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cruelty

5 occurrences5 versesFirst: Genesis 49:5

COMBINED MEANING

Meaning of cruelty

Barbarous deed; any act of a human being which inflicts unnecessary pain; any act intended to torment, vex or afflict, or which actually torments or afflicts, without necessity; wrong; injustice; oppression.

Reviewed KJV-relevant meaning

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Webster 1828KJV usage (PCE + 1611)

WORD FAMILY

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Root: cruel

Disposed to give pain to others, in body or mind; willing or pleased to torment, vex or afflict; inhuman; destitute of pity, compassion or kindness; fierce; ferocious; savage; barbarous; hardhearted; applied to persons or their dispositions.

HISTORICAL DEFINITIONS

Approved source definitions

Webster 1828 · headword: cruelty

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Barbarous deed; any act of a human being which inflicts unnecessary pain; any act intended to torment, vex or afflict, or which actually torments or afflicts, without necessity; wrong; injustice; oppression.

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