חֵמָה
wrath
also: heat, rage, hot displeasure, indignation fuller range ↓
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Grammar key — what these labels mean
Part of speech
- Noun
- A naming word — a person, place, thing, or idea.
Noun type
- Common
- A common noun — a general class of person, place, or thing (“king,” “city,” “water”), not a specific name.
State
- Construct
- A noun bound to a following noun in a possessive / “of” relationship (the construct chain).
- Absolute
- The independent form of a noun, not bound to a following word.
Gender
- Feminine
- Grammatically feminine.
Number
- Singular
- One.
- Plural
- More than one (in Hebrew, generally three or more).
Grammatical forms
- Noun, Common, Feminine, Singular, Construct 82 times (66%)
- Noun, Common, Feminine, Singular, Absolute 40 times (32%)
- Noun, Common, Feminine, Plural, Absolute 2 times (2%)
Parsed forms decoded from the imported morphology (morphhb / Westminster Leningrad Codex — WLC text public domain, morphhb tagging CC BY 4.0), counted across 124 parsed occurrences — not distinct verses.
Every verse where H2534 appears — 117 distinct verses across 20 books. Click any verse to open its interlinear word-by-word view. Verse text shown in the World English Bible for context — . Each verse’s Hebrew form is shown with its reference; the English is not keyword-highlighted, since the data carries no word-level English alignment. Use “Compare translations” on any verse to read it across multiple English versions. This concordance covers the Hebrew Bible; Septuagint (Greek Old Testament) occurrences are not indexed here.
Genesis 1 verse
Leviticus 1 verse
Numbers 1 verse
Deuteronomy 5 verses
- Deuteronomy 9:19 וְ/הַ֣/חֵמָ֔ה conj + ptcl def.art + n c fs For I was afraid of the anger and hot displeasure, with which Yahweh was angry against you to destroy you. But Yahweh listened to me that time also.
- Deuteronomy 29:23 וּ/בַ/חֲמָתֽ/וֹ conj + prep + n c fs cs + sfx pers 3ms [and that] the whole land of it is sulfur, and salt, [and] a burning, [that] it is not sown, nor bears, nor any grass grows therein, like the overthrow of Sodom and Gomorrah, Admah and Zeboiim, which Yahweh overthrew in his anger, and in his wrath:
- Deuteronomy 29:28 וּ/בְ/חֵמָ֖ה conj + prep + n c fs and Yahweh rooted them out of their land in anger, and in wrath, and in great indignation, and cast them into another land, as at this day.
- Deuteronomy 32:24 חֲמַ֖ת n c fs cs [They shall be] wasted with hunger, and devoured with burning heat Bitter destruction; The teeth of animals will I send on them, With the poison of crawling things of the dust.
- Deuteronomy 32:33 חֲמַ֥ת n c fs cs Their wine is the poison of serpents, The cruel venom of asps.
2 Samuel 1 verse
2 Kings 3 verses
- 2 Kings 5:12 בְּ/חֵמָֽה prep + n c fs Aren't Abanah and Pharpar, the rivers of Damascus, better than all the waters of Israel? may I not wash in them, and be clean? So he turned and went away in a rage.
- 2 Kings 22:13 חֲמַ֣ת n c fs cs Go you, inquire of Yahweh for me, and for the people, and for all Judah, concerning the words of this book that is found; for great is the wrath of Yahweh that is kindled against us, because our fathers have not listened to the words of this book, to do according to all that which is written concerning us.
- 2 Kings 22:17 חֲמָתִ֛/י n c fs cs + sfx pers 1cs Because they have forsaken me, and have burned incense to other gods, that they might provoke me to anger with all the work of their hands, therefore my wrath shall be kindled against this place, and it shall not be quenched.
2 Chronicles 5 verses
- 2 Chronicles 12:7 חֲמָתִ֛/י n c fs cs + sfx pers 1cs When Yahweh saw that they humbled themselves, the word of Yahweh came to Shemaiah, saying, They have humbled themselves: I will not destroy them; but I will grant them some deliverance, and my wrath shall not be poured out on Jerusalem by the hand of Shishak.
