1Cor 15:55 | RWP | e4.org | Victory ( νικος ). Late form of νικη . O death ( θανατε ). Second instance. Here Paul changes Hades of the LXX for Hebrew Sheol ( ) to death. Paul never uses Hades. Thy sting ( σου το κεντρον ). Old word from κεντρεω , to prick, as in . In of the sting of locusts, scorpions. The serpent death has lost his poison fangs.

‏ 1 Corinthians 15:55

Victory ( νικος ). Late form of νικη.

O death ( θανατε ). Second instance. Here Paul changes Hades of the LXX for Hebrew Sheol (Hos 13:14) to death. Paul never uses Hades.

Thy sting ( σου το κεντρον ). Old word from κεντρεω, to prick, as in Ac 26:14. In Re 9:10 of the sting of locusts, scorpions. The serpent death has lost his poison fangs.