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Lexicon :: Strong's G1574 - ekkenteō

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ἐκκεντέω
Transliteration
ekkenteō (Key)
Pronunciation
ek-ken-teh'-o
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Part of Speech
verb
Root Word (Etymology)
From ἐκ (G1537) and the base of κέντρον (G2759)
Dictionary Aids

Vine's Expository Dictionary: View Entry

TDNT Reference: 2:446,216

Strong’s Definitions

ἐκκεντέω ekkentéō, ek-ken-teh'-o; from G1537 and the base of G2759; to transfix:—pierce.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 2x

The KJV translates Strong's G1574 in the following manner: pierce (2x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 2x
The KJV translates Strong's G1574 in the following manner: pierce (2x).

  1. to put out, dig out

  2. to dig through, transfix, pierce

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
ἐκκεντέω ekkentéō, ek-ken-teh'-o; from G1537 and the base of G2759; to transfix:—pierce.
STRONGS G1574:
ἐκκεντέω, -ῶ: 1 aorist ἐξεκέντησα;
1. to put out, dig out: τὰ ὄμματα, Aristotle, h. a. 2, 17 [p. 508b, 6]; 6, 5.
2. to dig through, transfix, pierce: τινά, Revelation 1:7; ὄψονται εἰς ὂν (i. e. εἰς τοῦτον, ὂν [cf. Winer's Grammar, 158 (150)]) ἐξεκέντησαν, John 19:37. (Polybius 5, 56, 12; Polyaenus 5, 3, 8; for דָּקַר, Judges 9:54; הָרַג to kill, Numbers 22:29. 2 Macc. 12:6. Cf. Fischer, De vitiis lexicc. etc., p. 540f.)
THAYER’S GREEK LEXICON, Electronic Database.
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BLB Scripture Index of Thayer's

Numbers
22:29
Judges
9:54
John
19:37
Revelation
1:7

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number G1574 matches the Greek ἐκκεντέω (ekkenteō),
which occurs 6 times in 6 verses in the LXX Greek.

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 22:29

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 22:29 - Then Balaam said to the donkey, “Because you have made a mockery of me! If there had been a sword in my hand, I would have killed you by now.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Jos 16:10

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 16:10 - But they did not dispossess the Canaanites who lived in Gezer, so the Canaanites live in the midst of Ephraim to this day, and they became forced laborers.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jdg 9:54

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 9:54 - Then he called quickly to the young man, his armor bearer, and said to him, “Draw your sword and put me to death, lest they say of me, ‘A woman killed him.’” So [fn]the young man pierced him through, and he died.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ch 10:4

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 10:4 - Then Saul said to his armor bearer, “Draw your sword and pierce me through with it, lest these uncircumcised come and abuse me.” But his armor bearer was not willing, for he was greatly afraid. So Saul took his sword and fell on it.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 14:19

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 14:19 -

“But you have been cast out of your grave

Like an abhorred branch,

[fn]Clothed with those killed who are pierced with a sword,

Who go down to the stones of the pit

Like a trampled corpse.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 37:10

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 37:10 - ‘For even if you had struck down the entire military force of the Chaldeans who were fighting against you, and there were only wounded men remaining among them, each man in his tent, they would rise up and burn this city with fire.’”
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