ANGER/MALICE/WRATH
Hebrew:
anger- aph
meaning anger, snorting
zaam meaning indignation
chemah meaning fury, heat
kaas meaning anger,
sadness
ebrah meaning passing
over, transgression
panium
meaning face, countenance
ruach
meaning spirit
qatsaph
meaning to make wroth
angry- zaam
meaning to be indignant
kaas
meaning anger, sadness
kaas meaning to be angry
nephesh meaning bitter of
soul
anaph meaning to snort,
be angry
anaph meaning to show
oneself angry
aph meaning anger
benas meaning to be angry
charah meaning to burn,
be heated
charar meaning to be
burning, burnt
ashan meaning to smoke
qatsaph meaning to be
wroth
wrath- aph meaning face,
anger, temper
zaaph meaning wrath,
rage, raging
chemah meaning heat, fury
charon meaning
fierceness, heat, wrath
kass meaning anger,
provocation, sadness
ebrah meaning
transgression, wrath
Greek:
anger- orge meaning anger
parorgizo meaning make
angry
angry- orgizomai meaning
to be angry
orgilos meaning prone to
anger
debate- eris meaning
strife, quarreling
malice- kakia meaning
depravity, injury, evil disposition
strife- eritheia meaning
contention, quarrel, intrigues, envy
variance- eris meaning
contention, strife, quarrel, contentious
temper
wrath- orge meaning anger
thumos-mind, wrath
thumoomai=to be wroth
parorgizo=to anger beyond
measure
orgizomai=to be or become
angry
Note:
The basic difference in godly anger and the sin of anger is that one is
motivated by the Spirit and the other by the flesh.
OLD
TESTAMENT:
- Exodus 4:14-16 “And the anger(aph=anger,
snorting) of the Lord was kindled against Moses, and He said, Is not
Aaron the Levite thy brother? I
know that he can speak well. And
he shall be thy spokesman unto the people:”
- Exodus 32:19 “And it came to pass, as soon as Moses came nigh unto the camp,
that he saw the calf, and the dancing: and Moses’ anger waxed hot(aph=anger,
snorting), and he cast the tables out of his hands, and brake them
beneath the mount.”
- Numbers 20:7-8,10-11 “The Lord spake unto Moses, saying, Take the rod and speak ye unto
the rock…Hear now, ye rebels; must we fetch you water out of this
rock? And Moses lifted up
his hand, and with his rod he smote the rock twice.”
- II Samuel 6:7 “And the anger(aph=anger,
snorting) of the Lord was kindled against Uzzha; and God smote him
there for his error; and there he died by the ark of God.”
- II Samuel 12:5 “And David’s anger(aph=anger,
snorting) was greatly kindled against the man; and he said to Nathan,
As the Lord liveth, the man that hath done this thing shall surely
die:”
- II Kings 22:13 “For great is the wrath(chemah=heat,
fury) of the Lord that is kindled against us, because our fathers have
not hearkened unto the words of this book, to do according unto all
that which is written concerning us.”
- Nehemiah 9:17 “Thou art a God ready to pardon, gracious and merciful, slow to anger(aph=anger,
snorting), and of great kindness, and forsookest them not.”
- Psalms 37:8 “Cease from anger(aph=anger,
snorting), and forsake wrath(chemah=heat,
fury): fret not thyself in any wise to do evil.”
- Psalms 103:8 “The Lord is merciful and gracious, slow to anger(aph=
anger, snorting), and plenteous in mercy.”
- Psalms 145:8 “The Lord is gracious, and full of compassion; slow to anger(aph=anger,
snorting), and of great mercy.”
- Proverbs 12:16 “A fool’s wrath(chemah=heat,
fury) is presently known:”
- Proverbs 14:29 “He that is slow to wrath(aph=face, anger, temper) is of great understanding: but he that is hasty of spirit
exalteth folly.”
- Proverbs 15:1 “A soft answer turneth away wrath(chemah=heat, fury): but
grievous words stir up anger(aph=anger,
snorting).”
- Proverbs 15:18 “A wrathful(chemah=heat,
fury) man stirreth up strife: but he that is slow to anger(aph=anger,
snorting) appeaseth strife.”
- Proverbs 16:32 “He that is slow to anger(aph=anger, snorting) is better than the mighty; and he that
ruleth his spirit than he that taketh a city.”
- Proverbs 19:11 “The discretion of a man deferreth his anger(aph=anger,
snorting); and it is his glory to pass over a transgression.”
- Ecclesiastes 7:9 “Be not hasty in thy spirit to be angry(kaas=anger, sadness): for anger resteth in the bosom of
fools.”
- Joel 2:13 “And rend your heart, and not your garments, and turn unto the
Lord your God: for He is gracious and merciful, slow to anger(aph=anger,
snort), and of great kindness, and repenteth him of the evil.”
- Jonah 4:1,4,9 “It(God repented of the evil, that He had said that He would do
unto Niveveh)displeased Jonah exceedingly, and he was very angry (charah
= to burn, be heated). Then
said the Lord, Doest thou well to be angry?
And God said to Jonah, Doest thou well to be angry(charah=to
burn, be heated) for the gourd? And
Jonah said, I do well to be angry (charah=to burn, be heated), even unto death.”
- Jonah 4:2 “For I knew that thou art a gracious God, and merciful, slow to anger(aph=anger,
snorting), and of great kindness, and repentest thee of the evil.”
