Anger
παροργισμόςStrong’s G3950parorgismos
Appears in 1 verse of the New Testament
In short
Parorgismos is the Greek word usually translated “anger”. It appears in 1 verse of the New Testament.
“Be ye angry, and sin not: let not the sun go down upon your wrath:”
Meaning
Usually translated “anger”. Open the dictionary entry below for the full range of meaning, with the verses it cites.
How it's translated
- anger 1
Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.
Where it's used most
- Ephesians 1
1 book in all.
Explore in Scripture
Greek dictionary
παροργισμός parorgismos · anger
παρ-οργισμός, -οῦ, ὁ (παροργίζω), [in LXX: 3Ki.15:30, 4Ki.23:26 (כַּעַס); 4Ki.19:3, Neh.9:18, 26 (נְאָצָה); Jer.21:5 A (קֶצֶף) * ;] irritation ("distinguished from ὀργή as implying a less permanent state"; ICC, Eph., 140; and see Tr., Syn., § xxxvii) : Eph.4:26.† (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.