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Strong's #3947: paroxuno (pronounced par-ox-oo'-no)

from 3844 and a derivative of 3691; to sharpen alongside, i.e. (figuratively) to exasperate:--easily provoke, stir.




Thayer's Greek Lexicon:

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paroxunō

1) to make sharp, sharpen

1a) to stimulate, spur on, urge

1b) to irritate, provoke, arouse to anger

1b1) to scorn, despise

1b2) provoke, make angry

1b3) to exasperate, to burn with anger

Part of Speech: verb

Relation: from G3844 and a derivative of G3691

Citing in TDNT: 5:857, 791




Usage:

This word is used 2 times:

Acts 17:16: "Athens, his spirit was stirred in him, when he saw the"
1 Corinthians 13:5: "not her own, is not easily provoked, thinketh no evil;"









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