Kick
Webster's Dictionary [1]
(1): ( v. i.) To thrust out the foot or feet with violence; to strike out with the foot or feet, as in defense or in bad temper; esp., to strike backward, as a horse does, or to have a habit of doing so. Hence, figuratively: To show ugly resistance, opposition, or hostility; to spurn.
(2): ( v. i.) To recoil; - said of a musket, cannon, etc.
(3): ( n.) The recoil of a musket or other firearm, when discharged.
(4): ( n.) A projection in a mold, to form a depression in the surface of the brick.
(5): ( n.) The projection on the tang of the blade of a pocket knife, which prevents the edge of the blade from striking the spring. See Illust. of Pocketknife.
(6): ( n.) A blow with the foot or feet; a striking or thrust with the foot.
(7): ( v. t.) To strike, thrust, or hit violently with the foot; as, a horse kicks a groom; a man kicks a dog.
Vine's Expository Dictionary of NT Words [2]
"to kick" (from lax, an adverb signifying "with the foot"), is used in Acts 26:14 (some mss. have it in Acts 9:5 ).
King James Dictionary [3]
KICK, To strike with the foot as, a horse kicks a servant a man kicks a dog.
KICK, To practice striking with the foot or feet as a horse accustomed to kick.
1. To thrust out the foot or feet with violence, either in wantonness, resistance, anger or contempt to manifest opposition.
Wherefore kick ye at my sacrifice? 1 Samuel 2
Jeshurun waxed fat and kicked. Deuteronomy 32
It is hard for thee to kick against the goads. Acts 9
KICK, n. A blow with the foot or feet a striking or thrust of the foot.
Wilson's Dictionary of Bible Types [4]
1 Samuel 2:29 (b) This represents the attitude of GOD's people as they complained against GOD's rules of living.
Acts 9:5 (b) By this we understand the actions of Paul as he opposed the Lord Jesus and the new revelations which Christ brought. Paul was only hurting himself, injuring his soul, and fighting against GOD by his opposition.
International Standard Bible Encyclopedia [5]
( λακτίζω , laktı́zō ): In the famous vision on the road to Damascus the unseen voice said to Saul: "Why persecutest thou me? It is hard for thee to kick against the goad" ( Acts 9:4 f; Acts 26:14 ). The words are omitted from the best manuscripts in Acts 9:4 . This was a familiar proverb in both Greek and Latin literature, and refers to the severer goading received by an ox which kicks back at the goad used to guide or urge him on. The words seem to mean that Paul's paroxysm of persecution was a painful as well as profitless resistance to the pricks of conscience by which God was leading him into the light.
