רְגַז
rᵉgaz · H7265 · Aramaic · 1 occurrence
Meanings
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to provoke to anger
Causative action by which humans provoke deities to anger
ExamplesEzra 5:12 ‘But because our fathers provoked the God of heaven to wrath, He handed them over to Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon, the Chaldean, who destroyed this temple and deported the people to Babylon.
How it’s used In 2 roles
Every occurrence, grouped by the words it is grammatically related to.
the word studied the word it goes with
Who or what does itSubject
1 occurrences in 1 groups
- אַבfather 1
With prepositionsPrepositional phrases
1 occurrences in 1 groups
- לto/for+ אֱלָהּGod, god 1
When two words share a role, as in “Paul and Barnabas said”, the verse appears under each, so a section’s counts can add up to more than the number of occurrences.
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Near synonyms 2 words
- כַּעַס kaʻaç · H3707 · to be, become vexed, to be, become angry, to trouble
- A common Hebrew verb for provoking someone to anger or wrath, semantically very close to רְגַז with the same causative sense of inciting anger.
- קָצַף qâtsaph · H7107 · to be angry, to become angry, to become enraged
- Hebrew verb expressing anger and wrath; though sometimes intransitive, it can carry causative nuances of provoking wrath, making it a near synonym.
Contrasting words 2 words
- שָׁקַט shâqaṭ · H8252 · to be quiet, to be still
- Expresses the state of calm, rest, and tranquility—the opposite of provoking to wrath or causing agitation.
- רָצָה râtsâh · H7521 · to be acceptable, to accept, to take pleasure
- Expresses favor, pleasure, and acceptance—the opposite emotional response to being provoked to wrath.
In the other Testament 2 words
- παροργίζω parorgízō · G3949 · to cause to be provoked, to make angry
- The most direct Greek equivalent for the causative sense of provoking someone to wrath/anger, commonly used in LXX translations of Hebrew causative verbs of anger.
- ὀργίζω orgízō · G3710 · to be full of anger, to be furious, to be angry
- Another standard Greek verb for provoking anger or wrath, frequently used in LXX for Hebrew verbs expressing causation of anger.
Semantic domains 3 entries
- Unsteady002001001067
- This Unsteady code is inherited from the shared lemma-cluster grouping's “to tremble; to shake; to quake; to be disturbed” sense; this word's own occurrence describes the ancestors provoking God to wrath, never a literal trembling or shaking.
- Ready002001002021
- This Ready code is inherited from the shared lemma-cluster grouping's “to rouse oneself; to get ready; to prepare oneself” sense; this word's own occurrence describes the ancestors provoking God to wrath, never rousing or preparing oneself.
- Angry002001002002
- Ezra 5:12 recounts that “our fathers provoked the God of heaven to wrath.”
Word family 6 words
Words formed from the same root. They share a form, not always a meaning.
Sources
eRhema lexical overview, based on the UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew and the UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament (© United Bible Societies, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Macula Hebrew and Greek (Clear Bible, CC BY 4.0); released under CC BY-SA 4.0
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