5678. ebrah

Lexicon

ebrah: Wrath, fury, rage, outburst

Original Word: עֶבְרָה
Part of Speech: Noun Feminine
Transliteration: `ebrah
Pronunciation: ehv-rah
Phonetic Spelling: (eb-raw')
Definition: Wrath, fury, rage, outburst
Meaning: an outburst of passion

Strong's Exhaustive Concordance

anger, rage, wrath

Feminine of eber; an outburst of passion -- anger, rage, wrath.

see HEBREW eber

NAS Exhaustive Concordance

Word Origin
fem. of eber
Definition
overflow, arrogance, fury
NASB Translation
anger (1), fury (14), overflowings (1), rage (1), wrath (16).

Brown-Driver-Briggs

עֶבְרָה noun feminine overflow, arrogance, fury; — absolute ׳ע Isaiah 13:9 +; construct עֶבְרַת Zephaniah 1:18 +; suffix עֶבְרָתִי Isaiah 10:6 +, etc.; plural עֲבָרוֺת Job 21:30; construct עַבְרוֺת Psalm 7:7; Job 40:11; —

1 overflow, excess, outburst, זָדוֺן ׳ע Proverbs 21:24 excess of insolence; עַבְרוֺת אַמֶּ֑ךָ Job 40:11 outbursts of thine anger.

2 arrogance, of Moab Isaiah 16:6 ( + גַּאֲוָה), גַּא׃ן hence Jeremiah 48:20 (+ id. Jeremiah 48:29).

3 overflowing rage, fury:

a. of men, Genesis 49:7 (poem in J), Amos 1:11 (both "" אַף), Isaiah 14:6; Proverbs 14:35, שֵׁבֶט עֶבְרָתוֺ Proverbs 22:8 (i. e. rod wielded by him in fury, see also Lamentations 3:1 below), עַבְרוֺת צוֺרְרָ֑י Psalm 7:7 the outbursts of fury of my foes

b. of ׳י Hosea 5:10; Hosea 13:11 ("" אַף), Habakkuk 3:8 ("" id.), Isaiah 9:18; Lamentations 2:2; Psalm 90:9; Psalm 90:11; + חֲרן אַף Isaiah 13:9, "" id. Isaiah 13:13; Psalm 78:49 (+ זַעַם), Psalm 85:4; אֵשׁ עֶבְרָתִי Ezekiel 21:36 ("" זַעַם), Ezekiel 22:31 ("" id.), Ezekiel 22:21; Ezekiel 38:19; שֵׁבֶט עֶבְרָתוֺ Lamentations 3:1 (compare Proverbs 22:8 above); עַם עֶבְרָתִי Isaiah 10:6 (i.e. object of my rage), compare דּוֺר עֶבְרָתוֺ Jeremiah 7:29; ׳יוֺם עֶבְרַת י Zephaniah 1:18 day of ׳י's fury (coming judgment), so Ezekiel 7:19 (strike out Co Berthol, after ᵐ5, as gloss from Zephaniah); so יוֺם עֶבְרָה Zephaniah 1:15; Proverbs 11:4; יוֺם עֲבָרוֺת Job 21:30; compare עֶבְרָה Proverbs 11:23.

Topical Lexicon

Word Origin: Derived from the root עָבַר (abar), meaning "to pass over" or "to cross."

Corresponding Greek / Hebrew Entries: • G32 (ἄγγελος, aggelos): While not directly related in meaning, this term refers to a messenger, often an angel, who might deliver messages of divine wrath.
• G622 (ἀπόλλυμι, apollymi): Meaning "to destroy" or "to perish," this term can be associated with the outcomes of divine wrath.
• G2372 (θυμός, thymos): This Greek word means "passion" or "wrath" and is often used in the New Testament to describe intense anger, similar to עֶבְרָה.
• G3709 (ὀργή, orge): Meaning "anger" or "wrath," this term is frequently used in the New Testament to describe God's righteous indignation.
• G3731 (ὀξύθυμος, oxuthymos): This term means "quick-tempered" or "prone to anger," reflecting the suddenness of an outburst of wrath.

In summary, עֶבְרָה (evrah) is a significant term in the Hebrew Bible, encapsulating the concept of divine wrath and its implications for humanity. It serves as a reminder of the seriousness with which God views sin and the certainty of His righteous judgment.

