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Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary

1. (n.) The act of inciting anger or resentment.

2. (n.) That which provokes, or excites anger; the cause of resentment; as, to give provocation.

3. (n.) Incitement; stimulus; as, provocation to mirth.

4. (n.) Such prior insult or injury as may be supposed, under the circumstances, to create hot blood, and to excuse an assault made in retort or redress.

5. (n.) An appeal to a court. [A Latinism]

International Standard Bible Encyclopedia

PROVOCATION; PROVOKE

prov-o-ka'-shun, pro-vok': "Provoke," literally, "to call forth," hence, to excite or stir up, whether in a good or bad sense, appears frequently in the Old Testament as the translation of Piel, or Hiphil of ka`ac (noun, ka`ac), in the sense of "to make angry" (Deuteronomy 4:25; Deuteronomy 9:18 1 Kings 14:9, 15, etc.); sometimes of marah (Isaiah 3:8), and of other words. In the New Testament we have parazeloo, "to make jealous" (Romans 10:19; Romans 11:11, 14); parorgizo, "to make angry" (Ephesians 6:4; compare Colossians 3:21); with parapikraino, "to embitter" (Hebrews 3:16; compare in 1Es 6:15), and other Greek words. "Provocation" in Hebrews 3:8, 15 (quoting Psalm 95:8) is parapikrasmos, the Septuagint for the Hebrew meribhah. An example of the good sense of the word is in Hebrews 10:24, "Consider one another to provoke (literally, "to the provoking," here paroxusmos) unto love and good works."

For "provoke" the Revised Version (British and American) has "despise" (Numbers 14:11; Numbers 31:20), "rebel against" (Psalm 78:40); for "provoked," "despised" (Numbers 14:23; Numbers 16:30 Isaiah 1:4), "moved" (Deuteronomy 32:16 1 Chronicles 21:1), "rebelled against" (Psalm 78:56), "were rebellious" (106:33, 43); for "provoking" (Psalm 78:17), "to rebel against"; for "provoked" (2 Corinthians 9:2), "stirred up"; "provoked within" for "stirred in" (Acts 17:16); "provoked" for "limited" (Psalm 78:41 margin, "limited"); "provoketh" for "emboldeneth" (Job 16:3); instead of "Provoke not your children to anger" (Colossians 3:21), "Provoke not your children."

W. L. Walker

Greek

3894. parapikrasmos -- provocation
... provocation. Part of Speech: Noun, Masculine Transliteration: parapikrasmos Phonetic
Spelling: (par-ap-ik-ras-mos') Short Definition: a provocation, irritation ...
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3948. paroxusmos -- stimulation, provocation
... stimulation, provocation. Part of Speech: Noun, Masculine Transliteration: paroxusmos
Phonetic Spelling: (par-ox-oos-mos') Short Definition: incitement ...
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3986. peirasmos -- an experiment, a trial, temptation
... temptation. From peirazo; a putting to proof (by experiment (of good), experience
(of evil), solicitation, discipline or provocation); by implication, adversity ...
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3950. parorgismos -- irritation
... 3950 ("slowly built-up provocation") is only used in Eph 4:26. See 3949 (). Word
Origin from parorgizo Definition irritation NASB Word Usage anger (1). wrath. ...
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Strong's Hebrew

4784. marah -- to be contentious or rebellious
... root Definition to be contentious or rebellious NASB Word Usage became disobedient
(1), bitter (1), disobedient (1), disobeyed (2), provocation (1), rebel (6 ...
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4808. meribah -- strife, contention
... Word Origin from rib Definition strife, contention NASB Word Usage strife (2).
provocation, strife. From riyb; quarrel -- provocation, strife. see HEBREW riyb. ...
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3708a. kaas -- vexation, anger
... 3708, 3708a. kaas. 3708b . vexation, anger. Transliteration: kaas Short
Definition: provocation. Word Origin from kaas Definition ...
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Library

