Original Word: ὀργίζω
Part of Speech: Verb
Transliteration: orgizó
Pronunciation: or-GEE-zo
Phonetic Spelling: (or-gid'-zo)
Definition: To be angry, to provoke to anger
Meaning: I irritate, provoke, am angry.

Word Origin: Derived from ὀργή (orgé), meaning "anger" or "wrath."

Corresponding Greek / Hebrew Entries: - H599 (אָנַף, anaph): To be angry, to breathe hard

- H2734 (חָרָה, charah): To burn, to be hot with anger

Usage: The verb "orgizó" refers to the act of becoming angry or provoked to anger. In the New Testament, it is often used to describe human emotions and reactions, as well as the righteous anger of God. The term implies a response to perceived injustice or wrongdoing, and it can be both a personal and a divine reaction.

Cultural and Historical Background: In the Greco-Roman world, anger was considered a natural human emotion, but it was also seen as something that needed to be controlled. Philosophers like Aristotle discussed the importance of moderation in anger. In Jewish thought, anger was recognized as a part of human experience, but it was also understood that God's anger was just and righteous, often directed against sin and disobedience.

Cognate: 3710 orgízō – be angry, as expressing a "fixed anger" (settled opposition). 3710 /orgízō ("to show settled-opposition") is positive when inspired by God – and always negative when arising from the flesh. "Sinful (unnecessary) anger" focuses on punishing the offender rather than the moral content of the offense. See 3709 (orgē).

Word Origin
from orgé
Definition
to make angry
NASB Translation
angry (4), enraged (3), moved with anger (1).

STRONGS NT 3710: ὀργίζω

ὀργίζω: passive, present ὀργίζομαι; 1 aorist ὠργίσθην; (ὀργή); from Sophocles, Euripides, and Thucydides down; to provoke, arouse to anger; passive to be provoked to anger, be angry, be wroth (the Sept. for חָרָה, קָצַף, also for אַף חָרָה etc.): absolutely, Matthew 18:34; Matthew 22:7; Luke 14:21; Luke 15:28; Ephesians 4:26 (Buttmann, 290 (250); cf. Winer's Grammar, §§ 43, 2; 55, 7); Revelation 11:18; τίνι, Matthew 5:22; ἐπί τίνι, Revelation 12:17 (L omits ἐπί) as in 1 Kings 11:9; (Andocides () 5, 10); Isocrates, p. 230 c.; (cf. Winer's Grammar, 232 (218)). (Compare: πρωργίζω.)

Strong's Exhaustive Concordance

provoke, enrage

From orge; to provoke or enrage, i.e. (passively) become exasperated -- be angry (wroth).

see GREEK orge

Forms and Transliterations

οργιζεσθε οργίζεσθε ὀργίζεσθε οργιζέσθωσαν οργίζη οργίζομαι οργιζομενος οργιζόμενος ὀργιζόμενος οργίζου οργισθεις οργισθείς ὀργισθεὶς οργισθή οργισθήναι οργισθήναί οργισθής οργισθήσεται οργισθήση οργισθήσομαι οργισθήτω ωργισθη ωργίσθη ὠργίσθη ωργίσθην ωργίσθης ωργισθησαν ωργίσθησαν ὠργίσθησαν orgisthe orgísthe ōrgisthē ōrgísthē orgistheis orgistheìs orgisthesan orgísthesan ōrgisthēsan ōrgísthēsan orgizesthe orgízesthe orgizomenos orgizómenos

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