from 3844 and a derivative of 3691; to sharpen alongside, i.e. (figuratively) to exasperate:

KJV-- easily provoke, stir.

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3844 para (par-ah');

a primary preposition; properly, near; i.e. (with genitive case) from beside (literally or figuratively), (with dative case) at (or in) the vicinity of (objectively or subjectively), (with accusative case) to the proximity with (local [especially beyond or opposed to] or causal [on account of]:

KJV-- above, against, among, at, before, by, contrary to, X friend, from, + give [such things as they], + that [she] had, X his, in, more than, nigh unto, (out) of, past, save, side ... by, in the sight of, than, [therefore-], with. In compounds it retains the same variety of application.

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3691 oxus (oz-oos');

probably akin to the base of 188 ["acid"]; keen; by analogy, rapid:

KJV-- sharp, swift.