Words the Bible translates as indignation
English uses one word here. The Bible uses 8 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
- orgēὀργήthe wrath of God: his settled, personal opposition to evil and the judgment it brings
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- human anger: strong hostility in people, usually named as a fault to be put away
- zēlosζῆλοςburning devotion: an intense, heated ardor for someone or something held dear
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- jealousy: a resentful, rivalrous heat that begrudges others and breeds conflict
- 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
- za'amזַעַםburning indignation: fierce anger that condemns its object, almost always God's, poured out in judgment.
- za'amזָעַםto condemn in anger: to burn with indignation against someone, and to voice that anger as a denunciation or curse.
- aganaktēsisἀγανάκτησιςindignationnot studied yet
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