21.
Nahum 1:3 “The Lord is slow
to anger(aph=anger,
snorting), and great in power, and will not at all acquit the wicked:”
NEW
TESTAMENT:
1.
Matthew 5:22
“But I say unto you, that whosoever is angry(orgizomai=to be 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.”
2.
Matthew 21:12-13; Mark 11:15;
Luke 19:45-46;John 2:14-16 “And Jesus went into the temple of
God, and He made a scourge of small cords, and cast out(drove
out) all them that sold and bought in the temple, and overthrew the
tables of the money changers, and the seats of them that sold doves.
And said unto them, It is written, My house shall be called the
house of prayer; but ye have made it a den of thieves.”
3.
Mark 3:5 “And when Jesus
had looked round about on them with anger (orge=anger), being grieved for the hardness of their hearts, He
saith unto the man, Stretch forth thine hand.
And he stretched it out: and his hand was restored whole as the
other.”
4.
John 3:36 “He that
believeth not the Son shall not see life; but the wrath (orge=anger, wrath) of God abideth on him.”
5.
Romans 12:19
“Dearly beloved, avenge not(ekdikeo=to
give full justice) yourselves, but rather give place unto wrath(orge=anger,
wrath): for it is written, Vengeance is mine; I will repay, saith
the Lord.”
6.
II Corinthians 12:20
“For I fear, lest, when I come, I shall not find you such as I would,
and that I shall be found unto you such as ye would not: lest there be debates(eris=strife),
envyings(phthonos=jealousy),
wraths (thumos=mind,
wrath), strifes(eritheia=contention,
quarrel), backbitings (katalalia=a
talking against), whisperings(psithurismos=muttering),
swellings(phusiosis=a puffing up), tumults(akatastasia=instability):”
7.
Galatians 5:19-20
“Now the works of the flesh are manifest, which are these; adultery
(moicheia = adultery), fornication
(porneia = whoredom), uncleanness
(akatharsia = impurity), lasciviousness
(aselgeia = excess), idolatry(eidolatreia=worship of idols), witchcraft(pharmakeia=a
charm, remedy), hatred(echthra=enmity,
deep seated hostility), variance(eris=quarrel,
strife, contention), emulations(zelos=uncontrolled
zeal, jealousy), wrath(thumos=fits
of rage, passionate anger), strife(eritheia=selfish
ambitions, intrigues), seditions(dichostasia=a
standing apart, divisions), heresies(hairesis=choice,
opinion, sentiment, sectarian), envyings(phthonos =jealousy), murders(phonos=murder), drunkenness(methe=drunkenness), revellings(komoi=wild parties, carousing, orgies), and such life: of the which
I tell you before, as I have also told you in times past, that they which
do such things shall not inherit the kingdom of God.”
7.
Ephesians 4:26
“Be ye angry(orgizomai=to
be angry), and sin not: let not the sun go down upon your wrath(parorgismos=a
provoking to anger, fury, rage): Neither place to the devil.”
8.
Ephesians 4:30-31
“And grieve not the Holy Spirit of God, whereby ye are sealed unto the
day of redemption. Let all bitterness(pikria=sharpness,
harshness, bitter feelings),and wrath(thumos=mind,
wrath, fury, rage, rising out of deep hurt), and anger(orge=outburst,
enraged, furious), and clamour(krarge=harsh
words, angry words, insulting, boisterous, loud talking), and evil
speaking(blasphemia=insulting,
hurtful, injurious speech), be put away from you, with all malice: And be ye kind one to another, tenderhearted, forgiving one
another, even as God for Christ’s sake hath forgiven you.”
9.
Ephesians 5:3-4
“But fornication(porneia=sexual
immorality, premarital sex, whoredom), and all uncleanness(akatharsia=impurity),
or covetousness(pleonexia=the
wish to have more, lust for more, greed), let it not be once named among
you, as becometh saints; neither filthiness (aischrotes=baseness,
obscenity), nor foolish talking(morologia=silly,
corrupt, senseless, wasted, idle, aimless, smart talk), nor jesting(eutraprlia
=coarse joking, vulgar, dirty talk, wisecracks, poking fun), which are
not convenient(aneko=not
becoming, out of place, not befitting): but rather giving of thanks.”
10.
Ephesians 6:4
“And ye fathers, provoke not your children to wrath (parorgizo=to
anger beyond measure): but bring them up in the nurture and admonition of
the Lord.”
11.
Colossians 3:8
“But now ye also put off all these; anger, wrath, malice,
blasphemy, filthy communication out of your moth.
Lie not one to another, seeing that ye have put off the old
man with his deeds;”
12.
I Timothy 2:8
“I will therefore that men pray every where, lifting up holy hands without
wrath(orge=anger, wrath).”
13.
Titus 1:7 “A bishop must be
not soon angry(orgilos=prone
to anger).”
14.
James 1:19-21
“Wherefore, my beloved brethren, let every man be swift to hear, slow to
speak, slow to wrath(orge=anger,
wrath): for the wrath(orge
=anger, wrath) of an worketh not the righteousness of God. Wherefore lay apart all filthiness(aischrotes=baseness, obscenity)and superfluity of naughtiness(kakia=bad,
evil, wickedness, excess malice), and receive with meekness the engrafted
word, which is able to save your souls.”
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