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Bible Lexicons

Old Testament Hebrew Lexical DictionaryHebrew Lexicon

Strong's #393 - אַכְזָר

Transliteration

ʼakzâr

Phonetics

ak-zawr'

Origin

from an unused root (apparently meaning to act harshly)

Parts of Speech

TWOT

971a

Definition

Brown-Driver-Briggs
Strong

Brown-Driver-Briggs'

1) cruel, fierce

Greek Equivalent Words:

Strong #: 415 ‑ ἀνελεήμων (an‑eleh‑ay'‑mone);

Frequency Lists

Book
Word

Verse Results

KJV (4)

Deuteronomy 1

Job 2

Lamentations 1

NAS (4)

Deuteronomy 1

Job 2

Lamentations 1

HCS (4)

Deuteronomy 1

Job 2

Lamentations 1

BSB (4)

Deuteronomy 1

Job 2

Lamentations 1

ESV (3)

Job 2

Lamentations 1

WEB (4)

Deuteronomy 1

Job 2

Lamentations 1

Ancient Hebrew Lexicon Definitions

2254) r z k (כזר KZR) AC: ? CO: ? AB: Cruel

n^m ) r z k a (אכזר AKZR) - Cruel: KJV (4): cruel, fierce - Strongs: H393 (אַכְזָר)

nf^m) i r z k a (אכזרי AKZRY) - Cruel: KJV (8): cruel - Strongs: H394 (אַכְזָרִי)

nf^f3) t f i r z k a (אכזריות AKZRYWT) - Cruel: KJV (1): cruel - Strongs: H395 (אַכְזְרִיּוּת)

Brown-Driver-Briggs Expanded Definition

אַכְזָר adjective cruel, fierce, of poison (ראֹשׁ) Deuteronomy 32:33; elsewhere of men, fierce Job 41:2; as substantive = a cruel one Job 30:21 (of God), Lamentations 4:3.

Gesenius' Hebrew and Chaldee Definition

אַכְזָר (from the root כָּזַר prop. to break), adj. [“violence, but always used as a concr.”]

(1) bold, brave, daring, Job 41:2.

(2) harsh, cruel, Lamentations 4:3 hence, “an enemy,” Job 30:21.

(3) fierce, virulent, used of poison, Deuteronomy 32:33.

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List of Word Forms

אַ֭כְזָר אַכְזָֽר׃ אכזר אכזר׃ לְאַכְזָ֔ר לְאַכְזָ֣ר לאכזר ’aḵ·zār ’aḵzār achZar Achzor lə’aḵzār lə·’aḵ·zār leachZar