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pricks

Meaning of “pricks”

Sense 1: Sharp points, thorns, spines, or goads that pierce or vex. Sense 2: Sources of persistent affliction or provocation.

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3 occurrences3 verses2 booksKJV PCE

First occurrence: Numbers 33:55

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Every verse containing “pricks”

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Numbers 33:55
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But if ye will not drive out the inhabitants of the land from before you; then it shall come to pass, that those which ye let remain of them shall be pricks in your eyes, and thorns in your sides, and shall vex you in the land wherein ye dwell.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading & marginal notes
1611 witness · Numbers 33:55 · retained source text

But if ye will not driue out the inhabitants of the land from before you, then it shall come to passe that those which ye let remaine of them, shall be prickes in your eyes, and thornes in your sides, and shal vexe you in the land wherein ye dwell.

1611 marginal noteIosh. 23.13. iudg. 2.3.

Acts 9:5
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And he said, Who art thou, Lord? And the Lord said, I am Jesus whom thou persecutest: it is hard for thee to kick against the pricks.
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The 1611 reading
1611 witness · Acts 9:5 · retained source text

And he said, Who art thou Lord? And the Lord said, I am Iesus whom thou persecutest: It is hard for thee to kicke against the prickes.

Acts 26:14
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And when we were all fallen to the earth, I heard a voice speaking unto me, and saying in the Hebrew tongue, Saul, Saul, why persecutest thou me? it is hard for thee to kick against the pricks.
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The 1611 reading
1611 witness · Acts 26:14 · retained source text

And when wee were all fallen to the earth, I heard a voice speaking vnto me, and saying in the Hebrew tongue, Saul, Saul, why persecutest thou me? It is hard for thee to kicke against the prickes.

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