noun · feminine
orgas
Strong’sG3709
anger, wrath, passion
stem org-36 times in the New Testamentin 12 of 27 books4 of 10 forms occur
What it means
A plain-English reading of the word, with the lexicons it draws on — Abbott-Smith, Strong's, and Liddell-Scott-Jones — right below it, in full.
AI Summary
ὀργή primarily means anger, wrath, or passion 4. It covers strong feelings of anger in ordinary people 1, such as anger at wrongdoing, as well as the wrath of God against sin 1. Strong's traces the word's proper sense to desire — a reaching-forth or excitement of the mind — from which it comes to mean violent passion, whether righteous anger, indignation, or abhorrence, and by extension the punishment that such wrath brings 2. In its use for God's wrath, the word can refer both to the divine reaction against sin itself and to the punishment that results from it 1.
In wider Greek usage the word also denotes a person's natural impulse, propensity, or disposition — that is, one's general temperament or mood, whether gentle, harsh, or otherwise 13. This broader sense of temperament or disposition belongs to Greek literature generally rather than to its biblical use 3.
Sources: 1 Abbott-Smith 2 Strong's 3 LSJ 4 Dodson. Condensed by anthropic/claude-sonnet-5 on 2026-09-23 — it may still misstate what these say; check them yourself if it matters to you.
The lexicons it was drawn from, in full:
Abbott-Smith — the 1922 lexicon entry, in full
ὀργή, -ῆς, ἡ,
[in LXX chiefly for אַף, also for חָרוֹן, חֵמָה, קֶצֶף, etc.;]
SYN.: v.s. θυμός.
G. Abbott-Smith, A Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament, 1922 — public domain. References open in the reader.
Strong’s G3709 — the 1890 definition, and where the word comes from
Saidor-gay'
properly, desire (as a reaching forth or excitement of the mind), i.e. (by analogy), violent passion (ire, or (justifiable) abhorrence); by implication punishment
Fromfrom G3713;
King Jamesanger, indignation, vengeance, wrath.
James Strong, Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible, 1890 — public domain. The numbers in it link to the entries here.
Liddell-Scott-Jones — the classical dictionary this word appears in
natural impulse or propensity (see. ὀργάω II): hence, temperament, disposition, mood, κηφήνεσσι κοθούροις εἴκελος ὀργήν Refs 8th c.BC+; so μείλιχος, γλυκεῖα ὀργά, Refs 5th c.BC+; ὠμή, ἀτέραμνος ὀργή, Refs; ὀργῆς νοσούσης εἰσὶν ἰατροὶ λόγοι of 'a mind diseased', Refs 5th c.BC+; ἀστυνόμοι ὀργαί social dispositions, Refs 5th c.BC+: also in Prose, διεπειρᾶτο αὐτῶν τῆς τε ἀνδραγαθίης καὶ τῆς ὀργῆς Refs 5th c.BC+; ἐπιφέρειν ὀργάς τινι suit one's moods to another, Refs 5th c.BC+
II anger, wrath, ὀργῇ χρῆσθαι to be in a passion, Refs 5th c.BC+; ὀργῇ εἶξαι, χαρίζεσθαι, Refs 5th c.BC+ involves anger, Refs 5th c.BC+; ἐν ὀργῇ ἔχειν, ποιεῖσθαί τινα, Refs 5th c.BC+; ἀνιέναι τῆς ὀργῆς, ὀργὴν χαλᾶν, remit one's anger, be pacified, Refs 5th c.BC+; ὀ. ἐμποιεῖν τινι make one angry, Refs 5th c.BC+; ὀργῆς τυγχάνειν to be visited with anger, Refs 4th c.BC+; ὀργὴν ἄκρος quick to anger, passionate, Refs 5th c.BC+
II.2 Adverbial usages, ὀργῇ in anger. in a passion, Refs 5th c.BC+; ὀργῆς χάριν, ὀ. ὕπο, Refs 5th c.BC+
II.3 with genitive, Πανὸς ὀργαί visitations of Pan's wrath, Refs; but
II.3.b with genitive objecti, ὀργή τινος anger at or because of a thing, Refs 5th c.BC+
II.4 see at {ὀργάς} Refs 8th c.BC+ instead; once in Refs 8th c.BC+; frequently in Eleg. and Lyric poetry and in Ionic dialect and Attic dialect Prose.
