Strong G3709ὀργή
wrath
- Transliteration
- orgē
- Pronunciation
- or-gay'
- Morphology
- Greek Noun (Feminine)
Definition
From G3713; properly desire (as a reaching forth or excitement of the mind) that is (by analogy) violent passion (ire or [justifiable] abhorrence); by implication punishment: - anger indignation vengeance wrath.
Detailed definition
ὀργή, -ῆς, ἡ
[in LXX chiefly for אַף, also for חָרוֹן, חֵמָה, קָצַף, etc.;]
1 1, impulse, propensity, disposition.
2. anger, wrath;
__(a) of men: Mrk.3:5, Eph.4:31, Col.3:8, 1Ti.2:8, Jas.1:19-20;
__(b) of God;
__α that reaction of the divine nature against sin which in anthropomorphic language is called anger: Rom.1:18 9:22 12:19, (ICC, in l), 1Th.1:10 2:16, Heb.3:11 4:3" (LXX) Rev.14:10 16:19 19:15;
__β of the effect of God's anger: Mat.3:7, Luk.3:7 21:23, Jhn.3:36, Rom.2:5, 8 3:5 4:15 5:9 13:4-5 Eph.5:6, Col.3:6, 1Th.5:9, Jas.1:20, Rev.6:16-17 11:18; σκεύη ὀργῆς, Rom.9:22; τέκνα ὀργῆς, Eph.2:3.†
SYN.: see: θυμός (AS)
[in LXX chiefly for אַף, also for חָרוֹן, חֵמָה, קָצַף, etc.;]
1 1, impulse, propensity, disposition.
2. anger, wrath;
__(a) of men: Mrk.3:5, Eph.4:31, Col.3:8, 1Ti.2:8, Jas.1:19-20;
__(b) of God;
__α that reaction of the divine nature against sin which in anthropomorphic language is called anger: Rom.1:18 9:22 12:19, (ICC, in l), 1Th.1:10 2:16, Heb.3:11 4:3" (LXX) Rev.14:10 16:19 19:15;
__β of the effect of God's anger: Mat.3:7, Luk.3:7 21:23, Jhn.3:36, Rom.2:5, 8 3:5 4:15 5:9 13:4-5 Eph.5:6, Col.3:6, 1Th.5:9, Jas.1:20, Rev.6:16-17 11:18; σκεύη ὀργῆς, Rom.9:22; τέκνα ὀργῆς, Eph.2:3.†
SYN.: see: θυμός (AS)
In the Bible
Strong G3709 appears in 34 verses of the KJV.
Translated in the KJV by
- wrath29
- anger3
- indignation1
- vengeance1
First verses
- Matthew 3:7But when he saw many of the Pharisees and Sadducees come to his baptism, he said unto them, O generation of vipers, who hath warned you to flee from the wrath to come?
- Mark 3:5And when he had looked round about on them with anger, being grieved for the hardness of their hearts, he saith unto the man, Stretch forth thine hand. And he stretched it out: and his hand was restored whole as the other.
- Luke 3:7Then said he to the multitude that came forth to be baptized of him, O generation of vipers, who hath warned you to flee from the wrath to come?
- Luke 21:23But woe unto them that are with child, and to them that give suck, in those days! for there shall be great distress in the land, and wrath upon this people.
- John 3:36He that believeth on the Son hath everlasting life: and he that believeth not the Son shall not see life; but the wrath of God abideth on him.
- Romans 1:18For the wrath of God is revealed from heaven against all ungodliness and unrighteousness of men, who hold the truth in unrighteousness;
- Romans 2:5But after thy hardness and impenitent heart treasurest up unto thyself wrath against the day of wrath and revelation of the righteous judgment of God;
- Romans 2:8But unto them that are contentious, and do not obey the truth, but obey unrighteousness, indignation and wrath,
- Romans 3:5But if our unrighteousness commend the righteousness of God, what shall we say? Is God unrighteous who taketh vengeance? (I speak as a man)
- Romans 4:15Because the law worketh wrath: for where no law is, there is no transgression.
- Romans 5:9Much more then, being now justified by his blood, we shall be saved from wrath through him.
- Romans 9:22What if God, willing to shew his wrath, and to make his power known, endured with much longsuffering the vessels of wrath fitted to destruction:
- Romans 12:19Dearly beloved, avenge not yourselves, but rather give place unto wrath: for it is written, Vengeance is mine; I will repay, saith the Lord.
