DEEP KJV WORD STUDY

Provoke

Begin with the exact English word as it appears in the King James Bible. Follow its whole-Bible usage, book distribution, related indexed forms, Webster 1828, every occurrence, and the occurrence-specific Hebrew/Aramaic/Greek mappings behind it.

42exact KJV occurrences 33Old Testament 9New Testament 17books containing the word 10mapped Strong's IDs 14occurrence-specific Strong's links

FIRST OCCURRENCE

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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LAST OCCURRENCE

Hebrews 10:24

And let us consider one another to provoke unto love and to good works:

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HEAVIEST BOOK

Jeremiah

10 occurrences in 9 verses.

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KJV DISTRIBUTION

Where provoke appears.

This is exact English-word usage from the canonical KJV token index, not a Strong's estimate.

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

ORIGINAL-LANGUAGE MAP

Which Hebrew, Aramaic, or Greek words stand behind this KJV word?

These relationships come from exact verse + token-position mappings. We do not assume that one English spelling always equals one Strong's number. A single English token can also carry more than one source tag, so the Strong's-link total can exceed the number of English occurrences.

GreekG3863

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

jealousy 3 emulation 1

Strong's first: Romans 10:19Strong's last: 1 Corinthians 10:22

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HebrewH4784

מָרָה

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

rebelled 15 rebellious 9 rebel 4 provoked 4 disobedient 2 rebels 1 against 1 disobeyed 1

Strong's first: Psalms 78:40Strong's last: Isaiah 3:8

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HebrewH5006

נָאַץ

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

despised 6 provoked 3 abhorred 2 blaspheme 2 blasphemed 2 given 1 occasion 1 abhorreth 1

Strong's first: Numbers 14:11Strong's last: Deuteronomy 31:20

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GreekG653

ἀποστοματίζω

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

speak 1

Strong's first: Luke 11:53Strong's last: Luke 11:53

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GreekG2042

ἐρεθίζω

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

provoked 1

Strong's first: Colossians 3:21Strong's last: Colossians 3:21

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GreekG3893

παραπικραίνω

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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GreekG3948

παροξυσμός

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

contention 1 them 1

Strong's first: Hebrews 10:24Strong's last: Hebrews 10:24

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GreekG3949

παροργίζω

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.

Other KJV renderings

anger 1 wrath 1

Strong's first: Ephesians 6:4Strong's last: Ephesians 6:4

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HebrewH4843

מָרַר

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

bitterness 3 bitter 2 bitterly 2 vexed 2 choler 2 him 1 made 1 grieveth 1

Strong's first: Exodus 23:21Strong's last: Exodus 23:21

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HebrewH7264

רָגַז

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

tremble 9 moved 5 rage 5 troubled 3 trembled 3 disquieted 2 move 2 out 1

Strong's first: Job 12:6Strong's last: Job 12:6

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EVERY OCCURRENCE

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Psalms 78:40

H4784

How oft did they provoke him in the wilderness, and grieve him in the desert!

WEBSTER’S 1828

English meaning and historical usage.

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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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