Words the Bible translates as anger
English uses one word here. The Bible uses 12 words, and they do not mean the same thing. Each is listed with what it actually means, most frequent first.
- thumosθυμόςa hot, boiling burst of anger: rage that seethes up and spills over, whether in a person, a hostile power, or God's final judgment
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- intoxicating passion: the maddening, inflaming craving by which Babylon seduces the nations
- orgēὀργήhuman anger: strong hostility in people, usually named as a fault to be put away
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- the wrath of God: his settled, personal opposition to evil and the judgment it brings
- aphאַףanger: hot, flaring displeasure, of God or of a person.
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- nose, nostril; by extension the face, especially in bowing low.
- ḥemahחֵמָהburning anger: hot, intense wrath that boils up and demands an outlet
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- venom or scorching heat: the burning poison of a snake, or the inflaming heat of strong drink
- orgizōὀργίζωto become angry: to be roused to anger against a person or against what they have done
- thumoōθυμόωto angernot studied yet
- parorgizōπαροργίζωto angernot studied yet
- ka'asכָּעַסto provoke someone to anger; to goad another into fury, most often God
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- to be angry, or to be grieved and vexed; the inward state of a stirred-up spirit
- qetsephקֶצֶףwrath that breaks out: fierce anger, nearly always God's, that bursts forth and lands on people because of a particular wrong
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- a snapped-off bit of wood: a twig or chip drifting on the surface of water
- ka'asכַּעַסanger and its provocation: hot displeasure in a person or in God, and the offense that kindles God's anger
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- inner distress: the grief, sorrow, or frustration of a spirit worn down by trouble
- za'amזַעַםburning indignation: fierce anger that condemns its object, almost always God's, poured out in judgment.
- parorgismosπαροργισμόςthe lingering state of provoked anger: the exasperated, irritated mood that stays after something has stirred you up
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