- Romans 13:4For he is the minister of God to thee for good. But if thou do that which is evil, be afraid; for he beareth not the sword in vain: for he is the minister of God, a revenger to execute wrath upon him that doeth evil.
- Romans 13:5Wherefore ye must needs be subject, not only for wrath, but also for conscience sake.
- Ephesians 2:3Among whom also we all had our conversation in times past in the lusts of our flesh, fulfilling the desires of the flesh and of the mind; and were by nature the children of wrath, even as others.
- Ephesians 4:31Let all bitterness, and wrath, and anger, and clamour, and evil speaking, be put away from you, with all malice:
- Ephesians 5:6Let no man deceive you with vain words: for because of these things cometh the wrath of God upon the children of disobedience.
- Colossians 3:6For which things’ sake the wrath of God cometh on the children of disobedience:
- Colossians 3:8But now ye also put off all these; anger, wrath, malice, blasphemy, filthy communication out of your mouth.
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Related words
Detailed Greek dictionary
ὀργή, ἡ,
natural impulse or propensity (see. ὀργάω II): hence, temperament, disposition, mood, κηφήνεσσι κοθούροις εἴκελος ὀργήν [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th-7th c.BC: Hesiodus Epicus “Opera et Dies” 304, compare 6th c.BC: Theognis Elegiacus 98, 214, 964, etc.; ὀργὴν ἄλλοτ᾽ ἀλλοίην ἔχει 7th-6th c.BC(?): Semonides Iambographus 7.11)]; so μείλιχος, γλυκεῖα ὀργά, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “P.” 9.43, “I.” 2.35; εὐανθεῖ ἐν ὀργᾷ παρμένων [prev. author] “P.” 1.89; ὀργῆς τραχύτης 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Prometheus Vinctus” 80)]; ὠμή, ἀτέραμνος ὀργή, [Refs ([prev. author] “Supp.” 187, “Pr.” 192, etc.)]; ὀργῆς νοσούσης εἰσὶν ἰατροὶ λόγοι of 'a mind diseased', [Refs 5th c.BC+ ([prev. work] 380: so in _plural_, “hymnus ad Cererem” 205, 5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “I.” 5(4).34; ὀργαῖς ἀλωπέκων ἴκελοι [prev. author] “P.” 2.77; κνωδάλων ἔχοντες ὀργάς 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Supplices” 763)]; ἀστυνόμοι ὀργαί social dispositions, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Antigone” 356 (Lyric poetry, compare σύντροφος 3); ὀργαὶ ἤπιοι 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Troades” 53)]: also in Prose, διεπειρᾶτο αὐτῶν τῆς τε ἀνδραγαθίης καὶ τῆς ὀργῆς [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 6.128; οὐ τῇ αὐτῇ ὀ. ἀναπειθομένους τε πολεμεῖν καὶ ἐν τῷ ἔργῳ πράσσοντας 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 1.140; τῇ ὀ... χαλεπῇ ἐχρῆτο [prev. work] 130)]; ἐπιφέρειν ὀργάς τινι suit one's moods to another, [Refs 5th c.BC+ ([prev. author] 8.83, compare 5th c.BC: Cratinus Comicus 230; ὁ πόλεμος πρὸς τὰ παρόντα τὰς ὀ. τῶν πολλῶν ὁμοιοῖ 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 3.82; τὴν τῶν πολλῶν.. συνιόντων ὀ... σοφίαν ἡγούμενος 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Respublica” 493d.)]
