40 occurrences

'Fierce' in the Bible

Cursed be their anger, for it was fierce; And their wrath, for it was cruel: I will divide them in Jacob, And scatter them in Israel.

Verse ConceptsCursing The UngodlyFierce MenAngry People

Wherefore should the Egyptians speak, saying, For evil did he bring them forth, to slay them in the mountains, and to consume them from the face of the earth? Turn from thy fierce wrath, and repent of this evil against thy people.

Verse ConceptsGod Changing His MindGod Might Kill His PeopleGod Turned Back From Harming ThemLet Not God Be AngryGod Bringing Israel Out Of Egypt

And Jehovah said unto Moses, Take all the chiefs of the people, and hang them up unto Jehovah before the sun, that the fierce anger of Jehovah may turn away from Israel.

Verse ConceptsPeople Hung To DeathAction Lest God Be Angry

And, behold, ye are risen up in your fathers'stead, an increase of sinful men, to augment yet the fierce anger of Jehovah toward Israel.

Verse ConceptsPrejudiceChildren Of Evil

a nation of fierce countenance, that shall not regard the person of the old, nor show favor to the young,

Verse ConceptsOld Age, Attitudes ToDisrespect For Old AgeExpressions On FacesRespectThe ElderlyRespecting Your Bodypity

So Jonathan arose from the table in fierce anger, and did eat no food the second day of the month; for he was grieved for David, because his father had done him shame.

Verse ConceptsFasting, Reasons ForSorrowSympathyTablesAnger Of Man, RighteousAnger Of Man, CauseMourning In RegretFasting In MourningNamed People Angry With Others

Because thou obeyedst not the voice of Jehovah, and didst not execute his fierce wrath upon Amalek, therefore hath Jehovah done this thing unto thee this day.

Verse ConceptsDisobedience, Examples OfApostasy Of SaulGod Angry With The Nations

Then Amaziah separated them, to wit , the army that was come to him out of Ephraim, to go home again: wherefore their anger was greatly kindled against Judah, and they returned home in fierce anger.

Verse ConceptsTwelve BeingsGroups Sent Away

Now hear me therefore, and send back the captives, that ye have taken captive of your brethren; for the fierce wrath of Jehovah is upon you.

and said unto them, Ye shall not bring in the captives hither: for ye purpose that which will bring upon us a trespass against Jehovah, to add unto our sins and to our trespass; for our trespass is great, and there is fierce wrath against Israel.

Now it is in my heart to make a covenant with Jehovah, the God of Israel, that his fierce anger may turn away from us.

Now be ye not stiffnecked, as your fathers were; but yield yourselves unto Jehovah, and enter into his sanctuary, which he hath sanctified for ever, and serve Jehovah your God, that his fierce anger may turn away from you.

Verse ConceptsSanctuaryStiffnecked People

Let now our princes be appointed for all the assembly, and let all them that are in our cities that have married foreign women come at appointed times, and with them the elders of every city, and the judges thereof, until the fierce wrath of our God be turned from us, until this matter be despatched.

Verse ConceptsJudgesTownGod Will No More Be Angry

The roaring of the lion, and the voice of the fierce lion, And the teeth of the young lions, are broken.

Verse ConceptsTeethBreaking Teeth

The proud beasts have not trodden it, Nor hath the fierce lion passed thereby.

None is so fierce that he dare stir him up; Who then is he that can stand before me?

Verse ConceptsAble To StandFierce Men

Thy fierce wrath is gone over me; Thy terrors have cut me off.

Verse ConceptsGod Angry With Individuals

and say unto him, Take heed, and be quiet; fear not, neither let thy heart be faint, because of these two tails of smoking firebrands, for the fierce anger of Rezin and Syria, and of the son of Remaliah.

Verse ConceptsBattlesAliancesFaint HeartednessTwo Other MenFear And Worrysmoking

Behold, the day of Jehovah cometh, cruel, with wrath and fierce anger; to make the land a desolation, and to destroy the sinners thereof out of it.

Verse ConceptsCruelty, God's attitude toSinnersAnger Of God, ConsequencesExterminationLand Becoming EmptyThe Fact Of That DayThe Coming Day Of God's Wrathwrath

Therefore I will make the heavens to tremble, and the earth shall be shaken out of its place, in the wrath of Jehovah of hosts, and in the day of his fierce anger.

Verse ConceptsGod ShakingThe Universe DestroyedThe Coming Day Of God's Wrath

And I will give over the Egyptians into the hand of a cruel lord; and a fierce king shall rule over them, saith the Lord, Jehovah of hosts.

Verse ConceptsCruelty, God's attitude toWaters Drying Up

Thou shalt not see the fierce people, a people of a deep speech that thou canst not comprehend, of a strange tongue that thou canst not understand.

Verse ConceptsNot Understanding LanguageUnknown LanguagesSpeech Impediments

For this gird you with sackcloth, lament and wail; for the fierce anger of Jehovah is not turned back from us.

Verse ConceptsClothLamentingHaircloth

I beheld, and, lo, the fruitful field was a wilderness, and all the cities thereof were broken down at the presence of Jehovah, and before his fierce anger.

