from kenteo, "to prick," denotes (a) "a sting," Revelation 9:10; metaphorically, of sin as the "sting" of death, 1 Corinthians 15:55,56; (b) "a goad," Acts 26:14 , RV, "goad" (marg., "goads"), for AV, "pricks" (in some mss. also in Acts 9:5 ), said of the promptings and misgivings which Saul of Tarsus had resisted before conversion.