- 2 Chronicles 28:9 בַּ/חֲמַ֨ת prep + n c fs cs But a prophet of Yahweh was there, whose name was Oded: and he went out to meet the host that came to Samaria, and said to them, Behold, because Yahweh, the God of your fathers, was angry with Judah, he has delivered them into your hand, and you have slain them in a rage which has reached up to heaven.
- 2 Chronicles 34:21 חֲמַת n c fs cs Go you, inquire of Yahweh for me, and for those who are left in Israel and in Judah, concerning the words of the book that is found; for great is the wrath of Yahweh that is poured out on us, because our fathers have not kept the word of Yahweh, to do according to all that is written in this book.
- 2 Chronicles 34:25 חֲמָתִ֛/י n c fs cs + sfx pers 1cs Because they have forsaken me, and have burned incense to other gods, that they might provoke me to anger with all the works of their hands; therefore is my wrath poured out on this place, and it shall not be quenched.
- 2 Chronicles 36:16 חֲמַת n c fs cs but they mocked the messengers of God, and despised his words, and scoffed at his prophets, until the wrath of Yahweh arose against his people, until there was no remedy.
Esther 6 verses
- Esther 1:12 וַ/חֲמָת֖/וֹ conj + n c fs cs + sfx pers 3ms But the queen Vashti refused to come at the king's commandment by the chamberlains: therefore was the king very angry, and his anger burned in him.
- Esther 2:1 חֲמַ֖ת n c fs cs After these things, when the wrath of king Ahasuerus was pacified, he remembered Vashti, and what she had done, and what was decreed against her.
- Esther 3:5 חֵמָֽה n c fs When Haman saw that Mordecai didn't bow down, nor did him reverence, then was Haman full of wrath.
- Esther 5:9 חֵמָֽה n c fs Then went Haman forth that day joyful and glad of heart: but when Haman saw Mordecai in the king's gate, that he didn't stand up nor move for him, he was filled with wrath against Mordecai.
- Esther 7:7 בַּ/חֲמָת/וֹ֙ prep + n c fs cs + sfx pers 3ms The king arose in his wrath from the banquet of wine [and went] into the palace garden: and Haman stood up to make request for his life to Esther the queen; for he saw that there was evil determined against him by the king.
- Esther 7:10 וַ/חֲמַ֥ת conj + n c fs cs So they hanged Haman on the gallows that he had prepared for Mordecai. Then was the king's wrath pacified.
Job 4 verses
- Job 6:4 חֲ֭מָתָ/ם n c fs cs + sfx pers 3mp For the arrows of the Almighty are within me, My spirit drinks up their poison. The terrors of God set themselves in array against me.
- Job 19:29 חֵ֭מָה n c fs Be afraid of the sword, For wrath brings the punishments of the sword, That you may know there is a judgment."
- Job 21:20 וּ/מֵ/חֲמַ֖ת conj + prep + n c fs cs Let his own eyes see his destruction. Let him drink of the wrath of the Almighty.
- Job 36:18 חֵ֭מָה n c fs Don't let riches entice you to wrath, Neither let the great size of a bribe turn you aside.
Psalms 13 verses
- Psalms 6:1 בַּ/חֲמָתְ/ךָ֥ prep + n c fs cs + sfx pers 2ms Yahweh, don't rebuke me in your anger, Neither discipline me in your wrath.
- Psalms 37:8 חֵמָ֑ה n c fs Cease from anger, and forsake wrath. Don't fret, it leads only to evildoing.
- Psalms 38:1 וּֽ/בַ/חֲמָתְ/ךָ֥ conj + prep + n c fs cs + sfx pers 2ms Yahweh, don't rebuke me in your wrath, Neither chasten me in your hot displeasure.
- Psalms 58:4 חֲמַת חֲמַת n c fs cs n c fs cs Their poison is like the poison of a snake; Like a deaf cobra that stops its ear,
- Psalms 59:13 בְ/חֵמָה֮ prep + n c fs Consume them in wrath. Consume them, and they will be no more. Let them know that God rules in Jacob, To the ends of the earth. Selah.
- Psalms 76:10 חֲמַ֣ת חֵמֹ֣ת n c fs cs n c fp Surely the wrath of man praises you. The survivors of your wrath are restrained.
- Psalms 78:38 חֲמָתֽ/וֹ n c fs cs + sfx pers 3ms But he, being merciful, forgave iniquity, and didn't destroy them. Yes, many times he turned his anger away, And didn't stir up all his wrath.