How Dejection and Accidie Generally Arise Without any External ...
... II. Second Conference of Abbot Moses. Chapter IX. How dejection and accidie generally
arise without any external provocation, as in the case of other faults. ...
/.../cassian/the works of john cassian /chapter ix how dejection and.htm

Hebrew Craft
... till of late, and it is whispered that some secret work against him inaugurated
by the priesthood, or mayhap the Pharaoh, hath given him provocation to revolt ...
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Hebrews iii. 11-Jul
... Hebrews iii. 7-11. Hebrews iii.7-11 "Wherefore, as the Holy Ghost saith, To-day
if ye will hear His voice, harden not your hearts, as in the provocation in the ...
/.../homilies on the gospel of st john and hebrews/homily vi hebrews iii 11-jul.htm

Fundamental Oneness of the Dispensations.
... To-day if ye shall hear His voice, Harden not your hearts, as in the provocation,
Like as in the day of the temptation in the wilderness, Wherewith your ...
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Letter ii. Self-Control and Self-Culture.
... self-imposed silence. Then, too, there is a dignity about silence under
provocation that is impressive and effective. The greatest ...
/.../letter ii self-control and self-culture.htm

"And He is the Propitiation,"
... One is that sin is the cause of enmity between God and man, and sets us at an infinite
distance"that sin is a heinous provocation of his wrath. ...
/.../binning/the works of the rev hugh binning/sermon xxvii and he is.htm

Earnest Expostulation
... has to do with the magnitude of sin; longsuffering with the multiplicity of it:
forbearance has to do with present provocation; longsuffering relates to that ...
/.../spurgeon/spurgeons sermons volume 29 1883/earnest expostulation.htm

Judged by Fruit
... With deep humility, and in the presence of the family, he confessed his sin, said
not a word about provocation, and only pleaded that they would forgive him ...
/.../howard/standards of life and service/xi judged by fruit.htm

The Third Beatitude
... displayed in our attitude towards men. The truly meek heart remains unprovoked
amidst all provocation. Most men are like dogs that ...
/.../maclaren/expositions of holy scripture a/the third beatitude.htm

The Sinner Stripped of his Vain Pleas.
... if thou wast now actually before his tribunal, where, to multiply vain words, and
to frame idle apologies, would be but to increase thy guilt and provocation? ...
/.../the rise and progress of religion in the soul/chapter v the sinner stripped.htm

Thesaurus

Provocation (20 Occurrences)
... 2. (n.) That which provokes, or excites anger; the cause of resentment; as, to give
provocation. 3. (n.) Incitement; stimulus; as, provocation to mirth. ...
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Grief (252 Occurrences)
... The Lord added grief to my sorrow," the Revised Version (British and American)
"sorrow to my pain" (Jeremiah 45:3); ka`ac implies provocation, anger, irritation ...
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Grieve (29 Occurrences)
... The Lord added grief to my sorrow," the Revised Version (British and American)
"sorrow to my pain" (Jeremiah 45:3); ka`ac implies provocation, anger, irritation ...
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Provoked (70 Occurrences)
... (KJV). Hebrews 3:8 ye may not harden your hearts, as in the provocation,
in the day of the temptation in the wilderness, (See NAS). ...
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Provoke (64 Occurrences)
... 2. (vi) To cause provocation or anger. 3. (vi) To appeal. [A Latinism].
Int. Standard Bible Encyclopedia. PROVOCATION; PROVOKE. ...
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Forefathers (135 Occurrences)
... Hebrews 3:8 do not harden your hearts as your forefathers did in the time of the
provocation on the day of the temptation in the Desert, (WEY). ...
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Jerobo'am (92 Occurrences)
... 1 Kings 15:30 for the sins of Jeroboam which he sinned, and wherewith he made Israel
to sin; because of his provocation wherewith he provoked the LORD, the God ...
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Provisions (41 Occurrences)

