Strong's Lexicon
G3947 — παροξύνω
Greek entry for Bible study and original-language reference.
Definition / Gloss
| Strong's Number: | G3947 |
|---|---|
| Word: | παροξύνω |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Etymology: | from G3844 and a derivative of G3691 |
| Language: | Greek |
| Occurrences: | 2 |
| Transliteration: | paroxuno |
| Phonetic Spelling/Pronunciation: | par-ox-oo'-no |
| Meaning: | 1. to sharpen alongside 2. (figuratively) to exasperate |
| KJV Renderings: | easily provoke, stir |
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Thayer's Greek Lexicon
παροξύνω: properly, to make sharp, to sharpen (παρά, IV. 3): τήν μάχαιραν, Deu 32:41. Metaphorically, (so always in secular authors from Euripides, Thucydides, Xenophon down), a. to stimulate, spur on, urge (πρός τί, ἐπί τί).
b. to irritate, provoke, rouse to anger; passive, present παροξύνομαι; imperfect παρωξυνομην: Act 17:16; 1Co 13:5. The Sept. chiefly for ðÈàÇõ, to scorn, despise; besides for äÄëÀòÄéñ, to provoke, make angry, Deu 9:18; Psa 105:29 (); Isa 65:3; for äÄ÷ÀöÄéó, to exasperate, Deu 9:7; Deu 9:22, etc.; passive for çÈøÈä, to burn with anger, Hos 8:5; Zec 10:3, and for other verbs.
Englishman's Greek Concordance
παροξύνω (easily provoke)
Acts 17:16
- KJV: Now while Paul waited for them at Athens his spirit was stirred in him when he saw the city wholly given to idolatry
- GK: εν δε ταις Αθήναις εκδεχομένου αυτούς του Παύλου παρωξύνετο το πνεύμα αυτού εν αυτώ θεωρούντι κατείδωλον ούσαν την πόλιν
1 Corinthians 13:5
- KJV: Doth not behave itself unseemly seeketh not her own is not easily provoked thinketh no evil
- GK: ουκ ασχημονεί ου ζητεί τα εαυτής ου παροξύνεται ου λογίζεται το κακόν