Words the Bible translates as provoke
English uses one word here. The Bible uses 9 words, and they do not mean the same thing. Each is listed with what it actually means, most frequent first.
- paroxunōπαροξύνωto be provoked: stirred, stung to a sharp feeling of anger or indignation
- ka'asכָּעַסto provoke someone to anger; to goad another into fury, most often God
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- to be angry, or to be grieved and vexed; the inward state of a stirred-up spirit
- marahמָרָהto rebel: to defiantly refuse to obey a rightful authority, above all God himself.
- na'atsנָאַץto spurn: to reject a person or thing with open contempt, treating as worthless what deserves honor
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- to blossom: (of the almond tree) to break into bloom
- mararמָרַרto be bitter, or to make bitter: the sharp taste of gall stretched to cover grief, hardship, and fierce anger
- garahגָּרָהto provoke conflict: to kindle strife or throw oneself into a quarrel or war against another
- ra'amרָעַםto stir up inner turmoil: to provoke someone to fret and grieve, or for the face to be convulsed with distress
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- to thunder or roar: to give out a loud, rolling, resonant sound, whether God thundering from the heavens or the sea roaring
- erethizōἐρεθίζωto provoke/irritatenot studied yet
- prokaleōπροκαλέωto provokenot studied yet
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