Wrath
θυμόςStrong’s G2372thumos
Appears in 18 verses of the New Testament
In short
Thumos is the Greek word usually translated “wrath”, “anger” and “fury”. It appears in 18 verses of the New Testament.
“And all they in the synagogue, when they heard these things, were filled with wrath,”
Meaning
Usually translated “wrath”, “anger” and “fury”. Open the dictionary entry below for the full range of meaning, with the verses it cites.
How it's translated
- wrath 5
- anger 4
- fury 3
- rage 2
- with anger 1
- of rage 1
- outbursts of anger 1
- of wrath 1
Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.
Where it's used most
- Revelation 10
- Luke 1
- Acts 1
- Romans 1
- 2 Corinthians 1
- Galatians 1
9 books in all.
Explore in Scripture
- Acts 19:28And when they heard these sayings, they were full of wrath, and cried out, saying, Great is Diana of the Ephesians.
- Romans 2:8But unto them that are contentious, and do not obey the truth, but obey unrighteousness, indignation and wrath,
- 2 Corinthians 12:20For I fear, lest, when I come, I shall not find you such as I would, and that I shall be found unto you such as ye would not: lest there be debates, envyings, wraths, strifes, backbitings, whisperings, swellings, tumults:
- Galatians 5:20Idolatry, witchcraft, hatred, variance, emulations, wrath, strife, seditions, heresies,
- Ephesians 4:31Let all bitterness, and wrath, and anger, and clamour, and evil speaking, be put away from you, with all malice:
- Colossians 3:8But now ye also put off all these; anger, wrath, malice, blasphemy, filthy communication out of your mouth.
Greek dictionary
θυμός thumos · wrath
θυμός, -οῦ, ὁ (θύω), [in LXX most frequently for אַף, also for חֱמָא, חָרוֹן, etc., 30 words in all ;] passion, hot anger, wrath: Heb.11:27; ὀργὴ καὶ θ., Rom.2:8, cf. Col.3:8; πικρία κ. θ., Eph.4:31; πλησθῆναι, πλήρης θυμοῦ, Luk.4:28, Act.19:28; θ. ἔχειν, Rev.12:12; οἶνος τ. θυμοῦ τ. πορνείας (cf. Jer.51:7), Rev.14:8 18:3 (cf. Rev.17:2); οἶνος τ. θ. τ. θεοῦ, Rev.14:10; τ. ὀργῆς τ. θεοῦ, Rev.16:19 19:15; ὁ θ. τ. θεοῦ, Rev.14:19 15:1, 7 16:1; pl., impulses or outbursts of anger: ἔρις, ζῆλος, θυμοὶ, ἐριθίαι, 2Co.12:20, Gal.5:20 (Cremer, 287, 733).† SYN.: ὀργή, παροργισμός (AS)
From STEPBible’s Greek lexicon (based on Abbott-Smith).
Webster's 1828 Dictionary
How the English word “wrath” was understood when the King James Version was still the common Bible of English readers.
WRATH, noun
[Latin]
- Violent anger; vehement exasperation; indignation; as the wrath of Achilles.“When the wrath of king Ahasuerus was appeased--” Esther 2:1“O Lord--in wrath remember mercy” Habakkuk 3:2
- The effects of anger. Proverbs 27:3
- The just punishment of an offense or crime.
Noah Webster, An American Dictionary of the English Language (1828). Verse references are checked against the KJV. Read the full entry.
Verses are from the King James Version. Word meanings come from the original Greek, not from any one translation.