II anger, wrath, ὀργῇ χρῆσθαι to be in a passion, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 6.85, 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Oedipus Tyrannus” 1241; ὀργὴν ποιήσασθαι 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 3.25; ὀργὴν ποιεῖσθαι εἰ.. 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 4.122; ὀργῇ χάριν δοῦναι 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Oedipus Coloneus” 855)]; ὀργῇ εἶξαι, χαρίζεσθαι, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Helena” 80, “fragment” 31; ὀργὴν ἔχειν τινί 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Pax” 659 (but ὀ. ἔχει)] involves anger, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 10.44); δι᾽ ὀργῆς ἔχειν τινά 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 5.46)]; ἐν ὀργῇ ἔχειν, ποιεῖσθαί τινα, [Refs 5th c.BC+ ([prev. author] 2.65, 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 1.16; οὐ τίθεται ταῦτα παρ᾽ ὑμῖν εἰς.. ἣν προσῆκεν ὀ. [prev. author] 18.138; εἰς ὀργὴν πεσεῖν 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Orestes” 696, etc.; ὀργῇ περιπεπτωκέναι 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator “Epistulae” 2.14)]; ἀνιέναι τῆς ὀργῆς, ὀργὴν χαλᾶν, remit one's anger, be pacified, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Ranae” 700, “V.” 727; ὀ. κατέχειν 4th-3rd c.BC: Philemo Comicus 185; ὀργῆς κρατεῖν 4th-3rd c.BC: Menander Comicus 574)]; ὀ. ἐμποιεῖν τινι make one angry, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Leges” 793e)]; ὀργῆς τυγχάνειν to be visited with anger, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 21.175, etc.)]; ὀργὴν ἄκρος quick to anger, passionate, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 1.73: in _plural_, ὀργὰς ἀφιέναι 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Prometheus Vinctus” 317; φαίνειν [prev. author] “Ch.” 326 (Lyric poetry), +others)]
II.2 Adverbial usages, ὀργῇ in anger. in a passion, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 1.61, 114, 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Oedipus Tyrannus” 405, etc.; ὀργᾷ περιόργῳ 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Agamemnon” 216 (Lyric poetry); δι᾽ ὀργῆς 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Oedipus Tyrannus” 807, 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 2.11; δι᾽ ὀργάν 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Eumenides” 981 (Lyric poetry); ἐξ ὀργῆς 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Antigone” 766; κατ᾽ ὀργήν [prev. author] “Tr.” 933, etc.; μετ᾽ ὀργῆς 5th-6th c.BC: Isocrates Orator 2.23, 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Apologia” 34d; μετὰ τῆς ὀ. 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 21.76; πρὸς ὀργήν 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Electra” 369, 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Ranae” 844, 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 2.65)]; ὀργῆς χάριν, ὀ. ὕπο, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Andromache” 688, “IA” 335.)]
II.3 with genitive, Πανὸς ὀργαί visitations of Pan's wrath, [Refs ([prev. author] “Med.” 1172)]; but
II.3.b with genitive objecti, ὀργή τινος anger at or because of a thing, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Philoctetes” 1309 (conjecture), 5th c.BC: Lysias Orator 12.20; ὀ. τῆς προδοσίας εἶχε τοὺς Ἀθηναίους 1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus “Themistocles” 9; ἀπύρων ἱερῶν ὀργάς 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Agamemnon” 71 (_anapaest meter_).)]
II.4 see at {ὀργάς} [Refs 8th c.BC+ (2.—Not in 8th c.BC: Homerus Epicus, who uses θυμός)] instead; once in [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th-7th c.BC: Hesiodus Epicus)]; frequently in Eleg. and Lyric poetry and in Ionic dialect and Attic dialect Prose.
natural impulse or propensity (see. ὀργάω II): hence, temperament, disposition, mood, κηφήνεσσι κοθούροις εἴκελος ὀργήν [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th-7th c.BC: Hesiodus Epicus “Opera et Dies” 304, compare 6th c.BC: Theognis Elegiacus 98, 214, 964, etc.; ὀργὴν ἄλλοτ᾽ ἀλλοίην ἔχει 7th-6th c.BC(?): Semonides Iambographus 7.11)]; so μείλιχος, γλυκεῖα ὀργά, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “P.” 9.43, “I.” 2.35; εὐανθεῖ ἐν ὀργᾷ παρμένων [prev. author] “P.” 1.89; ὀργῆς τραχύτης 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Prometheus Vinctus” 80)]; ὠμή, ἀτέραμνος ὀργή, [Refs ([prev. author] “Supp.” 187, “Pr.” 192, etc.)]; ὀργῆς νοσούσης εἰσὶν ἰατροὶ λόγοι of 'a mind diseased', [Refs 5th c.BC+ ([prev. work] 380: so in _plural_, “hymnus ad Cererem” 205, 5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “I.” 5(4).34; ὀργαῖς ἀλωπέκων ἴκελοι [prev. author] “P.” 2.77; κνωδάλων ἔχοντες ὀργάς 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Supplices” 763)]; ἀστυνόμοι ὀργαί social dispositions, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Antigone” 356 (Lyric poetry, compare σύντροφος 3); ὀργαὶ ἤπιοι 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Troades” 53)]: also in Prose, διεπειρᾶτο αὐτῶν τῆς τε ἀνδραγαθίης καὶ τῆς ὀργῆς [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 6.128; οὐ τῇ αὐτῇ ὀ. ἀναπειθομένους τε πολεμεῖν καὶ ἐν τῷ ἔργῳ πράσσοντας 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 1.140; τῇ ὀ... χαλεπῇ ἐχρῆτο [prev. work] 130)]; ἐπιφέρειν ὀργάς τινι suit one's moods to another, [Refs 5th c.BC+ ([prev. author] 8.83, compare 5th c.BC: Cratinus Comicus 230; ὁ πόλεμος πρὸς τὰ παρόντα τὰς ὀ. τῶν πολλῶν ὁμοιοῖ 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 3.82; τὴν τῶν πολλῶν.. συνιόντων ὀ... σοφίαν ἡγούμενος 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Respublica” 493d.)]
