G3947 παροξύνω
paroxýnō — to sharpen alongside, i.e. (figuratively) to exasperate
KJV: easily provoke, stir
Built from παρά pará (near) + ὀξύς oxýs (keen)
Occurs 47 times. Every verse with this word
Where it occurs
- Acts 17:16 — Now while Paul waited for them at Athens, his spirit was provoked within him as he saw the city full of idols.
- 1 Corinthians 13:5 — doesn’t behave itself inappropriately, doesn’t seek its own way, is not provoked, takes no account of evil;
- Baruch 4:7 — For you provoked him who made you by sacrificing to demons and not to God.