Quick Definition
incitement, irritation
Strong's Definition
incitement (to good), or dispute (in anger)
Derivation: from G3947 (παροξύνω) ("paroxysm");
KJV Usage: contention, provoke unto
Thayer's Greek Lexicon
παροξυσμός, παροξυσμου, ὁ (παροξύνω, which see);
1. an inciting, incitement: εἰς παροξυσμόν ἀγάπης (A. V. to provoke unto love), Heb_10:24.
2. irritation (R. V. contention): Act_15:39; the Sept. twice for χΖφΖσ, violent anger, passion, Deu_29:28; Jeremiah 39:37 (); Demosthenes, p. 1105, 24.'
Mounce Concise Greek Dictionary
παροξυσμός paroxysmos 2x
an inciting, incitement, Heb_10:24 ;
a sharp fit of anger, sharp contention, angry dispute, Act_15:39
Abbott-Smith Greek Lexicon
παροξυσμός , -οῦ , ὁ
( < παροξύνω ),
[in LXX : Deu_29:28 , Jer_32:37 ( H7110 ) * ;]
1. stimulation, provocation: Papyri ἀγάπης , Heb_10:14 .
2. irritation: Act_15:39 .†
Moulton & Milligan — Vocabulary of the Greek NT
παροξυσμός [page 496]
Like its verb, παροξυσμός is used both in bonam ( Heb_10:24 ) and in malam partem ( Act_15:39 ). For its use medically see P Tebt II. 272 .6 (late ii/A.D.) ἐν τοῖς παροξυσμοῖς , during the paroxysms, and Artem. p. 190 .10 τοῖς δὲ νοσοῦσι παροξυσμοὺς σημαίνει καὶ φλεγμονὰς . . .
Liddell-Scott — Intermediate Greek Lexicon
παροξυσμός [Etym: from παροξύ_νω] παροξυσμός, οῦ, ὁ, "irritation, exasperation", Dem. , NTest. : "a provoking", NTest.
STEPBible — Tyndale Abridged Greek Lexicon
παροξυσμός, -οῦ, ὁ
(παροξύνω), [in LXX: Deu.29:28, Jer.32:37 (קֶצֶף)* ;]
__1. stimulation, provocation: π. ἀγάπης, Heb.10:14.
__2. irritation: Act.15:39.†
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