noun · feminine

orgas

Greekὀργή (orgē)

Strong’sG3709

anger, wrath, passion

stem org-36 times in the New Testamentin 12 of 27 books4 of 10 forms occur

Translated as

wrath28×anger8×

What it means

ὀργή, -ῆς, ἡ,

[in LXX chiefly for אַף, also for חָרוֹן, חֵמָה, קֶצֶף, etc.;]

1 impulse, propensity, disposition.

2. anger, wrath;

(a) of men: Mk 3:5, Eph 4:31, Col 3:8, I Ti 2:8, Ja 1:19, 20;

(b) of God;

α that reaction of the divine nature against sin which in anthropomorphic language is called anger: Ro 1:18 9:22 12:19, (ICC, in l.), I Th 1:10 2:16, He 3:11 4:3(LXX), Re 14:10 16:19 19:15;

β of the effect of God's anger: Mt 3:7, Lk 3:7 21:23, Jo 3:36, Ro 2:5, 8 3:5 4:15 5:9 13:4, 5, Eph 5:6, Col 3:6, I Th 5:9, Ja 1:20, Re 6:16, 17 11:18; σκεύη ὀργῆς, Ro 9:22; τέκνα ὀργῆς, Eph 2:3.†

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.

Every form

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

orgstem+agender+snru—its job in the sentence case+—ione · more than one number

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

36 occurrences, every one of them listed

orgas“wrath”subjectnominative singular10×

Luke 21:23“wrath”ouai tai en gastēra echarōtai kai tai thēlazarōtai en ekeinai tai hēmerai; eti gar anankas megas epi tau gēau kai orgas to lao houto,How miserable those days will be for pregnant and nursing mothers! For there will be great distress upon the land and wrath against this people.

John 3:36“wrath”tos pisteuarōtos eis ton huion echatō zōan aiōnian; tos de apeitharōtos to huio ouk horeti zōan, alla tas orgas tou theou menatō epi auton.Whoever believes in the Son has eternal life. Whoever rejects the Son will not see life. Instead, the wrath of God remains on him.”

Romans 1:18“wrath”Apokaluptitō gar orgas theou apo ouranou epi pantan asebeian kai adikian anthrōpoiu toiu tan alētheian en adikia katecharōtoiu,The wrath of God is being revealed from heaven against all the godlessness and wickedness of men who suppress the truth by their wickedness.

Romans 2:8“wrath”toi de ek eritheiau kai apeitharōtoi ta alētheia peithirōtoi de ta adikia orgas kai thumos,But for those who are self-seeking and who reject the truth 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 vu sun panta kakia.Get rid of all bitterness, rage and anger, outcry and slander, along with every form of malice.

Ephesians 5:6“wrath”Mēdenos vin apatatōr kenoi logoi, dia houteim gar erchetō tas orgas tou theou epi toin huioin tau apeitheiau.Let no one deceive you with empty words, for because of such things the wrath of God is coming on the sons of disobedience.

Colossians 3:6“wrath”dia heim erchetō tas orgas tou theou epi toin huioin tau apeitheiau;Because of these, the wrath of God is coming on the sons of disobedience.

1 Thessalonians 2:16“wrath”kōluarōtoiu nin tei ethnei lalara hina sōzileia, eis tem anaplērara autoiu tain hamartain pantote. fthanata de epi autoin tas orgas eis telem.hindering us from telling the Gentiles how they may be saved. As a result, they continue to heap up their sins to full capacity; the utmost wrath has come upon them.

James 1:20“anger”orgas gar anērou dikaiosunan theou ouk ergazetō.for man’s anger does not bring about the righteousness that God desires.

