To anger
ὀργίζωStrong’s G3710orgizō
Appears in 8 verses of the New Testament
In short
Orgizō is the Greek word usually translated “was angry”, “is being angry with” and “having been angry”. It appears in 8 verses of the New Testament.
“But I say unto you, That whosoever is angry with his brother without a cause shall be in danger of the judgment: and whosoever shall say to his brother, Raca, shall be in danger of the council: but whosoever shall say, Thou fool, shall be in danger of hell fire.”
Meaning
Usually translated “was angry”, “is being angry with” and “having been angry”. Open the dictionary entry below for the full range of meaning, with the verses it cites.
How it's translated
- was angry 2
- is being angry with 1
- having been angry 1
- having become angry 1
- he was angry 1
- do be angry 1
- were enraged 1
Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.
Where it's used most
- Matthew 3
- Luke 2
- Revelation 2
- Ephesians 1
4 books in all.
Explore in Scripture
- Matthew 18:34And his lord was wroth, and delivered him to the tormentors, till he should pay all that was due unto him.
- Matthew 22:7But when the king heard thereof, he was wroth: and he sent forth his armies, and destroyed those murderers, and burned up their city.
- Luke 14:21So that servant came, and shewed his lord these things. Then the master of the house being angry said to his servant, Go out quickly into the streets and lanes of the city, and bring in hither the poor, and the maimed, and the halt, and the blind.
- Luke 15:28And he was angry, and would not go in: therefore came his father out, and intreated him.
- Ephesians 4:26Be ye angry, and sin not: let not the sun go down upon your wrath:
- Revelation 11:18And the nations were angry, and thy wrath is come, and the time of the dead, that they should be judged, and that thou shouldest give reward unto thy servants the prophets, and to the saints, and them that fear thy name, small and great; and shouldest destroy them which destroy the earth.
Greek dictionary
ὀργίζω orgizō · to anger
ὀργίζω (ὀργή), [in LXX chiefly for חָרָה, also for קָצַף, etc. ;] to make angry, provoke to anger; in cl. most frequently in pass., and so always in NT, to be provoked to anger, be angry: absol., Mat.18:34 22:7, Luk.14:21 15:28, Eph.4:26" (LXX), Rev.11:18; with dative, Mat.5:22; before ἐπί, with dative (3Ki.11:9, al.), Rev.12:17 (cf. παρ-ὀργίζω).† (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.]
- 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.
- 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.
- To excite anger; to provoke; to rouse resentment.
- 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.