| | Lexicon erethizó: to stir upOriginal Word: ἐρεθίζωPart of Speech: VerbTransliteration: erethizóPhonetic Spelling: (er-eth-id'-zo)Short Definition: I stir up, provokeDefinition: I stir up, arouse to anger, provoke, irritate, incite. NAS Exhaustive ConcordanceWord Origin from erethó (to stir to anger)Definition to stir upNASB Translation exasperate (1), stirred (1). 
Thayer'sSTRONGS NT 2042: ἐρεθίζωἐρεθίζω ; 1 aorist ἠρεθισα ; (ἐρέθω  to excite); to stir up, excite, stimulate : τινα , in a good sense, 2 Corinthians 9:2 ; as common in Greek writings from Homer  down, in a bad sense, to provoke : Colossians 3:21 , where Lachmann παροργίζετε . 
 
 
 
Strong's provoke.  From a presumed prolonged form of eris; to stimulate (especially to anger) -- provoke.  see GREEK eris  | 
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