1 Corinthians 15:55
O death, where is thy sting? O grave, where is thy victory?
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Sting
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1 Corinthians 15:56
The sting of death is sin; and the strength of sin is the law.
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κέντρον
kéntron · ken'-tron
2 times translated as this KJV form5 total Strong's occurrences
a point ("centre"), i.e. a sting (figuratively, poison) or goad (figuratively, divine impulse)
Strong's KJV usage: :--prick, sting.
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O death, where is thy sting? O grave, where is thy victory?
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The sting of death is sin; and the strength of sin is the law.
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sting
STING, verb transitive preterit tense and participle passive stung. Stang is obsolete. [G., to stick, to sting We see that sting is stick altered in orthography and pronunciation.]
1. To pierce with the sharp pointed instrument with which certain animals are furnished, such as bees, wasps, scorpions and the like. Bees will seldom sting persons, unless they are first provoked.
2. To pain acutely; as, the conscience is stung with remorse.
Slander stings the brave.
STING, noun
1. A sharp pointed weapon or instrument which certain animals are armed by nature for their defense, and which they thrust from the hinder part of the body to pierce any animal that annoys or provokes them. In most instances, this instrument is a tube, through which a poisonous matter is discharged, which inflames the flesh, and in some instances proves fatal to life.
2. The thrust of a sting into the flesh. The sting of most insects produces acute pain.
3. Any thing that gives acute pain. Thus we speak of the stings of remorse; the stings of reproach.
4. The point in the last verse; as the sting of an epigram.
5. That which gives the principal pain, or constitutes the principal terror.
The sting of death is sin. 1 Corinthians 15:55.
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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