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4 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Goad \Goad\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Goaded}; p. pr & vb n. {Goading}.] To prick; to drive with a goad; hence to urge forward, or to rouse by anything pungent, severe, irritating, or inflaming; to stimulate. That temptation that doth goad us on --Shak. Syn: To urge; stimulate; excite; arouse; irritate; incite; instigate. From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Goad \Goad\, n. [AS. g[=a]d; perh. akin to AS g[=a]r a dart, and E. gore. See {Gore}, v. t.] A pointed instrument used to urge on a beast; hence any necessity that urges or stimulates. The daily goad urging him to the daily toil. --Macaulay. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: goad n 1: a pointed instrument used to prod into motion [syn: {prod}] 2: a verbalization that encourages you to attempt something [syn: {goading}, {prod}, {prodding}, {urging}, {spur}, {spurring}] v 1: give heart or courage to [syn: {spur}] 2: urge with or as if with a goad 3: prod or urge as if with a log stick [syn: {prick}] 4: goad or provoke,as by constant criticism; "He needled her with his sarcastic remarks" [syn: {nettle}, {needle}] From Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary [easton]: Goad (Heb. malmad, only in Judg. 3: 31), an instrument used by ploughmen for guiding their oxen. Shamgar slew six hundred Philistines with an ox-goad. "The goad is a formidable weapon. It is sometimes ten feet long, and has a sharp point. We could now see that the feat of Shamgar was not so very wonderful as some have been accustomed to think." In 1 Sam. 13:21, a different Hebrew word is used _dorban_, meaning something pointed. The expression (Acts 9:5, omitted in the R.V.), "It is hard for thee to kick against the pricks", i.e., against the goad, was proverbial for unavailing resistance to superior power.
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