laktizo describes kicking in the resistance image of kicking against goads.

The attested use presents kicking as resistance: in Acts 26:14, the present active infinitive occurs in the saying that it is hard to kick against goads.

1. Kicking in resistance to goads · dominant

   In Acts 26:14, λακτίζειν is a present active infinitive within the saying addressed to Saul after the voice asks why he is persecuting it; the APB renders the clause, “It is hard for you to kick against the goads.”

   Acts 26:14

In the Anselm Project Bible: In Acts 26:14, the APB presents the clause as “kick against the goads.” This rendering confirms the clause’s image without isolating every element of the Greek.