G2042: ἐρεθίζω (erethízō)

G2042 ἐρεθίζω (erethízō)

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Quick Definition

ἐρεθίζω v. I stir up, provoke

Strong's Definition

from a presumed prolonged form of 2054; to stimulate (especially to anger)

KJV Usage: provoke

UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament

ἐρεθίζω (G2042)

verb

88.168 · Moral and Ethical Qualities and Related Behavior · Resentful, Hold a Grudge Against

to make resentful, to make someone bitter to cause someone to feel resentment

COL 3:21

90.55 · Case · Agent in a Causative Role Marked by Verbs

to cause, encouragement a marker of a causative relation, with the implication of stimulating a change in motivation or attitude The relevant action in 2CO 9:2b comes from the immediately preceding statements in 2CO 9:1-2CO 9:2a.

2CO 9:2

¹ 2CO 9:2 In the case of 2CO 9:2 it is difficult to know precisely how much meaning to attach to ἐρεθίζω in the sense of ‘to encourage’ or ‘to motivate.’ It is possible that ἐρεθίζω retains in this context a considerable amount of its more common meaning (see 88.168). But in 2CO 9:2 it may also represent an instance in which the original meaning of a term has been largely lost or at least reduced to primarily a marker of causative relation. It appears likely that παροξυσμός in HEB 10:24 has also been largely reduced to a marker of a causative relation, in other words, ‘to cause people to love and to do good,’ but since in this instance there seems to be some focus upon the psychological factors involved, one may translate παροξυσμός as ‘to encourage.’

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Thayer's Greek Lexicon

ἐρεθίζω ; 1 aor. ἠρέθισα ; (ἐρέθω to excite) ; to stir up, excite, stimulate: τινά, in a good sense, 2 Co. ix. 2; as com. in Grk. writ. fr. Hom. down, in a bad sense, fo provoke: Col. iii. 21, where Lehm. mapopyitere.

Mounce Concise Greek Dictionary

ἐρεθίζω erethizō 2x

to provoke, to irritate, exasperate, Col. 3:21; to incite, stimulate, 2 Cor. 9:2*

Abbott-Smith Greek Lexicon

ἐρεθίζω

[in LXX: Da LXX 11:10, 25 (גָּרָה hithp.), I Mac 15:40, II Mac 14:17, etc. ;]

to stir up, provoke (as in cl.): Col 3:21.

In good sense (cf. ἐρεθισμός, excitement in MGr.), to stir up, stimulate: II Co 9:2.†

Moulton & Milligan — Vocabulary of the Greek NT

ἐρεθίζω. The subst. is used physically in Sy// 89112 (ii/a.D.) τοῦτόν τε θεὸς πατάξαι ἀπορίᾳ Kal πυρετῷ καὶ ῥίγει Kal ἐρεθισμῷ

Liddell-Scott-Jones — Greek-English Lexicon

ἐρεθίζω (erethizō) — to provoke/irritate. ἐρεθίζω, Epic dialect infinitive -ιζέμεν [Refs 8th c.BC+]: imperfect [Refs 5th c.BC+] (Lyric poetry), Epic dialect [Refs 8th c.BC+]: future -ίσω [Refs 2nd c.AD+], -ιῶ [Refs 5th c.BC+]: aorist 1 [Refs 5th c.BC+](Lyric poetry), infinitive [Refs 3rd c.BC+]: perfect [Refs 4th c.BC+]:—passive, aorist 1 ἠρεθίσθην, participle [Refs 5th c.BC+]: perfect [Refs 5th c.BC+] (see. below), etc.: (ἐρέθω):—rouse to anger, rouse to fight, [Refs 8th c.BC+]; κύνας τ᾽ ἄνδρας τε, of a lion, [Refs 6th c.BC+]; πὺξ ἐ. challenge to a boxing-match, [Refs 3rd c.BC+]; provoke to curiosity, [Refs 8th c.BC+]: generally, excite, chafe, [Refs 5th c.BC+](Lyric poetry); of physical irritation, [Refs 5th c.BC+] causing brief irritation, [Refs 5th c.BC+] (Lyric poetry); ἐ. μάγαδιν to touch it, [Refs 4th c.BC+]; incite to rivalry, [NT]passive, to be provoked, excited, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; of love, [Refs 4th c.BC+]; of fire, [Refs 6th c.BC+] (anapaest meter); πνεῦμα ἠρεθισμένον, of one who has run till he is out of breath, [Refs 5th c.BC+].

II. absolutely, to be quarrelsome or perverse, [Refs 1st c.AD+]