GreekG2372Noun (Masculine)

θυμός

thumos

18Occurrences
G2372Strong's #
Noun (Masculine)Part of Speech

Definition

Quick Definition(Strong's Concordance)

passion (as if breathing hard)

from G2380 (θύω);

Full Lexicon Entry(Abbott-Smith)
passion, hot anger, wrath: ὀργὴ καὶ θ., cf. ; πικρία κ. θ.; πλησθῆναι, πλήρης θυμοῦ,; θ. ἔχειν; *οἶνος θυμοῦ πορνείας *; οἶνος θ. θεοῦ; ὀργῆς θεοῦ; ὁ θ. *θεοῦ *; pl., impulses or outbursts of anger: ἔρις, ζῆλος, θυμοὶ, ἐριθίαι.
Synonyms
ὀργή, παροργισμός
LXX: most frequently for אַף, also for חֱמָא, חָרוֹן, etc., 30 words in all

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Grammar & Morphology

Part of Speech

Noun (Masculine)

Morphology Code

G:N-M

Full Description

Greek Noun, Masculine

Occurrences

θυμός appears 18 times in the New Testament.

Distribution by Book

Revelation
10
2 Corinthians
1
Acts
1
Colossians
1
Ephesians
1
Galatians
1
Hebrews
1
Luke
1

Key Passages

2 Corinthians 12:20BSB

For I am afraid that when I come, I may not find you as I wish, and you may not find me as you wish. I fear that there may be quarreling, jealousy, rage, rivalry, slander, gossip, arrogance, and disorder.

Ephesians 4:31BSB

Get rid of all bitterness, rage and anger, outcry and slander, along with every form of malice.

Luke 4:28BSB

On hearing this, all the people in the synagogue were enraged.

Revelation 14:10BSB

he too will drink the wine of God’s anger, poured undiluted into the cup of His wrath. And he will be tormented in fire and sulfur in the presence of the holy angels and of the Lamb.

Revelation 15:7BSB

Then one of the four living creatures gave the seven angels seven golden bowls full of the wrath of God, who lives forever and ever.

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