Definition
θυμός, -οῦ, ὁ
(θύω), [in LXX most frequently for אַף, also for חֱמָא, חָרוֹן, etc., 30 words in all ;]
passion, hot anger, wrath: Hebrews 11:27; ὀργὴ καὶ θ., Romans 2:8, cf. Colossians 3:8; πικρία κ. θ., Ephesians 4:31; πλησθῆναι, πλήρης θυμοῦ, Luke 4:28, Acts 19:28; θ. ἔχειν, Revelation 12:12; οἶνος τ. θυμοῦ τ. πορνείας (cf. Jeremiah 51:7), Revelation 14:8; 18:3 (cf. Revelation 17:2); οἶνος τ. θ. τ. θεοῦ, Revelation 14:10; τ. ὀργῆς τ. θεοῦ, Revelation 16:19; 19:15; ὁ θ. τ. θεοῦ, Revelation 14:19; 15:1, 7; 16:1; pl., impulses or outbursts of anger: ἔρις, ζῆλος, θυμοὶ, ἐριθίαι, 2 Corinthians 12:20, Galatians 5:20 (Cremer, 287, 733).
Synonyms: ὀργή, παροργισμός
Hebrew words it translates
The Hebrew words that the ancient Greek translation of the Old Testament renders as θυμός:
Usage patterns
Occurrences
18 total
- Luke 4:28θυμοῦOn hearing this, all the people in the synagogue were enraged.
- Acts 19:28θυμοῦ · enragedWhen the men heard this, they were enraged and began shouting, “Great is Artemis of the Ephesians!”
- Romans 2:8θυμός · angerBut for those who are self-seeking and who reject the truth and follow wickedness, there will be wrath and anger.
- 2 Corinthians 12:20θυμοί · rageFor 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.
- Galatians 5:20θυμοί · [and] rage…idolatry and sorcery; hatred, discord, jealousy, and rage; rivalries, divisions, factions,
- Ephesians 4:31θυμὸς · rageGet rid of all bitterness, rage and anger, outcry and slander, along with every form of malice.
- Colossians 3:8θυμόν · rageBut now you must put aside all such things as these: anger, rage, malice, slander, and filthy language from your lips.
- Hebrews 11:27θυμὸν · angerBy faith Moses left Egypt, not fearing the king’s anger; he persevered because he saw Him who is invisible.
- Revelation 12:12θυμὸν · furyTherefore rejoice, O heavens, and you who dwell in them! But woe to the earth and the sea; with great fury the devil has come down to you, knowing he has only a short time.”
- Revelation 14:8θυμοῦ · passionThen a second angel followed, saying, “Fallen, fallen is Babylon the great, who has made all the nations drink the wine of the passion of her immorality.”
- Revelation 14:10θυμοῦ · anger…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 14:19θυμοῦ · wrathSo the angel swung his sickle over the earth and gathered the grapes of the earth, and he threw them into the great winepress of God’s wrath.
- Revelation 15:1θυμὸς · wrathThen I saw another great and marvelous sign in heaven: seven angels with the seven final plagues, with which the wrath of God is completed.
- Revelation 15:7θυμοῦ · wrathThen one of the four living creatures gave the seven angels seven golden bowls full of the wrath of God, who lives forever and ever.
- Revelation 16:1θυμοῦ · wrathThen I heard a loud voice from the temple saying to the seven angels, “Go, pour out on the earth the seven bowls of God’s wrath.”
- Revelation 16:19θυμοῦ · furyThe great city was split into three parts, and the cities of the nations collapsed. And God remembered Babylon the great and gave her the cup of the wine of the fury of His wrath.
- Revelation 18:3θυμοῦ · passionAll the nations have drunk the wine of the passion of her immorality. The kings of the earth were immoral with her, and the merchants of the earth have grown wealthy from the extravagance of her luxury.”
- Revelation 19:15θυμοῦ · furyAnd from His mouth proceeds a sharp sword with which to strike down the nations, and He will rule them with an iron scepter. He treads the winepress of the fury of the wrath of God the Almighty.