ὀργή,
ὀργῆς,
ἡ (from
ὀργάω to teem, denoting an internal motion, especially that of plants and fruits swelling with juice (
Curtius, § 152); cf. Latin
turgerealicui for
irascialicui in
Plautus Cas. 2, 5, 17; Most. 3, 2, 10; cf. German
arg, Aerger), in Greek writings from
Hesiod down "the natural disposition, temper, character; movement or agitation of soul, impulse, desire, any violent emotion," but especially (and chiefly in Attic)
anger. In Biblical Greek
anger, wrath, indignation (on the distinction between it and
θυμός, see
θυμός, 1):
Ephesians 4:31;
Colossians 3:8;
James 1:19f;
μετ' ὀργῆς, indignant (
A. V. with anger),
Mark 3:5;
χωρίς ὀργῆς,
1 Timothy 2:8;
anger exhibited in punishing, hence, used for the
punishment itself (
Demosthenes or. in middle § 43): of the punishments inflicted by magistrates,
Romans 13:4;
διά τήν ὀργήν, i. e. because disobedience is visited with punishment,
Romans 13:5. The
ὀργή attributed to God in the N. T. is
that in God which stands opposed to man's disobedience, obduracy (especially in resisting the gospel)
and sin, and manifests itself in punishing the same:
John 3:36;
Romans 1:18;
Romans 4:15;
Romans 9:22a;
Hebrews 3:11;
Hebrews 4:3;
Revelation 14:10;
Revelation 16:19;
Revelation 19:15; absolutely,
ἡ ὀργή,
Romans 12:19 (cf.
Winer's Grammar, 594 (553));
σκεύη ὀργῆς,
vessels into which wrath will be poured (at the last day), explained by the addition
κατηρτισμένα εἰς ἀπώλειαν,
Romans 9:22b;
ἡ μελλουσα ὀργή, which at the last day will be exhibited in penalties,
Matthew 3:7;
Luke 3:7 (others understand in these two passages the (national) judgments immediately impending to be referred to — at least primarily); also
ἡ ὀργή ἡ ἐρχομένη,
1 Thessalonians 1:10;
ἡμέρα ὀργῆς, the day on which the wrath of God will be made manifest in the punishment of the wicked (cf.
Winer's Grammar, § 30, 2 a.),
Romans 2:5; and
ἡ ἡμέρα ἡ μεγάλη τῆς ὀργῆς αὐτοῦ (
Revelation 6:17; see
ἡμέρα, 3 at the end);
ἔρχεται ἡ ὀργή τοῦ Θεοῦ ἐπί τινα, the wrath of God cometh upon one in the infliction of penalty (cf.
Winer's Grammar, § 40, 2 a.),
Ephesians 5:6;
Colossians 3:6 (
T Tr WH omit;
L brackets
ἐπί etc.);
ἔφθασε (
ἔφθακεν L text
WH marginal reading)
ἐπ' αὐτούς ἡ ὀργή,
1 Thessalonians 2:16; so
ἡ ὀργή passes over into the notion of retribution and
punishment, Luke 21:23; Rom. (
Romans 2:8);
Romans 3:5;
5:9;
Revelation 11:18;
τέκνα ὀργῆς, men exposed to divine punishment,
Ephesians 2:3;
εἰς ὀργήν,
unto wrath, i. e. to undergo punishment in misery,
1 Thessalonians 5:9.
ὀργή is attributed to Christ also when he comes as Messianic judge,
Revelation 6:16. (The
Sept. for
עֶבְרָה,
wrath, outburst of anger, זַעַם,
חֵמָה,
חָרון,
קֶצֶף, etc.; but chiefly for
אַף.) Cf. Ferd. Weber, Vom Zorne Gottes. Erlang. 1862; Ritschl, Die christl. Lehre v. d. Rechtfertigung u. Versöhnung, ii., p. 118ff.
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