Provoke
Provoke
PROVOKE.To provoke is now to try to call forth evil passions, but in AV [Note: Authorized Version.] it is used in the sense of inciting to any action, good or evil, as 2Co 9:2 Your zeal hath provoked very many. Provocation, however, always occurs in a bad sense. It is used in Psa 95:8 of the conduct of the children of Israel towards God in the wilderness.