# G3947 παροξύνω

παροξύνω (paroxýnō), Strong’s G3947: to sharpen alongside, i.e. (figuratively) to exasperate KJV: easily provoke, stir. Occurs 47 times.

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*paroxýnō* — to sharpen alongside, i.e. (figuratively) to exasperate

KJV: easily provoke, stir

Built from [παρά pará](https://besorah.bible/word/G3844) (near) + [ὀξύς oxýs](https://besorah.bible/word/G3691) (keen)

Occurs 47 times.

## Where it occurs
- [Acts 17:16](https://besorah.bible/besorah/acts/17?v=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](https://besorah.bible/besorah/1-corinthians/13?v=5) — doesn’t behave itself inappropriately, doesn’t seek its own way, is not provoked, takes no account of evil;
- [Baruch 4:7](https://besorah.bible/tanakh-gr/baruch/4?v=7) — For you provoked him who made you by sacrificing to demons and not to God.