Usage: The term עֶבְרָה is used in the Hebrew Bible to describe a powerful emotional response, typically associated with divine or human wrath. It is often used in contexts where anger leads to action or judgment.

Context: • Occurrences in Scripture: The word עֶבְרָה appears in various contexts throughout the Old Testament, often in prophetic literature where it describes the wrath of God against sin and disobedience. For example, in Isaiah 9:19 (BSB), it is written, "By the wrath of the LORD Almighty the land is scorched, and the people are fuel for the fire; no one spares his brother."
• Theological Significance: In the biblical narrative, עֶבְרָה is not merely human anger but often represents divine judgment. It underscores the seriousness of sin and the righteousness of God's response to it. The term is used to convey the intensity and inevitability of divine retribution when covenantal laws are violated.
• Examples of Usage:
• In Job 21:30 (BSB), it is noted, "For the wicked are reserved for the day of calamity; they will be led forth on the day of wrath (עֶבְרָה)."
• In Proverbs 11:4 (BSB), it states, "Riches are worthless in the day of wrath (עֶבְרָה), but righteousness delivers from death."
• Cultural Context: In ancient Near Eastern culture, expressions of wrath were often seen as necessary responses to injustice or covenant breaches. The biblical use of עֶבְרָה reflects this cultural understanding, emphasizing the moral and ethical dimensions of divine anger.

Forms and Transliterations

בְּעֶבְרַ֛ת בְּעֶבְרַ֥ת בְּעֶבְרַת֙ בְּעֶבְרָ֔ה בְּעֶבְרָת֛וֹ בְּעֶבְרָתִֽי׃ בְּעַבְר֣וֹת בְעֶבְרָתֶ֑ךָ בעברה בעברות בעברת בעברתו בעברתי׃ בעברתך וְ֝עֶבְרָת֗וֹ וְעֶבְרָ֖ה וְעֶבְרָת֖וֹ וְעֶבְרָתָ֖ם ועברה ועברתו ועברתם עֲבָר֣וֹת עֶבְר֣וֹת עֶבְרַ֣ת עֶבְרָ֑ה עֶבְרָ֖ה עֶבְרָ֣ה עֶבְרָֽה׃ עֶבְרָת֖וֹ עֶבְרָת֣וֹ עֶבְרָתִ֑י עֶבְרָתִ֖י עֶבְרָתִֽי׃ עֶבְרָתֶ֑ךָ עֶבְרָתֶֽךָ׃ עֶבְרָתֽוֹ׃ עברה עברה׃ עברות עברת עברתו עברתו׃ עברתי עברתי׃ עברתך עברתך׃ ‘ă·ḇā·rō·wṯ ‘ăḇārōwṯ ‘eḇ·rā·ṯe·ḵā ‘eḇ·rā·ṯî ‘eḇ·rā·ṯōw ‘eḇ·rāh ‘eḇ·raṯ ‘eḇ·rō·wṯ ‘eḇrāh ‘eḇraṯ ‘eḇrāṯeḵā ‘eḇrāṯî ‘eḇrāṯōw ‘eḇrōwṯ avaRot bə‘aḇrōwṯ bə‘eḇrāh bə‘eḇraṯ ḇə‘eḇrāṯeḵā bə‘eḇrāṯî bə‘eḇrāṯōw bə·‘aḇ·rō·wṯ ḇə·‘eḇ·rā·ṯe·ḵā bə·‘eḇ·rā·ṯî bə·‘eḇ·rā·ṯōw bə·‘eḇ·rāh bə·‘eḇ·raṯ beavRot beevRah beevRat beevraTi beevraTo evRah evRat evraTecha evraTi evraTo evRot veevRah veevraTam veevraTecha veevraTo wə‘eḇrāh wə‘eḇrāṯām wə‘eḇrāṯōw wə·‘eḇ·rā·ṯām wə·‘eḇ·rā·ṯōw wə·‘eḇ·rāh

Englishman's Concordance

Genesis 49:7
HEB: כִּ֣י עָ֔ז וְעֶבְרָתָ֖ם כִּ֣י קָשָׁ֑תָה
NAS: for it is fierce; And their wrath, for it is cruel.
KJV: for [it was] fierce; and their wrath, for it was cruel:
INT: for is fierce and their wrath for is cruel