- Psalms 79:6 חֲמָתְ/ךָ֨ n c fs cs + sfx pers 2ms Pour out your wrath on the nations that don't know you; On the kingdoms that don't call on your name;
- Psalms 88:7 חֲמָתֶ֑/ךָ n c fs cs + sfx pers 2ms Your wrath lies heavily on me. You have afflicted me with all your waves. Selah.
- Psalms 89:46 חֲמָתֶֽ/ךָ n c fs cs + sfx pers 2ms How long, Yahweh? Will you hide yourself forever? Will your wrath burn like fire?
- Psalms 90:7 וּֽ/בַ/חֲמָתְ/ךָ֥ conj + prep + n c fs cs + sfx pers 2ms For we are consumed in your anger. We are troubled in your wrath.
- Psalms 106:23 חֲ֝מָת֗/וֹ n c fs cs + sfx pers 3ms Therefore he said that he would destroy them, Had Moses, his chosen, not stood before him in the breach, To turn away his wrath, so that he wouldn't destroy them.
- Psalms 140:3 חֲמַ֥ת n c fs cs They have sharpened their tongues like a serpent. Viper's poison is under their lips. Selah.
Proverbs 9 verses
- Proverbs 6:34 חֲמַת n c fs cs For jealousy arouses the fury of the husband. He won't spare in the day of vengeance.
- Proverbs 15:1 חֵמָ֑ה n c fs A gentle answer turns away wrath, But a harsh word stirs up anger.
- Proverbs 15:18 חֵ֭מָה n c fs A wrathful man stirs up contention, But one who is slow to anger appeases strife.
- Proverbs 16:14 חֲמַת n c fs cs The king's wrath is a messenger of death, But a wise man will pacify it.
- Proverbs 19:19 חֵ֭מָה n c fs A hot-tempered man must pay the penalty, For if you rescue him, you must do it again.
- Proverbs 21:14 חֵמָ֥ה n c fs A gift in secret pacifies anger; And a bribe in the cloak, strong wrath.
- Proverbs 22:24 חֵ֝מוֹת n c fp Don't befriend a hot-tempered man, And don't associate with one who harbors anger:
- Proverbs 27:4 חֵ֭מָה n c fs Wrath is cruel, And anger is overwhelming; But who is able to stand before jealousy?
- Proverbs 29:22 חֵמָ֣ה n c fs An angry man stirs up strife, And a wrathful man abounds in sin.
Isaiah 12 verses
- Isaiah 27:4 חֵמָ֖ה n c fs Wrath is not in me: would that the briers and thorns were against me in battle! I would march on them, I would burn them together.
- Isaiah 34:2 וְ/חֵמָ֖ה conj + n c fs For Yahweh has indignation against all the nations, and wrath against all their host: he has utterly destroyed them, he has delivered them to the slaughter.
- Isaiah 42:25 חֵמָ֣ה n c fs Therefore he poured on him the fierceness of his anger, and the strength of battle; and it set him on fire round about, yet he didn't know; and it burned him, yet he didn't lay it to heart.
- Isaiah 51:13 חֲמַ֣ת חֲמַ֥ת n c fs cs n c fs cs and have forgotten Yahweh your Maker, who stretched forth the heavens, and laid the foundations of the earth; and fear continually all the day because of the fury of the oppressor, when he makes ready to destroy? and where is the fury of the oppressor?
- Isaiah 51:17 חֲמָת֑/וֹ n c fs cs + sfx pers 3ms Awake, awake, stand up, Jerusalem, that have drunk at the hand of Yahweh the cup of his wrath; you have drunken the bowl of the cup of staggering, and drained it.
- Isaiah 51:20 חֲמַת n c fs cs Your sons have fainted, they lie at the head of all the streets, as an antelope in a net; they are full of the wrath of Yahweh, the rebuke of your God.
- Isaiah 51:22 חֲמָתִ֔/י n c fs cs + sfx pers 1cs Thus says your Lord Yahweh, and your God who pleads the cause of his people, Behold, I have taken out of your hand the cup of staggering, even the bowl of the cup of my wrath; you shall no more drink it again:
- Isaiah 59:18 חֵמָ֣ה n c fs According to their deeds, accordingly he will repay, wrath to his adversaries, recompense to his enemies; to the islands he will repay recompense.
