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wroth

Meaning of “wroth”

Angry; moved with anger or displeasure.

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First occurrence: Genesis 4:5

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2 Kings 5:11
But Naaman was wroth, and went away, and said, Behold, I thought, He will surely come out to me, and stand, and call on the name of the Lord his God, and strike his hand over the place, and recover the leper.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading & marginal notes
1611 witness · 2 Kings 5:11 · retained source text

But Naaman was wroth, and went away, and saide, Beholde, I thought, He will surely come out to me and stand, and call on the Name of the LORD his God, and strike his hand ouer the place, and recouer the leper.

1611 marginal noteHebr. said. Or, I said with my selfe, He will surely come out &c.

1611 marginal noteHebr. mooue vp and downe.

2 Kings 13:19
And the man of God was wroth with him, and said, Thou shouldest have smitten five or six times; then hadst thou smitten Syria till thou hadst consumed it: whereas now thou shalt smite Syria but thrice.
1 word occurrence in this verse
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1611 witness · 2 Kings 13:19 · retained source text

And the man of God was wroth with him, and saide, Thou shouldest haue smitten fiue or sixe times, then haddest thou smitten Syria till thou haddest consumed it: whereas now thou shalt smite Syria but thrice.

2 Chronicles 16:10
Then Asa was wroth with the seer, and put him in a prison house; for he was in a rage with him because of this thing. And Asa oppressed some of the people the same time.
1 word occurrence in this verse
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1611 witness · 2 Chronicles 16:10 · retained source text

Then Asa was wroth with the Seer, and put him in a prison-house; for he was in a rage with him because of this thing. And Asa oppressed some of the people the same time.

1611 marginal noteHeb. crushed.

2 Chronicles 26:19
Then Uzziah was wroth, and had a censer in his hand to burn incense: and while he was wroth with the priests, the leprosy even rose up in his forehead before the priests in the house of the Lord, from beside the incense altar.
2 word occurrences in this verse
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1611 witness · 2 Chronicles 26:19 · retained source text

Then Uzziah was wroth, and had a censer in his hand, to burne incense, and while he was wroth with the priests, the leprosie euen rose vp in his forehead, before the priests, in the house of the LORD, from beside the incense altar.

2 Chronicles 28:9
But a prophet of the Lord was there, whose name was Oded: and he went out before the host that came to Samaria, and said unto them, Behold, because the Lord God of your fathers was wroth with Judah, he hath delivered them into your hand, and ye have slain them in a rage that reacheth up unto heaven.
1 word occurrence in this verse
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1611 witness · 2 Chronicles 28:9 · retained source text

But a Prophet of the LORD was there, whose name was Oded: and hee went out before the hoste that came to Samaria, and said vnto them, Behold, because the LORD God of your fathers was wroth with Iudah, he hath deliuered them into your hand, and yee haue slaine them in a rage that reacheth vp vnto heauen.

Nehemiah 4:1
BUT it came to pass, that when Sanballat heard that we builded the wall, he was wroth, and took great indignation, and mocked the Jews.
1 word occurrence in this verse
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1611 witness · Nehemiah 4:1 · retained source text

¶ But it came to passe, that when Sanballat heard, that we builded the wall, he was wroth, and tooke great indignation, and mocked the Iewes.

Nehemiah 4:7
¶ But it came to pass, that when Sanballat, and Tobiah, and the Arabians, and the Ammonites, and the Ashdodites, heard that the walls of Jerusalem were made up, and that the breaches began to be stopped, then they were very wroth,
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1611 witness · Nehemiah 4:7 · retained source text

¶ But it came to passe that when Sanballat and Tobiah, and the Arabians, and the Ammonites, and the Ashdodites, heard that the walles of Ierusalem were made vp, and that the breaches began to bee stopped, then they were very wroth,

1611 marginal noteHebr. ascended.

Esther 1:12
But the queen Vashti refused to come at the king’s commandment by his chamberlains: therefore was the king very wroth, and his anger burned in him.
1 word occurrence in this verse
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1611 witness · Esther 1:12 · retained source text

But the Queene Uasthi refused to come at the Kings commandement by his chamberlens: therefore was the King very wroth, and his anger burned in him.

1611 marginal noteHebr. which was by the hand of his Eunuches.

Esther 2:21
¶ In those days, while Mordecai sat in the king’s gate, two of the king’s chamberlains, Bigthan and Teresh, of those which kept the door, were wroth, and sought to lay hand on the king Ahasuerus.
1 word occurrence in this verse
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1611 witness · Esther 2:21 · retained source text

¶ In those dayes, (while Mordecai sate in the kings gate) two of the kings chamberlens, the doore, were wroth, and sought to lay hand on the king Ahasuerus:

1611 marginal noteOr, Bigthana. chap. 6.2.\*Bigthan and Teresh, of those which kept \f + 2:21 Heb. the threshold.

Psalms 18:7
Then the earth shook and trembled; the foundations also of the hills moved and were shaken, because he was wroth.
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1611 witness · Psalms 18:7 · retained source text

Then the earth shooke and trembled; the foundations also of the hilles mooued and were shaken, because hee was wroth.

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