1 Kings 15:30
Because of the sins of Jeroboam which he sinned, and which he made Israel sin, by his provocation wherewith he provoked the LORD God of Israel to anger.
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Provocation
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Hebrews 3:15
While it is said, To day if ye will hear his voice, harden not your hearts, as in the provocation.
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2 occurrences in 2 verses.
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כַּעַס
kaʻaç · kah'-as
3 times translated as this KJV form25 total Strong's occurrences
vexation
Strong's KJV usage: anger, angry, grief, indignation, provocation, provoking, × sore, sorrow, spite, wrath.
Other KJV renderings
Strong's first: 1 Kings 15:30Strong's last: Ezekiel 20:28
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parapikrasmós · par-ap-ik-ras-mos'
2 times translated as this KJV form2 total Strong's occurrences
irritation
Strong's KJV usage: :--provocation.
Strong's first: Hebrews 3:8Strong's last: Hebrews 3:15
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mârâh · maw-raw'
1 times translated as this KJV form44 total Strong's occurrences
to be (causatively, make) bitter (or unpleasant); (figuratively) to rebel (or resist; causatively, to provoke)
Strong's KJV usage: bitter, change, be disobedient, disobey, grievously, provocation, provoke(-ing), (be) rebel (against, -lious).
Other KJV renderings
Strong's first: Job 17:2Strong's last: Job 17:2
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mᵉrîybâh · mer-ee-baw'
1 times translated as this KJV form6 total Strong's occurrences
quarrel
Strong's KJV usage: provocation, strife.
Other KJV renderings
Strong's first: Psalms 95:8Strong's last: Psalms 95:8
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G3894
Harden not your hearts, as in the provocation, in the day of temptation in the wilderness:
G3894
While it is said, To day if ye will hear his voice, harden not your hearts, as in the provocation.
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provocation
PROVOCA'TION, noun [Latin provacatio. See Provoke.]
1. Any thing that excites anger; the cause of resentment.
1 Kings 21:22.
2. The act of exciting anger.
3. An appeal to a court or judge. [A Latinism, not now used.]
4. Incitement. [Not used.]
Noah Webster, An American Dictionary of the English Language (1828). A conservative base-form lookup may be used when the exact inflected KJV form is not a Webster headword.
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