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2 Kings 21:6 chapter context similar meaning "And he made his son pass through the fire, and observed times, and used enchantments, and dealt with familiar spirits and wizards: he wrought much wickedness in the sight of the LORD, to provoke him to anger."
The strict meaning may simply be—let us take note of one another, to stimulate one another to good works; but in the result, if not in the expression, is included the converse thought, “that we may ourselves be thus provoked.”
Fathers, provoke not your children to anger, lest they be discouraged. Hebrews 3:16 | View whole chapter | See verse in context For some, when they had heard, did provoke : howbeit not all that came out of Egypt by Moses.
PROVOCATION; PROVOKE. prov-o-ka'-shun, pro-vok': "Provoke," literally, "to call forth," hence, to excite or stir up, whether in a good or bad sense, appears frequently in the Old Testament as the translation of Piel, or Hiphil of ka`ac (noun, ka`ac), in the sense of "to make angry" (Deuteronomy 4:25; Deuteronomy 9:18 1 Kings 14:9, 15, etc ...
1. To call into action; to arouse; to excite; as, to provoke anger or wrath by offensive words or by injury; to provoke war. 2. To make angry; to offend; to incense; to enrage. Ye fathers, provoke not your children to wrath.
To call into action to arouse to excite as, to provoke anger or wrath by offensive words or by injury to provoke war. 2. To make angry to offend to incense to enrage.
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Let us hold fast the profession of our faith without wavering; (for he is faithful that promised;) And let us consider one another to provoke unto.