II anger, wrath, ὀργῇ χρῆσθαι to be in a passion, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 6.85, 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Oedipus Tyrannus” 1241; ὀργὴν ποιήσασθαι 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 3.25; ὀργὴν ποιεῖσθαι εἰ.. 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 4.122; ὀργῇ χάριν δοῦναι 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Oedipus Coloneus” 855)]; ὀργῇ εἶξαι, χαρίζεσθαι, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Helena” 80, “fragment” 31; ὀργὴν ἔχειν τινί 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Pax” 659 (but ὀ. ἔχει)] involves anger, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 10.44); δι᾽ ὀργῆς ἔχειν τινά 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 5.46)]; ἐν ὀργῇ ἔχειν, ποιεῖσθαί τινα, [Refs 5th c.BC+ ([prev. author] 2.65, 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 1.16; οὐ τίθεται ταῦτα παρ᾽ ὑμῖν εἰς.. ἣν προσῆκεν ὀ. [prev. author] 18.138; εἰς ὀργὴν πεσεῖν 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Orestes” 696, etc.; ὀργῇ περιπεπτωκέναι 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator “Epistulae” 2.14)]; ἀνιέναι τῆς ὀργῆς, ὀργὴν χαλᾶν, remit one's anger, be pacified, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Ranae” 700, “V.” 727; ὀ. κατέχειν 4th-3rd c.BC: Philemo Comicus 185; ὀργῆς κρατεῖν 4th-3rd c.BC: Menander Comicus 574)]; ὀ. ἐμποιεῖν τινι make one angry, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Leges” 793e)]; ὀργῆς τυγχάνειν to be visited with anger, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 21.175, etc.)]; ὀργὴν ἄκρος quick to anger, passionate, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 1.73: in _plural_, ὀργὰς ἀφιέναι 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Prometheus Vinctus” 317; φαίνειν [prev. author] “Ch.” 326 (Lyric poetry), +others)]
II.2 Adverbial usages, ὀργῇ in anger. in a passion, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 1.61, 114, 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Oedipus Tyrannus” 405, etc.; ὀργᾷ περιόργῳ 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Agamemnon” 216 (Lyric poetry); δι᾽ ὀργῆς 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Oedipus Tyrannus” 807, 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 2.11; δι᾽ ὀργάν 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Eumenides” 981 (Lyric poetry); ἐξ ὀργῆς 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Antigone” 766; κατ᾽ ὀργήν [prev. author] “Tr.” 933, etc.; μετ᾽ ὀργῆς 5th-6th c.BC: Isocrates Orator 2.23, 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Apologia” 34d; μετὰ τῆς ὀ. 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 21.76; πρὸς ὀργήν 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Electra” 369, 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Ranae” 844, 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 2.65)]; ὀργῆς χάριν, ὀ. ὕπο, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Andromache” 688, “IA” 335.)]
II.3 with genitive, Πανὸς ὀργαί visitations of Pan's wrath, [Refs ([prev. author] “Med.” 1172)]; but
II.3.b with genitive objecti, ὀργή τινος anger at or because of a thing, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Philoctetes” 1309 (conjecture), 5th c.BC: Lysias Orator 12.20; ὀ. τῆς προδοσίας εἶχε τοὺς Ἀθηναίους 1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus “Themistocles” 9; ἀπύρων ἱερῶν ὀργάς 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Agamemnon” 71 (_anapaest meter_).)]
II.4 see at {ὀργάς} [Refs 8th c.BC+ (2.—Not in 8th c.BC: Homerus Epicus, who uses θυμός)] instead; once in [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th-7th c.BC: Hesiodus Epicus)]; frequently in Eleg. and Lyric poetry and in Ionic dialect and Attic dialect Prose.