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To anger

θυμόωStrong’s G2373

thumoō

Appears in 1 verse of the New Testament

In short

Thumoō is the Greek word usually translated “was enraged”. It appears in 1 verse of the New Testament.

“Then Herod, when he saw that he was mocked of the wise men, was exceeding wroth, and sent forth, and slew all the children that were in Bethlehem, and in all the coasts thereof, from two years old and under, according to the time which he had diligently enquired of the wise men.”
Matthew 2:16 KJV
Meaning

Usually translated “was enraged”. Open the dictionary entry below for the full range of meaning, with the verses it cites.

How it's translated
  • was enraged 1

Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.

Where it's used most
  • Matthew 1

1 book in all.

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    Greek dictionary

    θυμόω thumoō · to anger

    θυμόω, -ῶ (θυμός) [in LXX (chiefly in pass.) for חָרָה, אַף חָרָה hith., etc. ;] (no act. in Attic.); pass. (and mid.), to be wroth or very angry: Mat.2:16.† (AS)

    From STEPBible’s Greek lexicon (based on Abbott-Smith).

    Webster's 1828 Dictionary

    How the English word “anger” was understood when the King James Version was still the common Bible of English readers.

    AN'GER, noun

    ang'ger. [Latin ango, to choke strangle, vex; whence angor, vexation, anguish, the quinsy, angina. Gr. to strangle, to strain or draw together to vex. The primary sense is to press, squeeze, make narrow; Heb. to strangle.]

    1. A violent passion of the mind excited by a real or supposed injury; usually accompanied with a propensity to take vengeance, or to obtain satisfaction from the offending party.
    2. Paint; smart of a sore or swelling; the literal sense of the word, but little used.
    All definitions and other forms of “anger”

      AN'GER, verb transitive

      ang'ger.

      1. To excite anger; to provoke; to rouse resentment.
      2. To make painful; to cause to smart; to inflame; as, to anger an ulcer.

      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.