Noah Webster's Dictionary 1. (v. t.) To strike, thrust, or hit violently with the foot; as, a horse kicks a groom; a man kicks a dog. 2. (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. 3. (v. i.) To recoil; -- said of a musket, cannon, etc. 4. (n.) A blow with the foot or feet; a striking or thrust with the foot. 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. 6. (n.) A projection in a mold, to form a depression in the surface of the brick. 7. (n.) The recoil of a musket or other firearm, when discharged. Int. Standard Bible Encyclopedia KICK (laktizo): 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; 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.

Multi-Version Concordance Kick (8 Occurrences) Acts 9:5 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. (KJV WBS YLT) Acts 26:14 When we had all fallen to the earth, I heard a voice saying to me in the Hebrew language,'Saul, Saul, why are you persecuting me? It is hard for you to kick against the goads.' (WEB KJV WEY ASV DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV) Leviticus 26:15 and if at My statutes ye kick, and if My judgments your soul loathe, so as not to do all My commands -- to your breaking My covenant -- (YLT) 1 Samuel 2:29 Why do you kick at my sacrifice and at my offering, which I have commanded in my habitation, and honor your sons above me, to make yourselves fat with the best of all the offerings of Israel my people?' (WEB KJV JPS ASV WBS YLT NAS) Psalms 106:24 And they kick against the desirable land, They have not given credence to His word. (YLT) Jeremiah 6:19 Hear, O earth, lo, I am bringing evil on this people, The fruit of their devices, For to My words they gave no attention, And My law -- they kick against it. (YLT) Jeremiah 31:37 Thus said Jehovah: If the heavens above be measured, And the foundations of earth below searched, Even I kick against all the seed of Israel, For all that they have done, An affirmation of Jehovah. (YLT) Ezekiel 20:16 Because against My judgments they did kick, And in My statutes they have not walked, And My sabbaths they have polluted, For after their idols their heart is going. (YLT)