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The meaning of אַכְזָרִי

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Definition

cruel (one). - terrible 1) cruel

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אַכְזָרִי

Phoneticak-zawr-ree'
Transliterationʼakzârîy
Grammar Code
H:A
Hebrew Adjective
Strong's Definition
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cruel (one). - terrible 1) cruel

Scripture References

Occurrences in the Bible

8 total references
ReferenceText
Proverbs 12:10

A righteous man regardeth the life of his beast: but the tender mercies of the wicked are cruel.

Word: אַכְזָרִי (ʼakzârîy)
Isaiah 13:9

Behold, the day of the Lord cometh, cruel both with wrath and fierce anger, to lay the land desolate: and he shall destroy the sinners thereof out of it.

Word: אַכְזָרִי (ʼakzârîy)
Jeremiah 30:14

All thy lovers have forgotten thee; they seek thee not; for I have wounded thee with the wound of an enemy, with the chastisement of a cruel one, for the multitude of thine iniquity; because thy sins were increased.

Word: אַכְזָרִי (ʼakzârîy)

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