Genesis 49:7
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.
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Cruel
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Hebrews 11:36
And others had trial of cruel mockings and scourgings, yea, moreover of bonds and imprisonment:
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5 occurrences in 5 verses.
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אַכְזָרִי
ʼakzârîy · ak-zawr-ree'
7 times translated as this KJV form8 total Strong's occurrences
terrible
Strong's KJV usage: cruel (one).
Other KJV renderings
Strong's first: Proverbs 5:9Strong's last: Jeremiah 50:42
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ʼakzâr · ak-zawr'
3 times translated as this KJV form4 total Strong's occurrences
violent; by implication deadly; also (in a good sense) brave
Strong's KJV usage: cruel, fierce.
Other KJV renderings
Strong's first: Deuteronomy 32:33Strong's last: Lamentations 4:3
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qâsheh · kaw-sheh'
3 times translated as this KJV form34 total Strong's occurrences
severe (in various applications)
Strong's KJV usage: churlish, cruel, grievous, hard((-hearted), thing), heavy, impudent, obstinate, prevailed, rough(-ly), sore, sorrowful, stiff(necked), stubborn, in trouble.
Other KJV renderings
Strong's first: Exodus 6:9Strong's last: Isaiah 19:4
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ʼakzᵉrîyûwth · ak-ze-ree-ooth'
1 times translated as this KJV form1 total Strong's occurrences
fierceness
Strong's KJV usage: cruel.
Strong's first: Proverbs 27:4Strong's last: Proverbs 27:4
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châmâç · khaw-mawce'
1 times translated as this KJV form59 total Strong's occurrences
violence; by implication, wrong; by metonymy unjust gain
Strong's KJV usage: cruel(-ty), damage, false, injustice, × oppressor, unrighteous, violence (against, done), violent (dealing), wrong.
Other KJV renderings
Strong's first: Psalms 25:19Strong's last: Psalms 25:19
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qâshâh · kaw-shaw'
1 times translated as this KJV form28 total Strong's occurrences
properly, to be dense, i.e. tough or severe (in various applications)
Strong's KJV usage: be cruel, be fiercer, make grievous, be ((ask a), be in, have, seem, would) hard(-en, (labour), -ly, thing), be sore, (be, make) stiff(-en, (-necked)).
Other KJV renderings
Strong's first: Genesis 49:7Strong's last: Genesis 49:7
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H7185
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.
H7186
And Moses spake so unto the children of Israel: but they hearkened not unto Moses for anguish of spirit, and for cruel bondage.
H393
Their wine is the poison of dragons, and the cruel venom of asps.
H393
Thou art become cruel to me: with thy strong hand thou opposest thyself against me.
H2555
Consider mine enemies; for they are many; and they hate me with cruel hatred.
no direct Strong's tag
Deliver me, O my God, out of the hand of the wicked, out of the hand of the unrighteous and cruel man.
H394
Lest thou give thine honour unto others, and thy years unto the cruel:
H394
The merciful man doeth good to his own soul: but he that is cruel troubleth his own flesh.
H394
A righteous man regardeth the life of his beast: but the tender mercies of the wicked are cruel.
H394
An evil man seeketh only rebellion: therefore a cruel messenger shall be sent against him.
H395
Wrath is cruel, and anger is outrageous; but who is able to stand before envy?
H7186
Set me as a seal upon thine heart, as a seal upon thine arm: for love is strong as death; jealousy is cruel as the grave: the coals thereof are coals of fire, which hath a most vehement flame.
H394
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.
H7186
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.
H394
They shall lay hold on bow and spear; they are cruel, and have no mercy; their voice roareth like the sea; and they ride upon horses, set in array as men for war against thee, O daughter of Zion.
no direct Strong's tag
All thy lovers have forgotten thee; they seek thee not; for I have wounded thee with the wound of an enemy, with the chastisement of a cruel one, for the multitude of thine iniquity; because thy sins were increased.
H394
They shall hold the bow and the lance: they are cruel, and will not shew mercy: their voice shall roar like the sea, and they shall ride upon horses, every one put in array, like a man to the battle, against thee, O daughter of Babylon.
H393
Even the sea monsters draw out the breast, they give suck to their young ones: the daughter of my people is become cruel, like the ostriches in the wilderness.
no direct Strong's tag
And others had trial of cruel mockings and scourgings, yea, moreover of bonds and imprisonment:
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cruel
CRUEL, adjective [Latin See Crude and Rude.]
1. Disposed to give pain to others, in body or mind; willing or pleased to torment, vex or afflict; inhuman; destitute of pity, compassion or kindness; fierce; ferocious; savage; barbarous; hardhearted; applied to persons or their dispositions.
They are cruel and have no mercy. Jeremiah 6:23.
2. Inhuman; barbarous; savage; causing pain, grief or distress; exerted in tormenting, vexing or afflicting.
Cursed be their wrath, for it was cruel Genesis 44:1.
The tender mercies of the wicked are cruel Proverbs 12:10.
Others had trials of cruel mockings. Hebrews 11:36.
Noah Webster, An American Dictionary of the English Language (1828). A conservative base-form lookup may be used when the exact inflected KJV form is not a Webster headword.
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