1 Corinthians 15:55

ποῦ σου θάνατε τὸ κέντρον ποῦ σου ᾅδη τὸ νῖκος
O death, where is thy sting? O grave, where is thy victory?
Word Reference
Original Word Definitions
ποῦ
G4226 ADV-I
pou
as adverb of place; at (by implication, to) what locality
  • somewhere
    • "nearly"with numerals: somewhere about, about
σου
G4675
sou
of thee, thy
  • thy, thee
θάνατε
G2288 N-VSM
thanatos
(properly, an adjective used as a noun) death (literally or figuratively)
  • the death of the body
    • that separation (whether natural or violent) of the soul and the body by which the life on earth is ended
      • "with the implied idea of future misery in hell
      • the power of death
      since the nether world, the abode of the dead, was conceived as being very dark, it is equivalent to the region of thickest darkness i.e., figuratively, a region enveloped in the darkness of ignorance and sin
    metaphorically, the loss of that life which alone is worthy of the name,
    • the misery of the soul arising from sin, which begins on earth but lasts and increases after the death of the body in hell
    the miserable state of the wicked dead in hell"in the widest sense, death comprising all the miseries arising from sin, as well physical death as the loss of a life consecrated to God and blessed in him on earth, to be followed by wretchedness in hell
τὸ
G3588 T-NSN
ho
the (sometimes to be supplied, at others omitted, in English idiom)
  • this, that, these, etc. Only significant renderings other than ___%___the___%___ counted
κέντρον
G2759
kentron
a point (___%___center___%___), i.e., a sting (figuratively, poison) or goad (figuratively, divine impulse)
  • a sting, as that of bees, scorpions, locusts
    • "an iron goad, for urging on oxen, horses and other beasts of burden
    • hence the proverb, ___%___to kick against the goad___%___, i.e., to offer vain and perilous or ruinous resistance
ποῦ
G4226 ADV-I
pou
as adverb of place; at (by implication, to) what locality
  • somewhere
    • "nearly"with numerals: somewhere about, about
σου
G4675
sou
of thee, thy
  • thy, thee
ᾅδη
G86
hadēs
properly, unseen, i.e., ___%___Hades___%___ or the place (state) of departed souls
  • name Hades or Pluto, the god of the lower regions
    • "Orcus, the nether world, the realm of the dead"the grave, death, hell
τὸ
G3588 T-NSN
ho
the (sometimes to be supplied, at others omitted, in English idiom)
  • this, that, these, etc. Only significant renderings other than ___%___the___%___ counted
νῖκος
G3534 N-NSN
nikos
a conquest (concretely), i.e., (by implication) triumph
  • victory
    • "to utterly vanquish

ποῦ σου θάνατε τὸ κέντρον ποῦ σου ᾅδη τὸ νῖκος
55
O death, where is thy sting? O grave, where is thy victory?
Cross References

Hosea 13:14

מִיַּד שְׁאוֹל אֶפְדֵּם מִמָּוֶת אֶגְאָלֵם אֱהִי דְבָרֶיךָ מָוֶת אֱהִי קָֽטָבְךָ שְׁאוֹל נֹחַם יִסָּתֵר מֵעֵינָֽי׃
14
I will ransom them from the power of the grave; I will redeem them from death: O death, I will be thy plagues; O grave, I will be thy destruction: repentance shall be hid from mine eyes.

Psalms 89:48

מִי גֶבֶר יִֽחְיֶה וְלֹא יִרְאֶה-מָּוֶת יְמַלֵּט נַפְשׁוֹ מִיַּד-שְׁאוֹל סֶֽלָה׃
48
What man is he that liveth, and shall not see death? shall he deliver his soul from the hand of the grave? Selah.

Acts 2:27

ὅτι οὐκ ἐγκαταλείψεις τὴν ψυχήν μου εἰς ᾅδου οὐδὲ δώσεις τὸν ὅσιόν σου ἰδεῖν διαφθοράν
27
Because thou wilt not leave my soul in hell, neither wilt thou suffer thine Holy One to see corruption.

Romans 5:14

ἀλλ' ἐβασίλευσεν ὁ θάνατος ἀπὸ Ἀδὰμ μέχρι Μωσέως καὶ ἐπὶ τοὺς μὴ ἁμαρτήσαντας ἐπὶ τῷ ὁμοιώματι τῆς παραβάσεως Ἀδάμ ὅς ἐστιν τύπος τοῦ μέλλοντος
14
Nevertheless death reigned from Adam to Moses, even over them that had not sinned after the similitude of Adam's transgression, who is the figure of him that was to come.

