Cruel
אַכְזְרִיּוּתStrong’s H0395akhzeriyyut (akh-ze-riy-yut)
Appears in 1 verse of the Old Testament
In short
Akhzeriyyut is the Hebrew word usually translated “cruelty of”. It appears in 1 verse of the Old Testament.
“Wrath is cruel, and anger is outrageous; but who is able to stand before envy?”
Meaning
- Cruelty, fierceness, cruel
How it's translated
- cruelty of 1
Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.
Where it's used most
- Proverbs 1
1 book in all.
Related words
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Hebrew dictionary
אַכְזְרִיּוּת akhzeriyyut · cruel
cruelty, fierceness, cruel
From STEPBible’s Hebrew lexicon (based on Brown-Driver-Briggs).
Webster's 1828 Dictionary
How the English word “cruel” was understood when the King James Version was still the common Bible of English readers.
CRUEL, adjective
[Latin See Crude and Rude.]
- Disposed to give pain to others, in body or mind; willing or pleased to torment, vex or afflict; inhuman; destitute of pity, compassion or kindness; fierce; ferocious; savage; barbarous; hardhearted; applied to persons or their dispositions.“They are cruel and have no mercy” Jeremiah 6:23
- Inhuman; barbarous; savage; causing pain, grief or distress; exerted in tormenting, vexing or afflicting.“Cursed be their wrath, for it was cruel” Genesis 49:7“The tender mercies of the wicked are cruel” Proverbs 12:10“Others had trials of cruel mockings” Hebrews 11:36
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 Hebrew, not from any one translation.