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DEEP KJV WORD STUDY

Fierce

Begin with the exact English word as it appears in the King James Bible. Follow its whole-Bible usage, book distribution, related indexed forms, Webster 1828, every occurrence, and the occurrence-specific Hebrew/Aramaic/Greek mappings behind it.

41exact KJV occurrences 37Old Testament 4New Testament 20books containing the word 10mapped Strong's IDs 37occurrence-specific Strong's links
FIRST OCCURRENCE

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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LAST OCCURRENCE

James 3:4

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.

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KJV DISTRIBUTION

Where fierce appears.

This is exact English-word usage from the canonical KJV token index, not a Strong's estimate.

Genesis 11 verses Exodus 11 verses Numbers 22 verses Deuteronomy 11 verses 1 Samuel 22 verses 2 Chronicles 33 verses Ezra 11 verses Job 44 verses Psalms 11 verses Isaiah 55 verses Jeremiah 88 verses Lamentations 33 verses Daniel 11 verses Jonah 11 verses Habakkuk 11 verses Zephaniah 22 verses Matthew 11 verses Luke 11 verses 2 Timothy 11 verses James 11 verses
ORIGINAL-LANGUAGE MAP

Which Hebrew, Aramaic, or Greek words stand behind this KJV word?

These relationships come from exact verse + token-position mappings. We do not assume that one English spelling always equals one Strong's number. A single English token can also carry more than one source tag, so the Strong's-link total can exceed the number of English occurrences.

GreekG2001
ἐπισχύω

epischýō · ep-is-khoo'-o

1 times translated as this KJV form1 total Strong's occurrences

to avail further, i.e. (figuratively) insist stoutly

Strong's KJV usage: :--be the more fierce.

Strong's first: Luke 23:5Strong's last: Luke 23:5

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GreekG4642
σκληρός

sklērós · sklay-ros'

1 times translated as this KJV form6 total Strong's occurrences

dry, i.e. hard or tough (figuratively, harsh, severe)

Strong's KJV usage: :--fierce, hard.

Other KJV renderings

Strong's first: James 3:4Strong's last: James 3:4

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GreekG5467
χαλεπός

chalepós · khal-ep-os'

1 times translated as this KJV form2 total Strong's occurrences

difficult, i.e. dangerous, or (by implication) furious

Strong's KJV usage: :--fierce, perilous.

Other KJV renderings

Strong's first: Matthew 8:28Strong's last: Matthew 8:28

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HebrewH393
אַכְזָר

ʼakzâr · ak-zawr'

1 times translated as this KJV form4 total Strong's occurrences

a

violent; by implication deadly; also (in a good sense) brave

Strong's KJV usage: cruel, fierce.

Other KJV renderings

Strong's first: Job 41:10Strong's last: Job 41:10

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EVERY OCCURRENCE

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41 occurrences match the current filters. Each row keeps its exact KJV token position so Original Word and TSK remain occurrence-specific.

Jeremiah 25:38
H2740

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.

Jeremiah 30:24
H2740

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.

Jeremiah 49:37
H2740

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:

Jeremiah 51:45
H2740

My people, go ye out of the midst of her, and deliver ye every man his soul from the fierce anger of the LORD.

Lamentations 1:12
H2740

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.

Lamentations 2:3
H2750

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.

Lamentations 4:11
H2740

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.

Daniel 8:23
H5794

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.

Jonah 3:9
H2740

Who can tell if God will turn and repent, and turn away from his fierce anger, that we perish not?

Habakkuk 1:8
H2300

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.

Zephaniah 2:2
H2740

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.

Zephaniah 3:8
H2740

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.

Matthew 8:28
G5467

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.

Luke 23:5
G2001

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

2 Timothy 3:3
G434

Without natural affection, trucebreakers, false accusers, incontinent, fierce, despisers of those that are good,

James 3:4
G4642

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.

WEBSTER’S 1828

English meaning and historical usage.

Dictionary data is kept visibly separate from Scripture and from lexical Strong's data.

fierce

FIERCE, noun fers. [Latin ferus, ferox, the primary sense of which is wild, running, rushing.]

1. Vehement; violent; furious; rushing; impetuous; as a fierce wind.

2. Savage; ravenous; easily enraged; as a fierce lion.

3. Vehement in rage; eager of mischief; as a fierce tyrant; a monster fierce for blood.

4. Violent; outrageous; not to be restrained.

Cursed be their anger, for it was fierce Genesis 49:7.

5. Passionate; angry; furious.

6. Wild; staring; ferocious; as a fierce countenance.

7. Very eager; ardent; vehement; as a man fierce for his party.

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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Original Word / Strong'sHebrew, Aramaic, and Greek links attach by exact verse + KJV token position. No global “English word always equals Strong's ID” rule is used.

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