Words the Bible translates as wrath
English uses one word here. The Bible uses 11 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
- 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
- ḥaronחָרוֹןburning anger: wrath pictured as a fierce, blazing heat, and in the Bible almost always God's.
- 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.
- parorgismosπαροργισμόςthe lingering state of provoked anger: the exasperated, irritated mood that stays after something has stirred you up
- rogezרֹגֶזagitation: shaking, churning commotion that will not settle, whether in a rumbling sky, a quivering body, an unquiet life, or a burst of anger
- qetsaphקְצַףwrathnot studied yet
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