sting (, parash, to cut into; , kentron, a goad, spur): A sharp, pointed organ or instrument for inflicting wounds by puncture; sting of an adder, Pro 23:32; of scorpions, Rev 9:10. In the free quotation of 1Co 15:55 from Hos 13:14, death is personified as a deadly animal, like a scorpion or serpent, which inflicts destruction by means of sin as its kentron. It should also be remembered that in Act 26:14 the same Greek word is used with reference to an instrument for exciting fear, rather than death. Both figures are pertinent; for death is powerless, except through sin, and, also, when sin is vanquished, the fear of death (Heb 2:15) is gone.<\/p>\n
Sting is equivalent to the poison which it contains, and transmits into the wound it makes.<\/p>\n
In Scripture, poison, lies, error, delusion, curses, gall, and mischief, are synonymous; the former being the causes of the last. So in Psa 140:3, “Adders’ poison is under their lips,” is to be explained by lies or curses; as in Psa 58:3-4, ” They go astray, as soon as they be born, speaking lies. Their poison is like the poison of a serpent; they are like the deaf adder that stoppeth her ear.” And in Psa 14:5, “With their tongues have they deceived: the poison of asps is under their lips; their mouth is full of cursing and bitterness.” For the sting of the scorpion, see under SCORPION.<\/p>\n
* For STING see GOAD <\/p>\n
Sting sting (, parash, to cut into; , kentron, a goad, spur): A sharp, pointed organ or instrument for inflicting wounds by puncture; sting of an adder, Pro 23:32; of scorpions, Rev 9:10. In the free quotation of 1Co 15:55 from Hos 13:14, death is personified as a deadly animal, like a scorpion or serpent, … Continue reading “Sting”<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-87164","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-encyclopedic-dictionary"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/dictionaries\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/87164","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/dictionaries\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/dictionaries\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/dictionaries\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/dictionaries\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=87164"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/dictionaries\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/87164\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/dictionaries\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=87164"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/dictionaries\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=87164"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/dictionaries\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=87164"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}