Psalms 49:8

וְיֵקַר פִּדְיוֹן נַפְשָׁם וְחָדַל לְעוֹלָֽם׃
8
(For the redemption of their soul is precious, and it ceaseth for ever:)

Ecclesiastes 2:15

וְאָמַרְתִּֽי אֲנִי בְּלִבִּי כְּמִקְרֵה הַכְּסִיל גַּם-אֲנִי יִקְרֵנִי וְלָמָּה חָכַמְתִּי אֲנִי אָז יוֹתֵר וְדִבַּרְתִּי בְלִבִּי שֶׁגַּם-זֶה הָֽבֶל׃
15
Then said I in my heart, As it happeneth to the fool, so it happeneth even to me; and why was I then more wise? Then I said in my heart, that this also is vanity.

Acts 9:5

εἶπεν δέ Τίς εἶ κύριε ὁ δέ Κύριος εἶπεν Ἐγώ εἰμι Ἰησοῦς ὃν σὺ διώκεις· σκληρόν σοι πρὸς κέντρα λακτίζειν
5
And he said, Who art thou, Lord? And the Lord said, I am Jesus whom thou persecutest: it is hard for thee to kick against the pricks.

Ecclesiastes 9:5

כִּי הַֽחַיִּים יוֹדְעִים שֶׁיָּמֻתוּ וְהַמֵּתִים אֵינָם יוֹדְעִים מְאוּמָה וְאֵֽין-עוֹד לָהֶם שָׂכָר כִּי נִשְׁכַּח זִכְרָֽם׃
5
For the living know that they shall die: but the dead know not any thing, neither have they any more a reward; for the memory of them is forgotten.

Revelation 20:13

καὶ ἔδωκεν ἡ θάλασσα τοὺς ἐν αὐτῇ νεκροὺς καὶ ὁ θάνατος καὶ ὁ ᾅδης ἔδωκαν τοὺς ἐν αὐτοῖς νεκροὺς καὶ ἐκρίθησαν ἕκαστος κατὰ τὰ ἔργα αὐτῶν
13
And the sea gave up which the dead were in it; and death and hell delivered up the dead which were in them: and they were judged every man according to their works.

Ecclesiastes 8:8

אֵין אָדָם שַׁלִּיט בָּרוּחַ לִכְלוֹא אֶת-הָרוּחַ וְאֵין שִׁלְטוֹן בְּיוֹם הַמָּוֶת וְאֵין מִשְׁלַחַת בַּמִּלְחָמָה וְלֹֽא-יְמַלֵּט רֶשַׁע אֶת-בְּעָלָֽיו׃
8
There is no man that hath power over the spirit to retain the spirit; neither hath he power in the day of death: and there is no discharge in that war; neither shall wickedness deliver those that are given to it.

Luke 16:23

καὶ ἐν τῷ ᾅδῃ ἐπάρας τοὺς ὀφθαλμοὺς αὐτοῦ ὑπάρχων ἐν βασάνοις ὁρᾷ τὸν Ἀβραὰμ ἀπὸ μακρόθεν καὶ Λάζαρον ἐν τοῖς κόλποις αὐτοῦ
23
And in hell he lift up his eyes, being in torments, and seeth Abraham afar off, and Lazarus in his bosom.

Ecclesiastes 3:19

כִּי מִקְרֶה בְֽנֵי-הָאָדָם וּמִקְרֶה הַבְּהֵמָה וּמִקְרֶה אֶחָד לָהֶם כְּמוֹת זֶה כֵּן מוֹת זֶה וְרוּחַ אֶחָד לַכֹּל וּמוֹתַר הָאָדָם מִן-הַבְּהֵמָה אָיִן כִּי הַכֹּל הָֽבֶל׃
19
For that which befalleth the sons of men befalleth beasts; even one thing befalleth them: as the one dieth, so dieth the other; yea, they have all one breath; so that a man hath no preeminence above a beast: for all is vanity.

Job 18:13

יֹאכַל בַּדֵּי עוֹרוֹ יֹאכַל בַּדָּיו בְּכוֹר מָֽוֶת׃
13
It shall devour the strength of his skin: even the firstborn of death shall devour his strength.

Revelation 9:10

καὶ ἔχουσιν οὐρὰς ὁμοίας σκορπίοις καὶ κέντρα ἦν ἐν ταῖς οὐραῖς αὐτῶν καὶ ἡ ἐξουσία αὐτῶν ἀδικῆσαι τοὺς ἀνθρώπους μῆνας πέντε
10
And they had tails like unto scorpions, and there were stings in their tails: and their power was to hurt men five months.
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