- Isaiah 63:3 בַּ/חֲמָתִ֑/י prep + n c fs cs + sfx pers 1cs I have trodden the winepress alone; and of the peoples there was no man with me: yes, I trod them in my anger, and trampled them in my wrath; and their lifeblood is sprinkled on my garments, and I have stained all my clothing.
- Isaiah 63:5 וַ/חֲמָתִ֖/י conj + n c fs cs + sfx pers 1cs I looked, and there was none to help; and I wondered that there was none to uphold: therefore my own arm brought salvation to me; and my wrath, it upheld me.
- Isaiah 63:6 בַּ/חֲמָתִ֑/י prep + n c fs cs + sfx pers 1cs I trod down the peoples in my anger, and made them drunk in my wrath, and I poured out their lifeblood on the earth.
- Isaiah 66:15 בְּ/חֵמָה֙ prep + n c fs For, behold, Yahweh will come with fire, and his chariots shall be like the whirlwind; to render his anger with fierceness, and his rebuke with flames of fire.
Jeremiah 16 verses
- Jeremiah 4:4 חֲמָתִ֗/י n c fs cs + sfx pers 1cs Circumcise yourselves to Yahweh, and take away the foreskins of your heart, you men of Judah and inhabitants of Jerusalem; lest my wrath go forth like fire, and burn so that none can quench it, because of the evil of your doings.
- Jeremiah 6:11 חֲמַ֨ת n c fs cs Therefore I am full of the wrath of Yahweh; I am weary with holding in: pour it out on the children in the street, and on the assembly of young men together; for even the husband with the wife shall be taken, the aged with him who is full of days.
- Jeremiah 7:20 וַֽ/חֲמָתִ/י֙ conj + n c fs cs + sfx pers 1cs Therefore thus says the Lord Yahweh: Behold, my anger and my wrath shall be poured out on this place, on man, and on animal, and on the trees of the field, and on the fruit of the ground; and it shall burn, and shall not be quenched.
- Jeremiah 10:25 חֲמָתְ/ךָ֗ n c fs cs + sfx pers 2ms Pour out your wrath on the nations that don't know you, and on the families that don't call on your name: for they have devoured Jacob, yes, they have devoured him and consumed him, and have laid waste his habitation.
- Jeremiah 18:20 חֲמָתְ/ךָ֖ n c fs cs + sfx pers 2ms Shall evil be recompensed for good? for they have dug a pit for my soul. Remember how I stood before you to speak good for them, to turn away your wrath from them.
- Jeremiah 21:5 וּ/בְ/חֵמָ֖ה conj + prep + n c fs I myself will fight against you with an outstretched hand and with a strong arm, even in anger, and in wrath, and in great indignation.
- Jeremiah 21:12 חֲמָתִ֗/י n c fs cs + sfx pers 1cs House of David, thus says Yahweh, Execute justice in the morning, and deliver him who is robbed out of the hand of the oppressor, lest my wrath go forth like fire, and burn so that none can quench it, because of the evil of your doings.
- Jeremiah 23:19 חֵמָה֙ n c fs Behold, the tempest of Yahweh, [even his] wrath, is gone forth, yes, a whirling tempest: it shall burst on the head of the wicked.
- Jeremiah 25:15 הַ/חֵמָ֛ה ptcl def.art + n c fs For thus says Yahweh, the God of Israel, to me: take this cup of the wine of wrath at my hand, and cause all the nations, to whom I send you, to drink it.
- Jeremiah 30:23 חֵמָה֙ n c fs Behold, the tempest of Yahweh, [even his] wrath, is gone forth, a sweeping tempest: it shall burst on the head of the wicked.
- Jeremiah 32:31 חֲמָתִ֗/י n c fs cs + sfx pers 1cs For this city has been to me a provocation of my anger and of my wrath from the day that they built it even to this day; that I should remove it from before my face,
- Jeremiah 32:37 וּ/בַ/חֲמָתִ֖/י conj + prep + n c fs cs + sfx pers 1cs Behold, I will gather them out of all the countries, where I have driven them in my anger, and in my wrath, and in great indignation; and I will bring them again to this place, and I will cause them to dwell safely:
- Jeremiah 33:5 וּ/בַ/חֲמָתִ֑/י conj + prep + n c fs cs + sfx pers 1cs while [men] come to fight with the Chaldeans, and to fill them with the dead bodies of men, whom I have killed in my anger and in my wrath, and for all whose wickedness I have hid my face from this city:
- Jeremiah 36:7 וְ/הַ֣/חֵמָ֔ה conj + ptcl def.art + n c fs It may be they will present their supplication before Yahweh, and will return everyone from his evil way; for great is the anger and the wrath that Yahweh has pronounced against this people.
