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provoked

Meaning of “provoked”

Past-tense, participial, or adjectival form of provoke, meaning to stir up or incite, whether to anger or to action.

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33 occurrences32 verses17 booksKJV PCE

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First occurrence: Numbers 14:23

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1 Kings 15:30
Because of the sins of Jeroboam which he sinned, and which he made Israel sin, by his provocation wherewith he provoked the Lord God of Israel to anger.
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1611 witness · 1 Kings 15:30 · retained source text

Because of the sinnes of Ieroboam which he sinned, and which hee made Israel sinne, by his prouocation wherewith he prouoked the LORD God of Israel to anger.

1 Kings 21:22
And will make thine house like the house of Jeroboam the son of Nebat, and like the house of Baasha the son of Ahijah, for the provocation wherewith thou hast provoked me to anger, and made Israel to sin.
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1611 witness · 1 Kings 21:22 · retained source text

And will make thine house like the house of Ieroboam the sonne of Nebat, and like the house of Baasha the sonne of Ahiiah, for the prouocation wherewith thou hast prouoked mee to anger, and made Israel to sinne.

1611 marginal noteChap. 15.29.

1611 marginal noteChap. 16.3.

1 Kings 22:53
For he served Baal, and worshipped him, and provoked to anger the Lord God of Israel, according to all that his father had done.
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1611 witness · 1 Kings 22:53 · retained source text

For he serued Baal, and worshipped him, and prouoked to anger the LORD God of Israel, according vnto all that his father had done.

2 Kings 21:15
Because they have done that which was evil in my sight, and have provoked me to anger, since the day their fathers came forth out of Egypt, even unto this day.
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1611 witness · 2 Kings 21:15 · retained source text

Because they haue done that which was euill in my sight, and haue prouoked me to anger since the day their fathers came forth out of Egypt, euen vnto this day.

2 Kings 23:26
¶ Notwithstanding the Lord turned not from the fierceness of his great wrath, wherewith his anger was kindled against Judah, because of all the provocations that Manasseh had provoked him withal.
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1611 witness · 2 Kings 23:26 · retained source text

¶ Notwithstanding, the LORD turned not from the fiercenesse of his great wrath, wherwith his anger was kindled against Iudah, because of all the prouocations that Manasseh had prouoked him withall.

1611 marginal noteHeb. angers.

1 Chronicles 21:1
AND Satan stood up against Israel, and provoked David to number Israel.
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1611 witness · 1 Chronicles 21:1 · retained source text

¶ And Satan stoode vp against Israel, and prouoked Dauid to number Israel.

1611 marginal note2.Sam. 24.1, &c.

2 Chronicles 28:25
And in every several city of Judah he made high places to burn incense unto other gods, and provoked to anger the Lord God of his fathers.
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And in euery seuerall city of Iudah hee made high places to burne incense vnto other gods, and prouoked to anger the LORD God of his fathers.

1611 marginal noteOr, to offer.

Ezra 5:12
But after that our fathers had provoked the God of heaven unto wrath, he gave them into the hand of Nebuchadnezzar the king of Babylon, the Chaldean, who destroyed this house, and carried the people away into Babylon.
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1611 witness · Ezra 5:12 · retained source text

But after that our fathers had prouoked the God of heauen vnto wrath: he gaue them into the hande of Nebuchadnezzar the king of Babylon, the Caldean, who destroyed this house, and caried the people away into Babylon.

1611 marginal note2.Kings 24.2. and 25.8.

Nehemiah 4:5
And cover not their iniquity, and let not their sin be blotted out from before thee: for they have provoked thee to anger before the builders.
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1611 witness · Nehemiah 4:5 · retained source text

And couer not their iniquitie, and let not their sinne bee blotted out from before thee: for they haue prouoked thee to anger before the builders.

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