Job 21:30
HEB: רָ֑ע לְי֖וֹם עֲבָר֣וֹת יוּבָֽלוּ׃
NAS: at the day of fury.
KJV: to the day of wrath.
INT: the wicked the day of fury will be led

Job 40:11
HEB: הָ֭פֵץ עֶבְר֣וֹת אַפֶּ֑ךָ וּרְאֵ֥ה
NAS: Pour out the overflowings of your anger,
KJV: Cast abroad the rage of thy wrath:
INT: Pour the overflowings of your anger and look

Psalm 7:6
HEB: בְּאַפֶּ֗ךָ הִ֭נָּשֵׂא בְּעַבְר֣וֹת צוֹרְרָ֑י וְע֥וּרָה
NAS: Lift up Yourself against the rage of my adversaries,
KJV: lift up thyself because of the rage of mine enemies:
INT: your anger Lift the rage of my adversaries and arouse

Psalm 78:49
HEB: חֲר֬וֹן אַפּ֗וֹ עֶבְרָ֣ה וָזַ֣עַם וְצָרָ֑ה
NAS: anger, Fury and indignation
KJV: of his anger, wrath, and indignation,
INT: his burning anger Fury and indignation and trouble

Psalm 85:3
HEB: אָסַ֥פְתָּ כָל־ עֶבְרָתֶ֑ךָ הֱ֝שִׁיב֗וֹתָ מֵחֲר֥וֹן
NAS: all Your fury; You turned away
KJV: Thou hast taken away all thy wrath: thou hast turned
INT: withdrew all your fury turned your burning

Psalm 90:9
HEB: יָ֭מֵינוּ פָּנ֣וּ בְעֶבְרָתֶ֑ךָ כִּלִּ֖ינוּ שָׁנֵ֣ינוּ
NAS: have declined in Your fury; We have finished
KJV: are passed away in thy wrath: we spend
INT: our days have declined your fury have finished our years

Psalm 90:11
HEB: אַפֶּ֑ךָ וּ֝כְיִרְאָתְךָ֗ עֶבְרָתֶֽךָ׃
NAS: of Your anger And Your fury, according to the fear
KJV: even according to thy fear, [so is] thy wrath.
INT: of your anger to the fear and your fury

Proverbs 11:4
HEB: ה֭וֹן בְּי֣וֹם עֶבְרָ֑ה וּ֝צְדָקָ֗ה תַּצִּ֥יל
NAS: in the day of wrath, But righteousness
KJV: not in the day of wrath: but righteousness
INT: Riches the day of wrath righteousness delivers

Proverbs 11:23
HEB: תִּקְוַ֖ת רְשָׁעִ֣ים עֶבְרָֽה׃
NAS: of the wicked is wrath.
KJV: of the wicked [is] wrath.
INT: the expectation of the wicked is wrath

Proverbs 14:35
HEB: לְעֶ֣בֶד מַשְׂכִּ֑יל וְ֝עֶבְרָת֗וֹ תִּהְיֶ֥ה מֵבִֽישׁ׃
NAS: who acts wisely, But his anger is toward him who acts shamefully.
KJV: servant: but his wrath is [against] him that causeth shame.
INT: A servant acts his anger become acts

Proverbs 21:24
HEB: שְׁמ֑וֹ ע֝וֹשֶׂ֗ה בְּעֶבְרַ֥ת זָדֽוֹן׃
KJV: who dealeth in proud wrath.
INT: are his names acts wrath insolent

Proverbs 22:8
HEB: ק) וְשֵׁ֖בֶט עֶבְרָת֣וֹ יִכְלֶֽה׃
NAS: And the rod of his fury will perish.
KJV: and the rod of his anger shall fail.
INT: will reap and the rod of his fury will perish

Isaiah 9:19
HEB: בְּעֶבְרַ֛ת יְהוָ֥ה צְבָא֖וֹת
NAS: By the fury of the LORD of hosts
KJV: Through the wrath of the LORD of hosts
INT: the fury God of hosts

Isaiah 10:6
HEB: וְעַל־ עַ֥ם עֶבְרָתִ֖י אֲצַוֶּ֑נּוּ לִשְׁלֹ֤ל
NAS: the people of My fury To capture
KJV: and against the people of my wrath will I give him a charge,
INT: against the people of my fury and commission to capture

