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sting (פּרש×, paÌ„rash, “to cut intoâ€; κεÌντÏον, keÌntron, “a goad,†“spurâ€): A sharp, pointed organ or instrument for inflicting wounds by puncture; sting of an adder, ; of scorpions, . In the free quotation of from , death is personified as a deadly animal, like a scorpion or serpent, which inflicts destruction by means of sin as its kentron. It should also be remembered that in the same Greek word is used with reference to an instrument for exciting fear, rather than death. Both figures are pertinent; for death is powerless, except through sin, and, also, when sin is vanquished, the fear of death () is gone.