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To rage

φρυάσσομαιStrong’s G5433

phruassomai

Appears in 1 verse of the New Testament

In short

Phruassomai is the Greek word usually translated “did rage”. It appears in 1 verse of the New Testament.

“Who by the mouth of thy servant David hast said, Why did the heathen rage, and the people imagine vain things?”
Acts 4:25 KJV
Meaning

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

How it's translated
  • did rage 1

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

Where it's used most
  • Acts 1

1 book in all.

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    Greek dictionary

    φρυάσσομαι phruassomai · to rage

    φρυάσσω (so Ps, l.with, NT; elsewhere depon., φρυάσσομαι, Att.. -ττ-), [in LXX: Psa.2:1 (רָגַשׁ), 2Ma.7:34 R, 3Ma.2:2 * ;] prop., of horses, to neigh, whinny and prance (Plut., al.). Metaphorical, to be wanton, insolent: Act.4:25 (LXX).† (AS)

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

    Webster's 1828 Dictionary

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

    RAGE, noun

    [Heb. to grind or gnash the teeth.]

    1. Violent anger accompanied with furious words, gestures or agitation; anger excited to fury.
    2. Vehemence or violent exacerbation of any thing painful; as the rage of pain; the rage of a fever; the rage of hunger or thirst.
    3. Fury; extreme violence; as the rage of a tempest.
    4. Enthusiasm; rapture.
    All definitions and other forms of “rage”
    1. Extreme eagerness or passion directed to some object; as the rage for money.

    RAGE, verb intransitive

    1. To be furious with anger; to be exasperated to fury; to be violently agitated with passion.
    2. To be violent and tumultuous.“Why do the heathen rage?” Psalms 2:1
    3. To be violently driven or agitated; as the raging sea or winds.
    4. To ravage; to prevail without restraint, or with fatal effect; as, the plague rages in Cairo.
    5. To be driven with impetuosity; to act or move furiously.
    6. To toy wantonly; to sport. [Not in use.]

    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.