Lexical Definition
ὀργή orgḗ (or-gay') wrath G:N-F
from ὀρέγομαι
anger, indignation, vengeance, wrath.
- properly, desire (as a reaching forth or excitement of the mind), i.e. (by analogy), violent passion (ire, or (justifiable) abhorrence)
- by implication punishment
Abbott-Smith
ὀργή, -ῆς, ἡ, [in LXX chiefly for אַף, also for חָרוֹן, חֵמָה, קֶצֶף, etc.;]
1. impulse, propensity, disposition.
2. anger, wrath;
(a) of men: Mk 3:5, Eph 4:31, Col 3:8, I Ti 2:8, Ja 1:19, 20;
(b) of God;
α that reaction of the divine nature against sin which in anthropomorphic language is called anger: Ro 1:18 9:22 12:19, (ICC, in l.), I Th 1:10 2:16, He 3:11 4:3(LXX), Re 14:10 16:19 19:15;
β of the effect of God's anger: Mt 3:7, Lk 3:7 21:23, Jo 3:36, Ro 2:5, 8 3:5 4:15 5:9 13:4, 5, Eph 5:6, Col 3:6, I Th 5:9, Ja 1:20, Re 6:16, 17 11:18; σκεύη ὀργῆς, Ro 9:22; τέκνα ὀργῆς, Eph 2:3.†
SYN.: v.s. θυμός.
Abbott-Smith References
| Book | Refs |
|---|---|
| Matthew | 3:7 |
| Mark | 3:5 |
| Luke | 3:7 · 21:23 |
| John | 3:36 |
| Romans | 1:18 · 2:5 · 2:8 · 3:5 · 4:15 · 5:9 · 9:22 · 12:19 · 13:4 · 13:5 |
| Ephesians | 2:3 · 4:31 · 5:6 |
| Colossians | 3:6 · 3:8 |
| 1 Thessalonians | 1:10 · 2:16 · 5:9 |
| 1 Timothy | 2:8 |
| Hebrews | 3:11 · 4:3 |
| James | 1:19 · 1:20 |
| Revelation | 6:16 · 6:17 · 11:18 · 14:10 · 16:19 · 19:15 |
Liddell-Scott-Jones
ὀργή, ἡ,
natural impulse or propensity (see. ὀργάω II): hence, temperament, disposition, mood, κηφήνεσσι κοθούροις εἴκελος ὀργήν [Refs 8th c.BC+]; so μείλιχος, γλυκεῖα ὀργά, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; ὠμή, ἀτέραμνος ὀργή, [Refs]; ὀργῆς νοσούσης εἰσὶν ἰατροὶ λόγοι of 'a mind diseased', [Refs 5th c.BC+]; ἀστυνόμοι ὀργαί social dispositions, [Refs 5th c.BC+]: also in Prose, διεπειρᾶτο αὐτῶν τῆς τε ἀνδραγαθίης καὶ τῆς ὀργῆς [Refs 5th c.BC+]; ἐπιφέρειν ὀργάς τινι suit one's moods to another, [Refs 5th c.BC+]
__II anger, wrath, ὀργῇ χρῆσθαι to be in a passion, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; ὀργῇ εἶξαι, χαρίζεσθαι, [Refs 5th c.BC+] involves anger, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; ἐν ὀργῇ ἔχειν, ποιεῖσθαί τινα, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; ἀνιέναι τῆς ὀργῆς, ὀργὴν χαλᾶν, remit one's anger, be pacified, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; ὀ. ἐμποιεῖν τινι make one angry, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; ὀργῆς τυγχάνειν to be visited with anger, [Refs 4th c.BC+]; ὀργὴν ἄκρος quick to anger, passionate, [Refs 5th c.BC+]
__II.2 Adverbial usages, ὀργῇ in anger. in a passion, [ὀργήν [prev. author] “Tr.” 933, etc.; μετ᾽ ὀργῆς 5th-6th c.BC: Isocrates Orator 2.23, 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Apologia” 34d; μετὰ τῆς ὀ. 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 21.76; πρὸς ὀργήν 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Electra” 369, 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Ranae” 844, 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 2.65 ">Refs 5th c.BC+]; ὀργῆς χάριν, ὀ. ὕπο, [Refs 5th c.BC+]
__II.3 with genitive, Πανὸς ὀργαί visitations of Pan's wrath, [Refs]; but
__II.3.b with genitive objecti, ὀργή τινος anger at or because of a thing, [Refs 5th c.BC+]
__II.4 see at {ὀργάς} [Refs 8th c.BC+] instead; once in [Refs 8th c.BC+]; frequently in Eleg. and Lyric poetry and in Ionic dialect and Attic dialect Prose.