41 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, and say, For mischief did he bring them out, 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 the LORD said unto Moses, Take all the heads of the people, and hang them up before the LORD against the sun, that the fierce anger of the LORD may be turned 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 the LORD toward Israel.

Verse ConceptsPrejudiceChildren Of Evil

A nation of fierce countenance, which shall not regard the person of the old, nor shew favour 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 meat 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 the LORD, nor executedst his fierce wrath upon Amalek, therefore hath the LORD done this thing unto thee this day.

Verse ConceptsDisobedience, Examples OfApostasy Of SaulGod Angry With The Nations

Now hear me therefore, and deliver the captives again, which ye have taken captive of your brethren: for the fierce wrath of the LORD is upon you.

And said unto them, Ye shall not bring in the captives hither: for whereas we have offended against the LORD already, ye intend to add more to our sins and to our trespass: for our trespass is great, and there is fierce wrath against Israel.

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

Let now our rulers of all the congregation stand, and let all them which have taken strange wives in our cities come at appointed times, and with them the elders of every city, and the judges thereof, until the fierce wrath of our God for this matter be turned from us.

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

For it increaseth. Thou huntest me as a fierce lion: and again thou shewest thyself marvellous upon me.

Verse ConceptsLionsSelf RespectGod Like A LionLike Creatures

The lion's whelps have not trodden it, nor the fierce lion passed by it.

None is so fierce that dare stir him up: who then is able to stand before me?

Verse ConceptsAble To StandFierce Men

Thy fierce wrath goeth 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 be fainthearted for the two tails of these smoking firebrands, for the fierce anger of Rezin with Syria, and of the son of Remaliah.

Verse ConceptsBattlesAliancesFaint HeartednessTwo Other MenFear And Worrysmoking

Behold, the day of the LORD cometh, cruel both with wrath and fierce anger, to lay the land desolate: and he shall 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 shake the heavens, and the earth shall remove out of her place, in the wrath of the LORD of hosts, and in the day of his fierce anger.

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

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

Verse ConceptsCruelty, God's attitude toWaters Drying Up

Thou shalt not see a fierce people, a people of a deeper speech than thou canst perceive; of a stammering tongue, that thou canst not understand.

Verse ConceptsNot Understanding LanguageUnknown LanguagesSpeech Impediments

For this gird you with sackcloth, lament and howl: for the fierce anger of the LORD is not turned back from us.

Verse ConceptsClothLamentingHaircloth

I beheld, and, lo, the fruitful place was a wilderness, and all the cities thereof were broken down at the presence of the LORD, and by his fierce anger.

Verse ConceptsDestruction Of Citiesfruitfulness

They have sown wheat, but shall reap thorns: they have put themselves to pain, but shall not profit: and they shall be ashamed of your revenues because of the fierce anger of the LORD.

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

And the peaceable habitations are cut down because of the fierce anger of the LORD.

Verse ConceptsPeace, Human Destruction Of

He hath forsaken his covert, as the lion: for their land is desolate because of the fierceness of the oppressor, and because of his fierce anger.

Verse ConceptsGod Like A LionLike Creatures

The fierce anger of the LORD shall not return, until he have done it, and until he have performed the intents of his heart: in the latter days ye shall consider it.

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

For 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 the LORD; 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 deliver ye every man his soul from the fierce anger of the LORD.

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 done unto me, wherewith the LORD 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 his fierce anger all the horn of Israel: he hath drawn back his right hand from before the enemy, and he burned against Jacob like a flaming fire, which devoureth round about.

Verse ConceptsHand Of GodHornsRight Hand Of GodHorns WeakenedSevering Body Parts

The LORD hath accomplished his fury; he hath poured out his fierce anger, and hath kindled a fire in Zion, and it 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 can tell if God will 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 the leopards, and are more fierce than the evening wolves: and their horsemen shall spread themselves, and their horsemen shall come from far; they shall fly as the eagle that hasteth to eat.

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 the LORD come upon you, before the day of the LORD'S anger come upon you.

Verse ConceptsLight As ChaffThe Coming Day Of God's Wrath

Therefore wait ye upon me, saith the LORD, 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 Gergesenes, there met him two possessed with devils, coming out of the tombs, exceeding fierce, so that no man might pass by that way.

Verse ConceptsPassing BySpiritsTwo Needy MenThose DemonisedDemonsDemonic Influence

And they were the more fierce, saying, He stirreth up the people, teaching throughout all Jewry, beginning from Galilee to this place.

Verse ConceptsChrist TeachingPersistence

Behold also the ships, which though they be so great, and are driven of fierce winds, yet are they turned about with a very small helm, whithersoever the governor listeth.

Verse ConceptsWindShipsBig ThingsSmall ThingsMarinersThe TongueDirectionStaying Strong During Hard Timessailing

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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