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Friday, November 22nd, 2024
the Week of Proper 28 / Ordinary 33
the Week of Proper 28 / Ordinary 33
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PROVO'KE, L.provoco, to call forth pro and voco, to call.
1. To call into action to arouse to excite as, to provoke anger or wrath by offensive words or by injury to provoke war.
2. To make angry to offend to incense to enrage.
Ye fathers,provoke not your children to wrath. Ephesians 6
Often provoked by the insolence of some of the bishops--
3. To excite to cause as, to provoke perspiration to provoke a smile.
4. To excite to stimulate to increase.
The taste of pleasure provokes the appetite, and every successive indulgence of vice which is to form a habit, is easier than the last.
5. To challenge.
He now provokes the sea-gods from the shore.
6. To move to incite to stir up to induce by motives. Romans 10
Let us consider one another to provoke to love and to good works. Hebrews 10
7. To incite to rouse as, to provoke one to anger. Deuteronomy 32
PROVO'KE, To appeal. A Latinism,not used.
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Dictionary of Words from the King James Bible. Public Domain. Copy freely.
Material presented was supplied by Brandon Staggs and was derived from the KJV Dictionary found on his website located at av1611.com.
The unabridged 1828 version of this dictionary in the SwordSearcher Bible Software.
Dictionary of Words from the King James Bible. Public Domain. Copy freely.
Material presented was supplied by Brandon Staggs and was derived from the KJV Dictionary found on his website located at av1611.com.
The unabridged 1828 version of this dictionary in the SwordSearcher Bible Software.
Bibliography Information
Entry for 'Provoke'. King James Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/dictionaries/eng/kjd/p/provoke.html.
Entry for 'Provoke'. King James Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/dictionaries/eng/kjd/p/provoke.html.