H. G. Liddell, R. Scott, H. S. Jones, A Greek-English Lexicon (9th ed., 1925–1940) — digitised by the Perseus Digital Library and corrected and expanded by Tyndale House, Cambridge, via STEPBible-Data's TFLSJ table, CC BY 4.0. Covers all of Greek literature, not just the Bible.
Translated as
Every occurrence, sorted by the English it was actually given — the evidence for what the word means, not a gloss of it.
Berean Standard Bible (BSB), dedicated to the public domain — berean.bible.
Biblang forms
Every form this word takes in Biblang, with the Greek it corresponds to and how often the New Testament uses it.
| Job in the sentence case | one singular | more than one plural |
|---|---|---|
| subject nominative | orgas10×ὀργὴ | orgais |
| object accusative | organ9×ὀργὴν | orgain |
| direct address vocative | orgar | orgair |
| of, belonging to genitive | orgau14×ὀργῆς | orgaiu |
| to, for dative | orga3×ὀργῇ | orgai |
Tinted cells are forms the New Testament never uses, so there is no Greek to show against them — but they are still correct Biblang, built from the slots below like any other.
Why these forms, and no others — the slots that make them
orga is this word in every one of its forms. The slots after it make all the rest.
same in every form varies — every value shown
Where it appears
Every verse the word appears in, filed under the form it takes there.
36 occurrences, every one of them listed
orgas“wrath”subjectnominative singular10×
Luke 21:23… anankas megas epi tau gēau kai orgas to lao houto,… great distress upon the land and wrath against this people.
John 3:36… huio ouk horeti zōan, alla tas orgas tou theou menatō epi auton.… will not see life. Instead, the wrath of God remains on him.”
Romans 1:18Apokaluptotō gar orgas theou apo ouranou epi pantan asebeian …The wrath of God is being revealed from …
Romans 2:8… ta alētheia peithorōntoi de ta adikia orgas kai thumos,… and follow wickedness, there will be wrath and anger.
Ephesians 4:31“wrath”pantas pikrias kai thumos kai orgas kai kraugas kai blasfēmias airitar apo …… rid of all bitterness, rage and anger, outcry and slander, along with …
Ephesians 5:6… logoi, dia houteim gar erchotō tas orgas tou theou epi toin huioin tau …… for because of such things the wrath of God is coming on the …
Colossians 3:6dia heim erchotō tas orgas tou theou epi toin huioin tau …Because of these, the wrath of God is coming on the …
1 Thessalonians 2:16… pantote. fthanata de epi autoin tas orgas eis telem.… sins to full capacity; the utmost wrath has come upon them.
James 1:20orgas gar androu dikaiosunan theou ouk ergazotō.for man’s anger does not bring about the righteousness …
Revelation 11:18… teim ethneim orgizila, kai erchata tas orgas su kai tos kairos toiu nekroiu …The nations were enraged, and Your wrath has come. The time has come …
organ“wrath”objectaccusative singular9×
Romans 2:5… su kai ametanoētan kardian thēsaurizasō siauto organ en hēmera orgau kai apokalupsiau dikaiokrisiau …… unrepentant heart, you are storing up wrath against yourself for the day of …
Romans 3:5… adikos tos theos tos epiferarōntos tan organ? kata anthrōpon legamō.… God is unjust to inflict His wrath on us? I am speaking in …
Romans 4:15tos gar nomos organ katergazotō, hou de ouk atō nomos, …because the law brings wrath. And where there is no law …
Romans 9:22… de thelarōntos tos theos endeikera tan organ kai gnōrizara tem dunatem autou ferata …… if God, intending to show His wrath and make His power known, bore …
Romans 13:4“wrath”… theou gar diakonos atō, ekdikos eis organ to tem kakosem prassarōnto.… for he does not carry the sword in vain. He is God’s servant, an agent of retribution to the wrongdoer.
