KJV dictionary & concordance
Present-participial or verbal-noun form of provoke, meaning to stir up or incite, whether to anger or to action.
Definition sources
First occurrence: Deuteronomy 32:19
Complete exact-word concordance
And when the Lord saw it, he abhorred them, because of the provoking of his sons, and of his daughters.
And when the LORD saw it, he abhorred them, because of the prouoking of his sonnes, & of his daughters.
1611 marginal noteOr, despised.
For the Lord shall smite Israel, as a reed is shaken in the water, and he shall root up Israel out of this good land, which he gave to their fathers, and shall scatter them beyond the river, because they have made their groves, provoking the Lord to anger.
For the LORD shall smite Israel, as a reede is shaken in the water, and hee shall root vp Israel out of this good land, which hee gaue to their fathers, and shall scatter them beyond the Riuer, because they haue made their groues, prouoking the LORD to anger.
And also by the hand of the prophet Jehu the son of Hanani came the word of the Lord against Baasha, and against his house, even for all the evil that he did in the sight of the Lord, in provoking him to anger with the work of his hands, in being like the house of Jeroboam; and because he killed him.
And also by the hand of the prophet Iehu the sonne of Hanani, came the word of the LORD against Baasha, and against his house, euen for all the euill that hee did in the sight of the LORD, in prouoking him to anger with the worke of his hands, in being like the house of Ieroboam, and because he killed him.
For all the sins of Baasha, and the sins of Elah his son, by which they sinned, and by which they made Israel to sin, in provoking the Lord God of Israel to anger with their vanities.
For all the sinnes of Baasha and the sinnes of Elah his sonne, by which they sinned, and by which they made Israel to sinne, in prouoking the LORD God of Israel to anger with their vanities.
And they sinned yet more against him by provoking the most High in the wilderness.
And they sinned yet more against him: by prouoking the most High in the wildernes.
Let us not be desirous of vain glory, provoking one another, envying one another.
Let vs not be desirous of vaine glory, prouoking one another, enuying one another.
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