G2759–κέντρον–kentron

And he said, Who art thou, Lord? And he [ergänzt: said], I am Jesus whom thou persecutest:

κέντρα kentra “stingers”

And when we were all fallen to the earth, I heard a voice saying unto me in the Hebrew language, Saul, Saul, why persecutest thou me? it is hard for thee to kick against the goad.

κέντρα kentra “[the] goads”

O death, where is thy victory? O death, where is thy sting?

κέντρον; kentron “sting”

The sting of death is sin; and the power of sin is the law:

κέντρον kentron “the sting”

And they have tails like unto scorpions, and stings; and in their tails is their power to hurt men five months.

κέντρα kentra “stingers”