Revelation 11:18“wrath”kai teim ethneim orgizila, kai erchata tas orgas su kai tos kairos toiu nekroiu krinira kai dōara ton misthon toi douloi su toi profētoi kai toi hagioi kai toi foberōtoi tem onomem su, toin mikroin kai toin megoin, kai diaftheirara toin diaftheirarōtoin tan gēan.The nations were enraged, and Your wrath has come. The time has come to judge the dead and to reward Your servants the prophets, as well as the saints and those who fear Your name, both small and great— and to destroy those who destroy the earth.”

organ“wrath”objectaccusative singular9×

Romans 2:5“wrath”kata de tan sklērotan su kai ametanoētan kardian thēsaurizasō siauto organ en hēmera orgau kai apokalupsiau dikaiokrisiau tou theou,But because of your hard and unrepentant heart, you are storing up wrath against yourself for the day of wrath, when God’s righteous judgment will be revealed.

Romans 3:5“wrath”ei de tas adikias nu theou dikaiosunan sunistanatō, tinem legani? mē adikos tos theos tos epiferarōtos tan organ? kata anthrōpon legamō.But if our unrighteousness highlights the righteousness of God, what shall we say? That God is unjust to inflict His wrath on us? I am speaking in human terms.

Romans 4:15“wrath”tos gar nomos organ katergazetō, hou de ouk atō nomos, oude parabasias.because the law brings wrath. And where there is no law, there is no transgression.

Romans 9:22“wrath”ei de thelarōtos tos theos endeiknuera tan organ kai gnōrizara tem dunatem autou ferata en polla makrothumia skeueim orgau katartizirēteim eis apōleian,What if God, intending to show His wrath and make His power known, bore with great patience the vessels of His wrath, prepared for destruction?

Romans 13:4“wrath”theou gar diakonos atō si eis tem agathem. ean de tem kakem poiaseiō, fobesōr; ouk gar eikē tan machairan foratō; theou gar diakonos atō, ekdikos eis organ to tem kakem prassarōto.For he is God’s servant for your good. But if you do wrong, be afraid, 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”dio anankas hupotassirō, ouk monem dia tan organ alla kai dia tan suneidēsian,Therefore it is necessary to submit to authority, not only to avoid punishment, but also as a matter of conscience.

Colossians 3:8“anger”nuni de apotithevar kai vis teim panteim, organ, thumon, kakian, blasfēmian, aischrologian ek teu stomeu vu;But now you must put aside all such things as these: anger, rage, malice, slander, and filthy language from your lips.

1 Thessalonians 5:9“wrath”hoti ouk titheta nin tos theos eis organ alla eis peripoiēsian sōtērēau dia tou kuriou nu Iēsu Christou,For God has not appointed us to suffer wrath, but to obtain salvation through our Lord Jesus Christ.

James 1:19“anger”Oidavēr, adelfoir mu agapētoir. atōr de pantos anthrōpos tachuos eis tem akouara, braduos eis tem lalara, braduos eis organ,My beloved brothers, understand this: Everyone should be quick to listen, slow to speak, and slow to anger,

orgau“wrath”of, belonging togenitive singular14×

Matthew 3:7“wrath”Horaratos de polloin toiu Farisaioiu kai Saddoukaioiu ercherōtoin epi tem baptismem autou legata autoi; Gennēmeim echidnaiu, tinos hupodeiknuata vi feugara apo tau mellarōtau orgau?But when John saw many of the Pharisees and Sadducees coming to his place of baptism, he said to them, “You brood of vipers, who warned you to flee from the coming wrath?

Mark 3:5“anger”kai peribleperatos autoin meta orgau, sulluperōtos epi ta pōrōsia tau kardiau autoiu, legatō to anthrōpo; Ekteinasar tan cheiran; kai ekteinata, kai apokathistanita tas cheiras autou.Jesus looked around at them with anger and sorrow at their hardness of heart. Then He said to the man, “Stretch out your hand.” So he stretched it out, and it was restored.

Luke 3:7“wrath”Legate oun toi ekporeuerōtoi ochloi baptizira hupo autou; Gennēmeim echidnaiu, tinos hupodeiknuata vi feugara apo tau mellarōtau orgau?Then John said to the crowds coming out to be baptized by him, “You brood of vipers, who warned you to flee from the coming wrath?

Romans 2:5“wrath”kata de tan sklērotan su kai ametanoētan kardian thēsaurizasō siauto organ en hēmera orgau kai apokalupsiau dikaiokrisiau tou theou,But because of your hard and unrepentant heart, you are storing up wrath against yourself for the day of wrath, when God’s righteous judgment will be revealed.