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Vexation (36 Occurrences)
... (KJV WBS). 1 Samuel 1:16 Count not thy handmaid for a wicked woman; for out of the
abundance of my complaint and my provocation have I spoken hitherto. ...
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Nebat (25 Occurrences)
... 1 Kings 21:22 I will make your house like the house of Jeroboam the son of Nebat,
and like the house of Baasha the son of Ahijah for the provocation with which ...
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Bible Concordance

Provocation (20 Occurrences)

Hebrews 3:8 Harden not your hearts, as in the provocation, in the day of temptation in the wilderness:
(KJV WEY ASV DBY WBS YLT)

Hebrews 3:15 While it is said, To day if ye will hear his voice, harden not your hearts, as in the provocation.
(KJV WEY ASV DBY WBS YLT)

Deuteronomy 32:19 Yahweh saw it, and abhorred them, because of the provocation of his sons and his daughters.
(WEB ASV YLT NAS RSV)

Deuteronomy 32:27 were it not that I feared the provocation of the enemy, lest their adversaries should judge wrongly, lest they should say,'Our hand is exalted, Yahweh has not done all this.'"
(WEB JPS ASV DBY NAS RSV)

1 Samuel 1:16 Don't count your handmaid for a wicked woman; for I have been speaking out of the abundance of my complaint and my provocation."
(WEB ASV DBY YLT NAS)

1 Kings 15:30 for the sins of Jeroboam which he sinned, and with which he made Israel to sin, because of his provocation with which he provoked Yahweh, the God of Israel, to anger.
(WEB KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS YLT NAS)

1 Kings 21:22 I will make your house like the house of Jeroboam the son of Nebat, and like the house of Baasha the son of Ahijah for the provocation with which you have provoked me to anger, and have made Israel to sin."
(WEB KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS YLT NAS)

2 Kings 23:26 Notwithstanding, Yahweh didn't turn from the fierceness of his great wrath, with which his anger was kindled against Judah, because of all the provocation with which Manasseh had provoked him.
(WEB KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV)

Nehemiah 9:18 Yea, when they had made them a molten calf, and said, This is thy God that brought thee up out of Egypt, and had wrought great provocations;
(Root in KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS)

Job 5:2 For provocation slayeth the perverse, And envy putteth to death the simple,
(YLT)

Job 6:2 O that my provocation were thoroughly weighed, And my calamity in balances They would lift up together!
(YLT)

Job 17:2 Surely there are mockers with me. My eye dwells on their provocation.
(WEB KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV)

Psalms 6:7 Old from provocation is mine eye, It is old because of all mine adversaries,
(YLT)

Psalms 31:9 Favour me, O Jehovah, for distress 'is' to me, Mine eye, my soul, and my body Have become old by provocation.
(YLT)

Psalms 95:8 Harden not your heart, as in the provocation, and as in the day of temptation in the wilderness:
(KJV WBS)

Proverbs 17:25 A provocation to his father 'is' a foolish son, And bitterness to her that bare him.
(YLT)

Proverbs 27:3 A stone is heavy, and sand is a burden; but a fool's provocation is heavier than both.
(WEB NAS RSV NIV)

Jeremiah 32:31 For this city has been to me a provocation of my anger and of my wrath from the day that they built it even to this day; that I should remove it from before my face,
(WEB KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS NAS)

Ezekiel 20:28 For when I had brought them into the land, which I swore to give to them, then they saw every high hill, and every thick tree, and they offered there their sacrifices, and there they presented the provocation of their offering; there also they made their pleasant aroma, and they poured out there their drink offerings.
(WEB KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV)

Hosea 12:14 Ephraim hath provoked most bitterly, And his blood on himself he leaveth, And his reproach turn back to him doth his Lord!
(See RSV)

Subtopics

Provocation

Related Terms

Grief (252 Occurrences)

Grieve (29 Occurrences)

Provoked (70 Occurrences)

Provoke (64 Occurrences)

Forefathers (135 Occurrences)

Jerobo'am (92 Occurrences)

Provisions (41 Occurrences)

Vexation (36 Occurrences)