Isaiah 13:9
HEB: בָּ֔א אַכְזָרִ֥י וְעֶבְרָ֖ה וַחֲר֣וֹן אָ֑ף
NAS: Cruel, with fury and burning
KJV: cruel both with wrath and fierce
INT: is coming Cruel fury and burning anger

Isaiah 13:13
HEB: הָאָ֖רֶץ מִמְּקוֹמָ֑הּ בְּעֶבְרַת֙ יְהוָ֣ה צְבָא֔וֹת
NAS: from its place At the fury of the LORD
KJV: out of her place, in the wrath of the LORD
INT: and the earth place the fury of the LORD of hosts

Isaiah 14:6
HEB: מַכֶּ֤ה עַמִּים֙ בְּעֶבְרָ֔ה מַכַּ֖ת בִּלְתִּ֣י
NAS: the peoples in fury with unceasing
KJV: the people in wrath with a continual
INT: to strike the peoples fury strokes because

Isaiah 16:6
HEB: גַּאֲוָת֧וֹ וּגְאוֹנ֛וֹ וְעֶבְרָת֖וֹ לֹא־ כֵ֥ן
NAS: pride, and fury; His idle boasts
KJV: and his pride, and his wrath: [but] his lies
INT: his arrogance pride and fury not after that

Jeremiah 7:29
HEB: אֶת־ דּ֥וֹר עֶבְרָתֽוֹ׃
NAS: The generation of His wrath.'
KJV: the generation of his wrath.
INT: and forsaken the generation of his wrath

Jeremiah 48:30
HEB: נְאֻם־ יְהוָ֔ה עֶבְרָת֖וֹ וְלֹא־ כֵ֑ן
NAS: I know his fury, declares the LORD,
KJV: I know his wrath, saith the LORD;
INT: declares the LORD his fury nothing after that

Lamentations 2:2
HEB: יַעֲקֹ֔ב הָרַ֧ס בְּעֶבְרָת֛וֹ מִבְצְרֵ֥י בַת־
NAS: of Jacob. In His wrath He has thrown down
KJV: he hath thrown down in his wrath the strong holds
INT: of Jacob has thrown his wrath the strongholds of the daughter

Lamentations 3:1
HEB: עֳנִ֔י בְּשֵׁ֖בֶט עֶבְרָתֽוֹ׃
NAS: Because of the rod of His wrath.
KJV: affliction by the rod of his wrath.
INT: affliction of the rod of his wrath

Ezekiel 7:19
HEB: לְהַצִּילָ֗ם בְּיוֹם֙ עֶבְרַ֣ת יְהוָ֔ה נַפְשָׁם֙
NAS: them in the day of the wrath of the LORD.
KJV: them in the day of the wrath of the LORD:
INT: to deliver the day of the wrath of the LORD their appetite

Ezekiel 21:31
HEB: זַעְמִ֔י בְּאֵ֥שׁ עֶבְרָתִ֖י אָפִ֣יחַ עָלָ֑יִךְ
NAS: on you with the fire of My wrath, and I will give
KJV: against thee in the fire of my wrath, and deliver
INT: my indignation the fire of my wrath will blow and I

34 Occurrences

Strong's Hebrew 5678
34 Occurrences

‘ă·ḇā·rō·wṯ — 1 Occ.
bə·‘aḇ·rō·wṯ — 1 Occ.
bə·‘eḇ·rāh — 1 Occ.
bə·‘eḇ·raṯ — 3 Occ.
bə·‘eḇ·rā·ṯî — 1 Occ.
bə·‘eḇ·rā·ṯōw — 1 Occ.
‘eḇ·rāh — 4 Occ.
‘eḇ·raṯ — 2 Occ.
‘eḇ·rā·ṯe·ḵā — 3 Occ.
‘eḇ·rā·ṯî — 6 Occ.
‘eḇ·rā·ṯōw — 4 Occ.
‘eḇ·rō·wṯ — 1 Occ.
wə·‘eḇ·rāh — 1 Occ.
wə·‘eḇ·rā·ṯām — 1 Occ.
ḇə·‘eḇ·rā·ṯe·ḵā — 1 Occ.
wə·‘eḇ·rā·ṯōw — 3 Occ.