, a prick, center, a center
- ΚΕΝΤΡΟΥ — of a goad, of a sting, of a prick, of a point, of a spur, of a center
- ΚΕΝΤΡΩ — (to) a sting, (to) a goad, (to) a prick, (to) a point, (to) a center
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