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Lexicon :: Strong's H6184 - ʿārîṣ

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עָרִיץ
Transliteration
ʿārîṣ
Pronunciation
aw-reets'
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Part of Speech
adjective
Root Word (Etymology)
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TWOT Reference: 1702b

Strong’s Definitions

עָרִיץ ʻârîyts, aw-reets'; from H6206; fearful, i.e. powerful or tyrannical:—mighty, oppressor, in great power, strong, terrible, violent.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 20x

The KJV translates Strong's H6184 in the following manner: terrible (8x), terrible one (5x), oppressor (3x), mighty (1x), power (1x), strong (1x), violent (1x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 20x
The KJV translates Strong's H6184 in the following manner: terrible (8x), terrible one (5x), oppressor (3x), mighty (1x), power (1x), strong (1x), violent (1x).

  1. awe-inspiring, terror-striking, awesome, terrifying, ruthless, mighty

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
עָרִיץ ʻârîyts, aw-reets'; from H6206; fearful, i.e. powerful or tyrannical:—mighty, oppressor, in great power, strong, terrible, violent.
STRONGS H6184: Abbreviations
† עָרִיץ adjective awe-inspiring, terror-striking; — ע׳ of י׳, כְּגִבּוֺר עָרִיץ Jeremiah 20:11; plural as substantive עָרִיצִים, in bad sense of formidable adversaries, personal, Jeremiah 15:21 (|| רָעִים), Job 6:23 (|| צָר), and national, Psalm 54:5 (|| זָרִים), = עֲדַת ע׳ Psalm 86:14 (|| זֵדִים), הֲמוֺן ע׳ Isaiah 29:5 (|| זָרָ֑יִח); especially of Chaldeans Isaiah 13:11, construct עָרִצֵי גוֺיִם most terrifying of the nations Ezekiel 28:7 (|| זָרִים) Ezekiel 30:11; Ezekiel 31:12 (|| זָרִים), Ezekiel 32:12; so (probably) singular עָרִיץ Isaiah 49:25 (read ע׳ also for צַדִּיק Isaiah 49:24, so Lo Ew Che Gr and others); without specific reference גּוֺיִם עָרִיצִים Isaiah 25:3 awe-inspiring nations (Du Che take ע׳ as substantive), רִוּחַ ע׳ Isaiah 25:4 (strike out as gloss Di and others), זְמִיר ע׳ Isaiah 25:5 (strike out verse as gloss Du Che); late, of wicked in general, as ruthless רָאִיתִי רָשָׁע ע׳ Psalm 37:35 I have seen a wicked man ruthless; as substantive, Isaiah 29:20 (|| לֵץ), Job 15:20 (|| רשׁע), plural Job 27:13 (|| id.), Proverbs 11:16; read also עָרִיצִ(יםׅ Isaiah 11:4 (for MT אֶרֶץ), so Che BrMP Du Gr and others (|| רָשָׁע).
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BLB Scripture Index of Brown-Driver-Briggs

Job

6:23; 15:20; 27:13

Psalms

37:35; 54:5; 86:14

Proverbs

11:16

Isaiah

11:4; 13:11; 25:3; 25:4; 25:5; 29:5; 29:20; 49:24; 49:25

Jeremiah

15:21; 20:11

Ezekiel

28:7; 30:11; 31:12; 32:12

H6184

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number H6184 matches the Hebrew עָרִיץ (ʿārîṣ),
which occurs 20 times in 20 verses in the WLC Hebrew.

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 6:23

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 6:23 - Or, ‘Deliver me from the adversary’s hand’?
Or, ‘Redeem me from the hand of the ruthless’?

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 15:20

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 15:20 - The wicked man writhes in pain all his days,
through all the years that are laid up for the ruthless.

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 27:13

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 27:13 - “This is the portion of a wicked man with God,
and the heritage that oppressors receive from the Almighty:

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 37:35

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 37:35 - I have seen a wicked, ruthless man,
spreading himself like a green laurel tree.[fn]

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 54:3

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 54:3 - For strangers[fn] have risen against me;
ruthless men seek my life;
they do not set God before themselves. Selah

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 86:14

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 86:14 - O God, insolent men have risen up against me;
a band of ruthless men seeks my life,
and they do not set you before them.

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 11:16

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 11:16 - A gracious woman gets honor,
and violent men get riches.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 13:11

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 13:11 - I will punish the world for its evil,
and the wicked for their iniquity;
I will put an end to the pomp of the arrogant,
and lay low the pompous pride of the ruthless.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 25:3

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 25:3 - Therefore strong peoples will glorify you;
cities of ruthless nations will fear you.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 25:4

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 25:4 - For you have been a stronghold to the poor,
a stronghold to the needy in his distress,
a shelter from the storm and a shade from the heat;
for the breath of the ruthless is like a storm against a wall,

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 25:5

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 25:5 - like heat in a dry place.
You subdue the noise of the foreigners;
as heat by the shade of a cloud,
so the song of the ruthless is put down.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 29:5

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 29:5 - But the multitude of your foreign foes shall be like small dust,
and the multitude of the ruthless like passing chaff.
And in an instant, suddenly,

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 29:20

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 29:20 - For the ruthless shall come to nothing
and the scoffer cease,
and all who watch to do evil shall be cut off,

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 49:25

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 49:25 - For thus says the LORD:
“Even the captives of the mighty shall be taken,
and the prey of the tyrant be rescued,
for I will contend with those who contend with you,
and I will save your children.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 15:21

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 15:21 - I will deliver you out of the hand of the wicked,
and redeem you from the grasp of the ruthless.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 20:11

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 20:11 - But the LORD is with me as a dread warrior;
therefore my persecutors will stumble;
they will not overcome me.
They will be greatly shamed,
for they will not succeed.
Their eternal dishonor
will never be forgotten.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 28:7

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 28:7 - therefore, behold, I will bring foreigners upon you,
the most ruthless of the nations;
and they shall draw their swords against the beauty of your wisdom
and defile your splendor.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 30:11

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 30:11 - He and his people with him, the most ruthless of nations,
shall be brought in to destroy the land,
and they shall draw their swords against Egypt
and fill the land with the slain.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 31:12

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 31:12 - Foreigners, the most ruthless of nations, have cut it down and left it. On the mountains and in all the valleys its branches have fallen, and its boughs have been broken in all the ravines of the land, and all the peoples of the earth have gone away from its shadow and left it.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 32:12

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 32:12 - I will cause your multitude to fall by the swords of mighty ones, all of them most ruthless of nations.
“They shall bring to ruin the pride of Egypt,
and all its multitude[fn] shall perish.
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