Exodus 23:21
Beware of him, and obey his voice, provoke him not; for he will not pardon your transgressions: for my name is in him.
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Provoke
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Hebrews 10:24
And let us consider one another to provoke unto love and to good works:
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10 occurrences in 9 verses.
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Exodus
11 verses
Numbers
11 verses
Deuteronomy
55 verses
1 Kings
44 verses
2 Kings
55 verses
2 Chronicles
22 verses
Job
11 verses
Psalms
11 verses
Isaiah
11 verses
Jeremiah
109 verses
Ezekiel
22 verses
Luke
11 verses
Romans
33 verses
1 Corinthians
11 verses
Ephesians
11 verses
Colossians
11 verses
Hebrews
22 verses
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παραζηλόω
parazēlóō · par-ad-zay-lo'-o
3 times translated as this KJV form7 total Strong's occurrences
to stimulate alongside, i.e. excite to rivalry
Strong's KJV usage: :--provoke to emulation (jealousy).
Other KJV renderings
Strong's first: Romans 10:19Strong's last: 1 Corinthians 10:22
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mârâh · maw-raw'
2 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: Psalms 78:40Strong's last: Isaiah 3:8
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nâʼats · naw-ats'
2 times translated as this KJV form27 total Strong's occurrences
to scorn; or (in Ecclesiastes 12:5), by interchange for 5132, to bloom
Strong's KJV usage: abhor, (give occasion to) blaspheme, contemn, despise, flourish, × great, provoke.
Other KJV renderings
Strong's first: Numbers 14:11Strong's last: Deuteronomy 31:20
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apostomatízō · ap-os-tom-at-id'-zo
1 times translated as this KJV form2 total Strong's occurrences
to speak off-hand (properly, dictate), i.e. to catechize (in an invidious manner)
Strong's KJV usage: :--provoke to speak.
Other KJV renderings
Strong's first: Luke 11:53Strong's last: Luke 11:53
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erethízō · er-eth-id'-zo
1 times translated as this KJV form2 total Strong's occurrences
to stimulate (especially to anger)
Strong's KJV usage: :--provoke.
Other KJV renderings
Strong's first: Colossians 3:21Strong's last: Colossians 3:21
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parapikraínō · par-ap-ik-rah'-ee-no
1 times translated as this KJV form1 total Strong's occurrences
to embitter alongside, i.e. (figuratively) to exasperate
Strong's KJV usage: :--provoke.
Strong's first: Hebrews 3:16Strong's last: Hebrews 3:16
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paroxysmós · par-ox-oos-mos'
1 times translated as this KJV form3 total Strong's occurrences
incitement (to good), or dispute (in anger)
Strong's KJV usage: :--contention, provoke unto.
Other KJV renderings
Strong's first: Hebrews 10:24Strong's last: Hebrews 10:24
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parorgízō · par-org-id'-zo
1 times translated as this KJV form3 total Strong's occurrences
to anger alongside, i.e. enrage
Strong's KJV usage: :--anger, provoke to wrath.
Strong's first: Ephesians 6:4Strong's last: Ephesians 6:4
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mârar · maw-rar'
1 times translated as this KJV form16 total Strong's occurrences
to be (causatively, make) bitter (literally or figuratively)
Strong's KJV usage: (be, be in, deal, have, make) bitter(-ly, -ness), be moved with choler, (be, have sorely, it) grieved(-eth), provoke, vex.
Other KJV renderings
Strong's first: Exodus 23:21Strong's last: Exodus 23:21
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râgaz · raw-gaz'
1 times translated as this KJV form41 total Strong's occurrences
to quiver (with any violent emotion, especially anger or fear)
Strong's KJV usage: be afraid, stand in awe, disquiet, fall out, fret, move, provoke, quake, rage, shake, tremble, trouble, be wroth.
Other KJV renderings
Strong's first: Job 12:6Strong's last: Job 12:6
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And he caused his children to pass through the fire in the valley of the son of Hinnom: also he observed times, and used enchantments, and used witchcraft, and dealt with a familiar spirit, and with wizards: he wrought much evil in the sight of the LORD, to provoke him to anger.
no direct Strong's tag
Because they have forsaken me, and have burned incense unto other gods, that they might provoke me to anger with all the works of their hands; therefore my wrath shall be poured out upon this place, and shall not be quenched.
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provoke
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.
Often provoked by the insolence of some of the bishops--
3. To excite; to cause; as, to provoke perspiration; to provoke a smile.
4. To excite; to stimulate; to increase.
The taste of pleasure provokes the appetite, and every successive indulgence of vice which is to form a habit, is easier than the last.
5. To challenge.
He now provokes the sea-gods from the shore.
6. 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.
7. 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). A conservative base-form lookup may be used when the exact inflected KJV form is not a Webster headword.
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