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Greek: orge
Anger, Angry (To Be):
originally any "natural impulse, or desire, or disposition,"
came to signify "anger," as the strongest of all passions.
It is used of the wrath of man, Eph 4:31; Col 3:8; 1Ti 2:8;
Jam 1:19, 20; the displeasure of human governments,
Rom 13:4, 5; the sufferings of the Jews at the hands of
the Gentiles, Luk 21:23; the terrors of the Law, Rom 4:15;
"the anger" of the Lord Jesus, Mar 3:5; God's "anger" with
Israel in the wilderness, in a quotation from the OT, Hbr
3:11; 4:3; God's present "anger" with the Jews nationally,
Rom 9:22; 1Th 2:16; His present "anger" with those who
disobey the Lord Jesus in His Gospel, Jhn 3:36; God's
purposes in judgment, Mat 3:7; Luk 3:7; Rom 1:18; 2:5, 8;
3:5; 5:9; 12:19; Eph 2:3; 5:6; Col 3:6; 1Th 1:10; 5:9.
See INDIGNATION, VENGEANCE, WRATH.
Notes:
(1) Thumos, "wrath" (not translated "anger"), is to be
distinguished from orge, in this respect, that thumos
indicates a more agitated condition of the feelings, an
outburst of wrath from inward indignation, while orge
suggests a more settled or abiding condition of mind,
frequently with a view to taking revenge. Orge is less
sudden in its rise than thumos, but more lasting in its
nature. Thumos expresses more the inward feeling, orge
Greek: orgizo
Greek: parorgizo
Greek: cholao
Notes:
(1) Thumomacheo (from thumos, "wrath," machomai, "to
fight") originally denoted to fight with great animosity,
and hence came to mean "to be very angry, to be
exasperated," Act 12:20, of the anger of Herod, "was
highly displeased."
(2) Thumoo, the corresponding verb, signifies "to provoke
to anger," but in the Passive Voice "to be wroth," as in
Mat 2:16, of the wrath of Herod, "was exceeding wroth."
(3) Aganakteo, see A, Note (3), is rendered in various
ways in the seven places where it is used; "moved with
indignation," Mat 20:24; 21:15, RV (AV, "sore
displeased"); "had indignation," Mat 26:8; Mar 14:4. In
Mar 10:14 the RV has "was moved with indignation" (AV,
"was much displeased"), said of the Lord Jesus. The same
renderings are given in Mar 10:41. In Luk 13:14 (AV, "with
indignation"), the RV rightly puts "being moved with
indignation." These words more particularly point to the
cause of the vexation.
See DISPLEASE, INDIGNATION.
(4) In Col 3:21, erethizo signifies "to provoke." The RV
correctly omits "to anger."
C-1 Adjective
orgilos
Greek:
Greek: orge
Wrath:
See ANGER and Notes (1) and (2).
2
Greek: thumos
Wrath:
"hot anger, passion," for which see ANGER, Notes (1) and
(2), is translated "wrath" in Luk 4:28; Act 19:28; Rom 2:8,
RV; Gal 5:20; Eph 4:31; Col 3:8; Hbr 11:27; Rev 12:12;
14:8, 10, 19; 15:1, 7; 16:1; 18:3; "wraths" in 2Cr 12:20;
"fierceness" in Rev 16:19; 19:15 (followed by No. 1).
Greek: parorgismos
Wrath:
occurs in Eph 4:26: see ANGER, A, Note (2).
Note: For the verb parorgizo, "to provoke to wrath," Eph
6:4, AV, see ANGER, B, No. 2
A-1
Indignation:
is rendered "indignation" in 2Cr 7:11.
Indignation:
"to be indignant, to be moved with indignation" (from agan, "much," achomai,
"to grieve"), is translated "were moved with indignation" of the ten disciples
against James and John, Mat 20:24; in Mar 10:41, RV (AV, "they began to be
much displeased"); in Mat 21:15, of the chief priests and scribes, against
Christ and the children, RV, "they were moved with indignation" (AV, "they
were sore displeased"); in Mat 26:8, of the disciples against the woman who
anointed Christ's feet, "they had indignation;" so Mar 14:4; in Mar 10:14, of
Christ, against the disciples, for rebuking the children, "He was moved with
indignation," RV (AV, "he was much displeased"); in Luk 13:14, of the ruler of
the synagogue against Christ for healing on the Sabbath, "being moved with
indignation," RV, AV, "(answered) with indignation."
See ANGER, B, Note
Greek: ekdikesis
Vengeance:
lit., "(that which proceeds) out of justice," not, as often with human
"vengeance," out of a sense of injury or merely out of a feeling of indignation.
The word is most frequently used of Divine "vengeance," e.g., Rom 12:19; Hbr
10:30. For a complete list see AVENGE, B, No. 2. The judgements of God are
holy and right (Rev 16:7), and free from any element of self-gratification or
vindictiveness.
Notes:
(1) Dike, "justice," is translated "vengeance" in the AV of Act 28:4 and Jud 1:7:
see JUSTICE.
(2) In Rom 3:5, AV, orge, "wrath" (R