{"derivation": "from (to prick);", "kjv_def": "prick, sting", "lemma": "\u03ba\u03ad\u03bd\u03c4\u03c1\u03bf\u03bd", "frequency": 6, "strongs_def": " a point (\"centre\"), i.e. a sting (figuratively, poison) or goad (figuratively, divine impulse)", "outline": "<ol><li> a sting, as that of bees, scorpions, locusts. Since animals wound by their sting and even cause death, Paul attributes death, personified as a sting, i.e. a deadly weapon</li><li> an iron goad, for urging on oxen, horses and other beasts of burden<ol><li> hence the proverb, &quot;to kick against the goad&quot;, i.e. to offer vain and perilous or ruinous resistance</li></ol></li></ol>"}