Quick Definition
παροξυσμός, οῦ, ὁ n.m. incitement, irritation
Strong's Definition
incitement (to good), or dispute (in anger)
Derivation: from G3947 (παροξύνω) ("paroxysm");
KJV Usage: contention, provoke unto
UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament
noun, m. | -οῦ | ὀξύς
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
33.451 · Communication · Argue, Quarrel
sharp argument, sharp difference of opinion a severe argument based on intense difference of opinion
1 HEB 10:24 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
παροξυσμός, -οῦ, 6, (παροξύνω, q. V.) ; 1. an inciting, incitement: εἰς map. ἀγάπης [A. V. to provoke unto love], Heb. x. 24. 2. irritation, [R. V. contention]: Acts xv. 39; Sept. twice for WP, violent anger, passion, Deut. xxix. 28; Jer. xxxix. (xxxii.) 37; Dem. 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, Acts 15:39*
Abbott-Smith Greek Lexicon
παροξυσμός, -οῦ, ὁ
(< παροξύνω), [in LXX: De 29:(28) 27, Je 39 (32):37 (קֶצֶף)*;]
stimulation, provocation: π. ἀγάπης, He 10:14.
irritation: Ac 15:39.†
Moulton & Milligan — Vocabulary of the Greek NT
παροξυσμός. Like its verb, παροξυσμός is used both 2% bonam (Heb 1053) and zz malam partem (Ac 155%). For its use medically see P Tebt 11. 272° (late ii/A.pD.) ἐν τοῖς παροξυσμοῖς, ‘during the paroxysms,” and Artem. p. 1901 τοῖς δὲ νοσοῦσι παροξυσμοὺς σημαίνει καὶ φλεγμονὰς . . .
Liddell-Scott-Jones — Greek-English Lexicon
παροξυσμός (paroxusmos) — stirring up. παροξ-υσμός, ὁ, irritation, exasperation, [NT+4th c.BC+]; π. ἀγάπης provoking or exciting to.., [NT]
2. severe fit of a disease, paroxysm, [Refs 5th c.BC+]