Verse ConceptsDestruction Of Citiesfruitfulness

They have sown wheat, and have reaped thorns; they have put themselves to pain, and profit nothing: and ye shall be ashamed of your fruits, because of the fierce anger of Jehovah.

Verse ConceptsHarvestProfitsSin, Effects OfSowing And ReapingThornsWheatUnprofitable SinsNot Reaping What You SowToiling In Vain

And the peaceable folds are brought to silence because of the fierce anger of Jehovah.

Verse ConceptsPeace, Human Destruction Of

He hath left his covert, as the lion; for their land is become an astonishment because of the fierceness of the oppressing'sword , and because of his fierce anger.

Verse ConceptsGod Like A LionLike Creatures

The fierce anger of Jehovah shall not return, until he have executed, and till he have performed the intents of his heart: in the latter days ye shall understand it.

Verse ConceptsHeart, DivineUnderstandingAnger Of God, Nature OfRevelation Of The FutureProper UnderstandingGod Has Anger

And I will cause Elam to be dismayed before their enemies, and before them that seek their life; and I will bring evil upon them, even my fierce anger, saith Jehovah; and I will send the sword after them, till I have consumed them;

Verse Conceptsend

My people, go ye out of the midst of her, and save yourselves every man from the fierce anger of Jehovah.

Verse ConceptsParticipation, In SinComing Out From EvilRemoving People From Your Life

Is it nothing to you, all ye that pass by? Behold, and see if there be any sorrow like unto my sorrow, which is brought upon me, Wherewith Jehovah hath afflicted me in the day of his fierce anger.

Verse ConceptsPassing BySuffering, Emotional Aspects OfHeartlessnessUnique EventsI Am SufferingGod Troubling

He hath cut off in fierce anger all the horn of Israel; He hath drawn back his right hand from before the enemy: And he hath burned up Jacob like a flaming fire, which devoureth round about.

Verse ConceptsHand Of GodHornsRight Hand Of GodHorns WeakenedSevering Body Parts

Jehovah hath accomplished his wrath, he hath poured out his fierce anger; And he hath kindled a fire in Zion, which hath devoured the foundations thereof.

Verse ConceptsFoundationsDestruction Of JerusalemBurning Jerusalemventing

And in the latter time of their kingdom, when the transgressors are come to the full, a king of fierce countenance, and understanding dark sentences, shall stand up.

Verse ConceptsAntichrist, Names ForProper UnderstandingStrictnessMan's Work Finished

Who knoweth whether God will not turn and repent, and turn away from his fierce anger, that we perish not?

Verse ConceptsNot DyingGod Changing His MindDeath AvertedLet Not God Be AngryAnger And Forgivenessjonah

Their horses also are swifter than leopards, and are more fierce than the evening wolves; and their horsemen press proudly on: yea, their horsemen come from far; they fly as an eagle that hasteth to devour.

Verse ConceptsHorsesLeopardWingsBirds, Types Of BirdsRiding HorsesSpeedEaglesWolvesPeople From Far AwayThose Flying

before the decree bring forth, before the day pass as the chaff, before the fierce anger of Jehovah come upon you, before the day of Jehovah's anger come upon you.

Verse ConceptsLight As ChaffThe Coming Day Of God's Wrath

Therefore wait ye for me, saith Jehovah, until the day that I rise up to the prey; for my determination is to gather the nations, that I may assemble the kingdoms, to pour upon them mine indignation, even all my fierce anger; for all the earth shall be devoured with the fire of my jealousy.

Verse ConceptsArmageddonDay of the LORDGod, As JudgeGod's IndignationGod, Zeal OfJealousyKingdomsWaitingApocalypseGathering Other NationsDestruction Of The WorldFire Of God's AngerThe Witness Of GodGod Angry With The Nations

And when he was come to the other side into the country of the Gadarenes, there met him two possessed with demons, coming forth out of the tombs, exceeding fierce, so that no man could pass by that way.

Verse ConceptsPassing BySpiritsTwo Needy MenThose DemonisedDemonsDemonic Influence

Bible Theasaurus

Boisterous (7 instances)
Ferocious (6 instances)
Fierce (120 instances)
Fiery (69 instances)
Furious (78 instances)
Rough (26 instances)
Savage (9 instances)
Tearing (24 instances)
Vehement (10 instances)
Violent (199 instances)

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Strong's
Root Form
Definition
Usage
אכזר 
'akzar 
Usage: 4

חדד 
Chadad 
Usage: 6

חרן חרון 
Charown 
Usage: 41

חרי 
Choriy 
Usage: 6

יעז 
Ya`az 
Usage: 1

עז 
`az 
Usage: 22

רעשׁ 
Ra`ash 
Usage: 17

שׁחל 
Shachal 
Usage: 7

ἀνήμερος 
Anemeros 
Usage: 1

ἐπισχύω 
Epischo 
Usage: 1

θυμός 
Thumos 
Usage: 18

σκληρός 
Skleros 
hard , fierce -
Usage: 3

χαλεπός 
Chalepos 
Usage: 2

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