Romans 5:9“wrath”polle oun mallon dikaiiratois nun en te haime autou sōzini dia autou apo tau orgau.Therefore, since we have now been justified by His blood, how much more shall we be saved from wrath through Him!

Romans 9:22“wrath”ei de thelarōtos tos theos endeiknuera tan organ kai gnōrizara tem dunatem autou ferata en polla makrothumia skeueim orgau katartizirēteim eis apōleian,What if God, intending to show His wrath and make His power known, bore with great patience the vessels of His wrath, prepared for destruction?

Ephesians 2:3“wrath”en hoi kai nis pantois anastrefina pote en tai epithumiai tau sarxau nu, poiarōtois teim thelēmeim tau sarxau kai taiu dianoiaiu, kai ene tekneim fusia orgau hōs kai tois loipois;All of us also lived among them at one time, fulfilling the cravings of our flesh and indulging its desires and thoughts. Like the rest, we were by nature children of wrath.

1 Thessalonians 1:10“wrath”kai anamenarō ton huion autou ek toiu ouranoiu, hon egeirata ek toiu nekroiu, Iēsun ton ruerōton nin ek tau orgau tau ercherōtau.and to await His Son from heaven, whom He raised from the dead — Jesus our deliverer from the coming wrath.

1 Timothy 2:8“anger”Boulemō oun proseucherō toin anēroin en panto topo, epairarōtoin hosiain cheirain chōris orgau kai dialogismou.Therefore I want the men everywhere to pray, lifting up holy hands, without anger or dissension.

Revelation 6:16“wrath”kai legalō tei orei kai tai petrai; Piptavar epi nin kai kruptavar nin apo prosōpeu tou katherōtou epi tou thronou kai apo tau orgau teu arnieu,And they said to the mountains and the rocks, “Fall on us and hide us from the face of the One seated on the throne, and from the wrath of the Lamb.

Revelation 6:17“wrath”hoti erchata tas hēmeras tas megas tau orgau autoiu, kai tinos dunetō histanira?For the great day of Their wrath has come, and who is able to withstand it?”

Revelation 14:10“anger”kai autos pineti ek tou oinou tou thumou tou theou tou kerannuirētou akratou en te potērie tau orgau autou, kai basaniziti en pure kai theie enōpion angeloiu hagioiu kai enōpion teu arnieu.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 16:19“wrath”kai gineta tas politas tas megas eis treis mereim, kai tais politais teiu ethneiu piptala; kai Babulōnas tas megas mimnēskita enōpion tou theou dōara auta tem potēriem tou oinou tou thumou tau orgau autou;The 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 19:15“wrath”kai ek teu stomeu autou ekporeuetō romfaias oxuas, hina en auta patassateia teim ethneim, kai autos poimainati autoin en rabda sidēroua; kai autos patatō tan lēnan tou oinou tou thumou tau orgau tou theou tou pantokratōrou.And 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.

orga“anger”to, fordative singular3×

Romans 12:19“wrath”mē heautoin ekdikarōtois, agapētoir, alla dōavar topon ta orga, grafitē gar; Mi ekdikēsias, mis antapodōami, legatō kurios.Do not avenge yourselves, beloved, but leave room for God’s wrath. For it is written: “Vengeance is Mine; I will repay, says the Lord.”

Hebrews 3:11“anger”hōs omnuama en ta orga mu; Ei eisercheli eis tan katapausian mu.So I swore on oath in My anger, ‘They shall never enter My rest.’”

Hebrews 4:3“anger”eiserchenō gar eis katapausian tois pisteuaratois, kathōs legatē; Hōs omnuama en ta orga mu, Ei eisercheli eis tan katapausian mu, kaitoi teiu ergeiu apo katabolau kosmou ginirateiu,Now we who have believed enter that rest. As for the others, it is just as God has said: “So I swore on oath in My anger, ‘They shall never enter My rest.’” And yet His works have been finished since the foundation of the world.