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Lexicon :: Strong's G3947 - paroxynō

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παροξύνω
Transliteration
paroxynō (Key)
Pronunciation
par-ox-oo'-no
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Part of Speech
verb
Root Word (Etymology)
From παρά (G3844) and a derivative of ὀξύς (G3691)
Dictionary Aids

Vine's Expository Dictionary: View Entry

TDNT Reference: 5:857,791

Strong’s Definitions

παροξύνω paroxýnō, par-ox-oo'-no; from G3844 and a derivative of G3691; to sharpen alongside, i.e. (figuratively) to exasperate:—easily provoke, stir.


KJV Translation Count — Total: 2x

The KJV translates Strong's G3947 in the following manner: stir (1x), easily provoked (1x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 2x
The KJV translates Strong's G3947 in the following manner: stir (1x), easily provoked (1x).
  1. to make sharp, sharpen

    1. to stimulate, spur on, urge

    2. to irritate, provoke, arouse to anger

      1. to scorn, despise

      2. provoke, make angry

      3. to exasperate, to burn with anger

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
παροξύνω paroxýnō, par-ox-oo'-no; from G3844 and a derivative of G3691; to sharpen alongside, i.e. (figuratively) to exasperate:—easily provoke, stir.
STRONGS G3947:
παροξύνω: properly, to make sharp, to sharpen (παρά, IV. 3): τήν μάχαιραν, Deuteronomy 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: Acts 17:16; 1 Corinthians 13:5. The Sept. chiefly for נָאַץ, to scorn, despise; besides for הִכְעִיס, to provoke, make angry, Deuteronomy 9:18; Psalm 105:29 (Ps. 106:29); Isaiah 65:3; for הִקְצִיף, to exasperate, Deuteronomy 9:7, 22, etc.; passive for חָרָה, to burn with anger, Hosea 8:5; Zechariah 10:3, and for other verbs.
THAYER’S GREEK LEXICON, Electronic Database.
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BLB Scripture Index of Thayer's

Deuteronomy
9:7; 9:18; 9:22; 32:41
Psalms
105:29; 106:29
Isaiah
65:3
Hosea
8:5
Zechariah
10:3
Acts
17:16
1 Corinthians
13:5

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number G3947 matches the Greek παροξύνω (paroxynō),
which occurs 46 times in 44 verses in the LXX Greek.

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 14:11 -

Yahweh said to Moses, “How long will this people spurn Me? And how long will they not believe in Me, despite all the signs which I have done in their midst?

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 14:23 - shall by no means see the land which I swore to their fathers, nor shall any of those who spurned Me see it.
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 15:30 - ‘But the person who does anything with a high hand, whether he is native or a sojourner, that one is blaspheming Yahweh; and that person shall be cut off from among his people.
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 16:30 - “But if Yahweh creates an entirely new thing and the ground opens its mouth and swallows them up with all that is theirs, and they go down to Sheol alive, then you will know that these men have spurned Yahweh.”
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 20:24 - “Aaron will be gathered to his people, for he shall not enter the land which I have given to the sons of Israel because you rebelled against My [fn]command at the waters of Meribah.
Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 1:34 -

“Then Yahweh heard the sound of your words, and He was angry and swore an oath, saying,

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 9:7 - “Remember, do not forget how you provoked Yahweh your God to wrath in the wilderness; from the day that you went out of the land of Egypt until you came to this place, you have been rebellious against Yahweh.
Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 9:8 - “Even at Horeb you provoked Yahweh to wrath, and Yahweh was so angry with you that He would have destroyed you.
Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 9:18 - “And I fell down before Yahweh, as at the first, forty days and nights; I neither ate bread nor drank water because of all your sin which you had committed in doing what was evil in the sight of Yahweh to provoke Him to anger.
Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 9:19 - “For I was afraid of the anger and the wrath with which Yahweh was provoked against you in order to destroy you, but Yahweh listened to me that time also.
Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 9:22 -

“Again at Taberah and at Massah and at Kibroth-hattaavah you provoked Yahweh to wrath.

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 31:20 - “For when I bring them into the land flowing with milk and honey, which I swore to their fathers, and they have eaten and are satisfied and become fat, then they will turn to other gods and serve them and spurn Me and break My covenant.
Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 32:16 -

“They made Him jealous with strange gods;

With abominations they provoked Him to anger.

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 32:19 -

“And Yahweh saw this and spurned them

Because of the provocation of His sons and daughters.

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 32:41 -

If I sharpen My [fn]flashing sword,

And My hand takes hold on judgment,

I will render vengeance on My adversaries,

And I will repay those who hate Me.

