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prik : As a noun (= any slender pointed thing, a thorn, a sting) it translates two words: (1) שׂך , sēkh , a "thorn" or "prickle." Only in Numbers 33:55 , "those that ye let remain of them be as pricks in your eyes," i.e. "shall be a source of painful trouble to you." (2) κέντρον , kéntron "an iron goad" for urging on oxen and other beasts of burden: "It is hard for thee to kick against the pricks" (the King James Version of Acts 9:5 , where the Revised Version (British and American) omits the whole phrase, following the best manuscripts, including Codices Sinaiticus, A, B, C, E; the King James Version of Acts 26:14 , where the Revised Version (British and American) has "goad," margin "Greek: 'goads' "), i.e. to offer vain and perilous resistance. See GOAD . As a verb (= "to pierce with something sharply pointed," "to sting"), it occurs once in its literal sense: "a pricking brier" (Ezekiel 28:24 ); and twice in a figurative sense: "I was pricked in my heart" (Psalm 73:21 ); "They were pricked in their heart" (Acts 2:37 , κατανύσσω , katanússō , Vulgate (Jerome's Latin Bible, 390-405 A.D.) compungo; compare English word "compunction").
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Orr, James, M.A., D.D. General Editor. Entry for 'Prick'. International Standard Bible Encyclopedia. https://www.studylight.org/encyclopedias/eng/isb/p/prick.html. 1915.
