Words the Bible translates as fury
English uses one word here. The Bible uses 4 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
- 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
- evrahעֶבְרָהoverflowing fury: anger that swells past its limits and pours out, and by extension pride swollen to the same excess
- 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
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