Webster 1828 · headword: sting
View source image ↗A sharp-pointed weapon or organ by which a wound is inflicted; figuratively, that which gives acute pain.
KJV WORD
COMBINED MEANING
A sharp piercing power or instrument of pain; figuratively, the power by which death wounds, identified in the passage with sin.
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WORD FAMILY
Root: sting
A sharp piercing power or instrument of pain; figuratively, the power by which death wounds, identified in the passage with sin.
HISTORICAL DEFINITIONS
A sharp-pointed weapon or organ by which a wound is inflicted; figuratively, that which gives acute pain.
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