EXP:Goad  by Jim Fox

   Hebrew - dorevan, malmadh Greek - kentron

   An eight-foot wooden pole, shod at one end with a spade used for
removing mud from the plow and at the other with a sharp point for
prodding oxen. It was a formidable weapon in the hands of shamgar
(Judges 3:31). To "kick against the pricks" pictures oxen kicking
against the goads - a figure of useless resistance to a greater power.

   Other verses

   1 Sam 13:21; Eccl 12:11; Acts 9:5; Acts 26:14

   Source Material: The Zondervan Pictorial Bible Dictionary Young's
Analytical Concordance

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