עֶבְרָה
ʻebrâh · eb-raw'
an outburst of passion
Lexicon
Derivation: feminine of H5676 (עֵבֶר);
an outburst of passion
Definition from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (1890). Wording is Strong's own, including his etymological notes, which are not separate meanings.
KJV renderings: anger, rage, wrath.
Letters
- עAyin70
Picture: an eye
- Concrete
- eye · spring of water
- Extended
- to see · to know · experience · to watch
- בBet2
Picture: floor plan of a tent or house
- Concrete
- house · tent · dwelling
- Extended
- family · household · what is inside · in
- רResh200
Picture: a human head
- Concrete
- head · face · person
- Extended
- first · top · beginning · chief · the highest
- הHe5
Picture: a person with both arms raised
- Concrete
- a man calling out · a window · breath
- Extended
- behold! · revelation · to reveal · the (definite article)
Possible cultural reading (auto-composed)
to see and know › the house, what is within › the head, the highest › to reveal, behold
To see and know of the house, what is within of the head, the highest that works to reveal, behold.
Interpretive, not lexical. The dictionary sense of עֶבְרָה above is the attested meaning; this pictographic reading is a tradition about how the sign-shapes may have been heard. Both can be held at once, they are answering different questions.
Usage
34 occurrences · 34 OT · 0 NT · 27 distinct forms
KJV renderings of this word, by how often each one is used.
- of my wrath5 · 15%
- of wrath3 · 9%
- wrath3 · 9%
- of his wrath2 · 6%
- his wrath2 · 6%
- and their wrath1 · 3%
- the rage1 · 3%
- thyself because of the rage1 · 3%
- all thy wrath1 · 3%
- in thy wrath1 · 3%
- so is thy wrath1 · 3%
- is wrath1 · 3%
- but his wrath1 · 3%
- of his anger1 · 3%
- through the wrath1 · 3%
- both with wrath1 · 3%
- in the wrath1 · 3%
- in wrath1 · 3%
- and his wrath1 · 3%
- in his wrath1 · 3%
- of the wrath1 · 3%
- my wrath1 · 3%
- him away in my wrath1 · 3%
- was thy wrath1 · 3%
Where it is used, by book.
Inflected forms found in the text.
Counts are computed from the tagged Hebrew and Greek text aligned to the King James Version, not from an estimate.