Definition

a point ("centre"), i.e. a sting (figuratively, poison) or goad (figuratively, divine impulse)

Etymology

from (to prick);

Where the KJV renders it

• prick
• sting

Every distinct English word the King James Version uses to translate this Greek term. The variety shows what readers in English receive across many different surface words — the same underlying word, scattered across the English Bible under different names.

What the first audience heard

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