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 12:14 - “However, because by this deed you have given occasion to the enemies of Yahweh to blaspheme, the son also that is born to you shall surely die.”
Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 9:14 - shall we again break Your commandments and intermarry with the peoples [fn]who commit these abominations? Would You not be angry with us [fn]to the point of destruction, until there is no remnant nor any who escape?
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 10:4 -

The wicked, in the haughtiness of his countenance, does not seek Him.

All his [fn]thoughts are, “There is no God.”

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 10:13 -

Why has the wicked spurned God?

He has said in his heart, “You will not require it.”

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 74:10 -

How long, O God, will the adversary reproach?

Will the enemy spurn Your name forever?

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 74:18 -

Remember this, O Yahweh, that the enemy has reproached,

And a wickedly foolish people has spurned Your name.

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 78:41 -

Again and again they [fn]tested God,

And pained the Holy One of Israel.

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 106:29 -

Thus they provoked Him to anger with their actions,

And the plague broke out among them.

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 107:11 -

Because they had rebelled against the words of God

And spurned the counsel of the Most High.

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 6:3 -

Do this then, my son, and deliver yourself;

Since you have come into the [fn]hand of your neighbor,

Go, humble yourself, and badger your neighbor.

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 14:31 -

He who oppresses the poor reproaches his Maker,

But he who is gracious to the needy honors Him.

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 17:5 -

He who mocks the poor reproaches his Maker;

He who is glad at disaster will not go unpunished.

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 20:2 -

The terror of a king is like the roar of a lion;

He who provokes him to anger sins against his own soul.

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 27:17 -

Iron sharpens iron,

So one man sharpens another.

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 5:24 -

Therefore, as a tongue of fire consumes stubble

And dry grass collapses into the flame,

So their root will become like rot and their blossom [fn]blow away as dust;

For they have rejected the law of Yahweh of hosts

And the word of the Holy One of Israel they have spurned.

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 5:25 -

On this account, the anger of Yahweh has burned against His people,

And He has stretched out His hand against them and struck them down.

And the mountains trembled, and their corpses [fn]lay like refuse in the middle of the streets.

For all this His anger is not turned back,

But His hand is still stretched out.

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 14:16 -

“Those who see you will gaze at you,

They will [fn]carefully consider you, saying,

‘Is this the man who made the earth tremble,

Who caused kingdoms to quake,

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 23:11 -

He has stretched His hand out over the sea;

He has made the kingdoms tremble;

Yahweh has given a command concerning Canaan to demolish its strong defenses.

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 37:23 -

“Whom have you [fn]reproached and blasphemed?

And against whom have you heightened your voice

And [fn]haughtily lifted up your eyes?

Against the Holy One of Israel!

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 47:6 -

“I was furious with My people;

I profaned My inheritance

And gave them into your hand.

You did not show compassion to them,

On the aged you made your yoke very heavy.

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 60:14 -

“The sons of those who afflicted you will come bowing to you,

And all those who spurned you will bow themselves at the soles of your feet;

And they will call you the City of Yahweh,

The Zion of the Holy One of Israel.

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 63:10 -

But they rebelled

And grieved His Holy Spirit;

Therefore He turned Himself to become their enemy;

He fought against them.

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 65:3 -

A people who continually provoke Me to My face,

Offering sacrifices in gardens and burning incense on bricks,

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 22:15 -

“Do you become a king because you are competing in cedar?

Did not your father eat and drink

And do justice and righteousness?

Then it was well with him.

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 50:34 -

“Their Redeemer is strong, Yahweh of hosts is His name;

He will vigorously plead their case

So that He may bring relief to [fn]the earth,

But turmoil to the inhabitants of Babylon.

Unchecked Copy BoxLam 2:6 -

Vav

And He has violently treated His [fn]tabernacle like a garden booth;

He has brought His appointed [fn]meeting place to ruin.

Yahweh has caused to be forgotten

The appointed time and sabbath in Zion,

And He has spurned king and priest

In the indignation of His anger.

Unchecked Copy BoxHos 8:5 -

[fn]He has rejected your calf, O Samaria, saying,

“My anger burns against them!”

How long will they be incapable of innocence?

Unchecked Copy BoxZec 10:3 -

“My anger burns against the shepherds,

And I will visit punishment upon the [fn]male goats;

For Yahweh of hosts has visited His flock, the house of Judah,

And will make them like His splendid horse in battle.

Unchecked Copy BoxMal 2:17 -

You have wearied Yahweh with your words. But you say, “How have we wearied Him?” In that you say, “Everyone who does evil is good in the sight of Yahweh, and He delights in them,” or, “Where is the God of justice?”

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