אַכְזָרִי
akh.za.ri
“cruel”
Definition
terrible
from H393 (אַכְזָר);
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Grammar & Morphology
Adjective
H:A
Hebrew Adjective
Occurrences
אַכְזָרִי appears 8 times in the Old Testament.
Distribution by Book
Key Passages
Behold, the Day of the LORD is coming—cruel, with fury and burning anger—to make the earth a desolationand to destroy the sinners within it.
All your lovers have forgotten you;they no longer seek you,for I have struck you as an enemy would,with the discipline of someone cruel,because of your great iniquityand your numerous sins.
They grasp the bow and spear;they are cruel and merciless.Their voice roars like the sea,and they ride upon horses,lined up like men in formationagainst you, O Daughter of Babylon.
They grasp the bow and spear;they are cruel and merciless.Their voice roars like the sea,and they ride upon horses,lined up like men in formationagainst you, O Daughter of Zion.”
A kind man benefits himself,but a cruel man brings trouble on himself.
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