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θυμός

Passion (as if breathing hard)

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θυμός G2372
Pronunciation thymós

What does θυμός (thymós) mean in the Bible?

θυμός (thymós) is a Greek word meaning "passion (as if breathing hard)". θυμός, -οῦ, ὁ (θύω), [in LXX most frequently for אַף, also for חֱמָא, חָרוֹן, etc.

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Meaning

passion (as if breathing hard)
Extended definition

Intense, hot anger arising from passionate emotion; distinct from ὀργή's settled wrath

(θύω), [in LXX most frequently for אַף, also for חֱמָא, חָרוֹן, etc., 30 words in all ;] passion, hot anger, wrath: Heb.11:27; ὀργὴ καὶ θ., Rom.2:8, cf. Col.3:8; πικρία κ. θ., Eph.4:31; πλησθῆναι, πλήρης θυμοῦ, Luk.4:28, Act.19:28; θ. ἔχειν, Rev.12:12; οἶνος τ. θυμοῦ τ. πορνείας (cf. Jer.51:7), Rev.14:8 18:3 (cf. Rev.17:2); οἶνος τ. θ. τ. θεοῦ, Rev.14:10; τ. ὀργῆς τ. θεοῦ, Rev.16:19 19:15; ὁ θ. τ. θεοῦ, Rev.14:19 15:1, 7 16:1; pl., impulses or outbursts of anger: ἔρις, ζῆλος, θυμοὶ, ἐριθίαι, 2Co.12:20, Gal.5:20 (Cremer, 287, 733).

Synonymsὀργή, παροργισμός
Source: STEPBible TBESG + Abbott-Smith
Grammatical Forms

How this word appears across different grammatical cases and numbers.

Nominative · Singular · Masculine Rom 2:8 · Eph 4:31 · Rev 15:1 3×
Nominative · Plural · Masculine 2 Cor 12:20 · Gal 5:20 2×
Genitive · Singular · Masculine Luke 4:28 · Acts 19:28 · Rev 14:8 · Rev 14:10 · Rev 14:19 · Rev 15:7 · Rev 16:1 · Rev 16:19 · Rev 18:3 · Rev 19:15 10×
Accusative · Singular · Masculine Col 3:8 · Heb 11:27 · Rev 12:12 3×
18 total occurrences across all forms in the biblical text Morphology: MorphGNT SBLGNT — CC BY-SA 3.0
Biblical Occurrences

Each occurrence shows the passage reference, the original language term as it appears in that context, its transliteration, and the contextual sense.

Biblical Witnesses
Ephesians 4:25-32 wrath thymós Nominative · Singular · Masculine
Passionate anger to be put away in Christian conduct and relationships
Jeremiah 25:15-29 wrath thymós
God's passionate anger administered through judgment on nations, metaphor of wine cup
Proverbs 27:4 wrath thymós
Intense passion or anger compared in magnitude to other human emotions
Revelation 14:10 wrath thymós Genitive · Singular · Masculine
Divine passionate anger poured out undiluted in eschatological judgment
Word Pictures (Robertson)

A.T. Robertson's Word Pictures in the New Testament (1930–31) discusses this term in the following chapters. Open any chapter and go to the Word Pictures tab to read his verse-by-verse commentary.

Colossians 3 — Raised with Christ: Putting Off the Old Life and Putting On the New

A.T. Robertson, Word Pictures in the New Testament (1930–31) — public domain

Sources

MorphGNT Strong's Dictionary XML — CC0 1.0 Public Domain

Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible (morphhb/OSHB) — CC BY 4.0

Open Scriptures Hebrew Lexicon — CC BY 4.0

STEPBible Data — CC BY 4.0

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