Romans 13:5“wrath”… anankas hupotassorō, ouk monem dia tan organ alla kai dia tan suneidēsian,… to authority, not only to avoid punishment, but also as a matter of conscience.
Colossians 3:8… de apotithevar kai vis teim panteim, organ, thumon, kakian, blasfēmian, aischrologian ek teu …… aside all such things as these: anger, rage, malice, slander, and filthy language …
1 Thessalonians 5:9… ouk titheta nin tos theos eis organ alla eis peripoiēsian sōtērēau dia tou …… has not appointed us to suffer wrath, but to obtain salvation through our …
James 1:19… braduos eis tem lalara, braduos eis organ,… slow to speak, and slow to anger,
orgau“wrath”of, belonging togenitive singular14×
Matthew 3:7… hupodeikata vi fugara apo tau mellarōntau orgau?… you to flee from the coming wrath?
Mark 3:5kai peribleperantos autoin meta orgau, sulluporōntos epi ta pōrōsia tau kardiau …Jesus looked around at them with anger and sorrow at their hardness of …
Luke 3:7… hupodeikata vi fugara apo tau mellarōntau orgau?… you to flee from the coming wrath?
Romans 2:5… kardian thēsaurizasō siauto organ en hēmera orgau kai apokalupsiau dikaiokrisiau tou theou,… against yourself for the day of wrath, when God’s righteous judgment will be …
Romans 5:9… autou sōzini dia autou apo tau orgau.… more shall we be saved from wrath through Him!
Romans 9:22… autou ferata en polla makrothumia skeveim orgau katartizorēnteim eis apōleian,… great patience the vessels of His wrath, prepared for destruction?
Ephesians 2:3… taiu dianoiaiu, kai one tekneim fusia orgau hōs kai tois loipois;… we were by nature children of wrath.
1 Thessalonians 1:10… Iēsun ton ruorōnton nin ek tau orgau tau erchorōntau.… Jesus our deliverer from the coming wrath.
1 Timothy 2:8… panto topo, epararōntoin hosiain cheirain chōris orgau kai dialogismou.… pray, lifting up holy hands, without anger or dissension.
Revelation 6:16… epi tou thronou kai apo tau orgau teu arnieu,… on the throne, and from the wrath of the Lamb.
Revelation 6:17… erchata tas hēmeras tas megas tau orgau autoiu, kai tinos dunotō stēira?For the great day of Their wrath has come, and who is able …
Revelation 14:10… kerannuorēntou akratou en te potērie tau orgau autou, kai basaniziti en pure kai …… will drink the wine of God’s anger, poured undiluted into the cup of …
Revelation 16:19… potēriem tou oinou tou thumou tau orgau autou;… wine of the fury of His wrath.
Revelation 19:15… lēnan tou oinou tou thumou tau orgau tou theou tou pantokratorou.… winepress of the fury of the wrath of God the Almighty.
orga“anger”to, fordative singular3×
Romans 12:19… ekdikarōntois, agapētoir, alla dōavar topon ta orga, grafotē gar; Mi ekdikēsias, mis antapodōami, …… beloved, but leave room for God’s wrath. For it is written: “Vengeance is …
Hebrews 3:11hōs omnuama en ta orga mu; Ei eisercheli eis tan katapausian …… I swore on oath in My anger, ‘They shall never enter My rest.’”
Hebrews 4:3… kathōs legatē; Hōs omnuama en ta orga mu, Ei eisercheli eis tan katapausian …… I swore on oath in My anger, ‘They shall never enter My rest …