- Jeremiah 42:18 וַ/חֲמָתִ֗/י חֲמָתִ/י֙ conj + n c fs cs + sfx pers 1cs n c fs cs + sfx pers 1cs For thus says Yahweh of Hosts, the God of Israel: As my anger and my wrath has been poured forth on the inhabitants of Jerusalem, so shall my wrath be poured forth on you, when you shall enter into Egypt; and you shall be an object of horror, and an astonishment, and a curse, and a reproach; and you shall see this place no more.
- Jeremiah 44:6 חֲמָתִ/י֙ n c fs cs + sfx pers 1cs Therefore my wrath and my anger was poured forth, and was kindled in the cities of Judah and in the streets of Jerusalem; and they are wasted and desolate, as it is this day.
Lamentations 2 verses
- Lamentations 2:4 חֲמָתֽ/וֹ n c fs cs + sfx pers 3ms He has bent his bow like an enemy, he has stood with his right hand as an adversary, Has killed all that were pleasant to the eye: In the tent of the daughter of Zion he has poured out his wrath like fire.
- Lamentations 4:11 חֲמָת֔/וֹ n c fs cs + sfx pers 3ms Yahweh has accomplished his wrath, he has poured out his fierce anger; He has kindled a fire in Zion, which has devoured the foundations of it.
Ezekiel 30 verses
- Ezekiel 3:14 בַּ/חֲמַ֣ת prep + n c fs cs So the Spirit lifted me up, and took me away; and I went in bitterness, in the heat of my spirit; and the hand of Yahweh was strong on me.
- Ezekiel 5:13 חֲמָתִ֛/י חֲמָתִ֖/י n c fs cs + sfx pers 1cs n c fs cs + sfx pers 1cs Thus shall my anger be accomplished, and I will cause my wrath toward them to rest, and I shall be comforted; and they shall know that I, Yahweh, have spoken in my zeal, when I have accomplished my wrath on them.
- Ezekiel 5:15 וּ/בְ/חֵמָה֙ חֵמָ֔ה conj + prep + n c fs n c fs So it shall be a reproach and a taunt, an instruction and an astonishment, to the nations that are round about you, when I shall execute judgments on you in anger and in wrath, and in wrathful rebukes; (I, Yahweh, have spoken it;)
- Ezekiel 6:12 חֲמָתִ֖/י n c fs cs + sfx pers 1cs He who is far off shall die of the pestilence; and he who is near shall fall by the sword; and he who remains and is besieged shall die by the famine: thus will I accomplish my wrath on them.
- Ezekiel 7:8 חֲמָתִ/י֙ n c fs cs + sfx pers 1cs Now will I shortly pour out my wrath on you, and accomplish my anger against you, and will judge you according to your ways; and I will bring on you all your abominations.
- Ezekiel 8:18 בְ/חֵמָ֔ה prep + n c fs Therefore will I also deal in wrath; my eye shall not spare, neither will I have pity; and though they cry in my ears with a loud voice, yet will I not hear them.
- Ezekiel 9:8 חֲמָתְ/ךָ֖ n c fs cs + sfx pers 2ms It happened, while they were smiting, and I was left, that I fell on my face, and cried, and said, Ah Lord Yahweh! will you destroy all the residue of Israel in your pouring out of your wrath on Jerusalem?
- Ezekiel 13:13 בַּֽ/חֲמָתִ֑/י בְּ/חֵמָ֥ה prep + n c fs cs + sfx pers 1cs prep + n c fs Therefore thus says the Lord Yahweh: I will even tear it with a stormy wind in my wrath; and there shall be an overflowing shower in my anger, and great hailstones in wrath to consume it.
- Ezekiel 13:15 חֲמָתִ/י֙ n c fs cs + sfx pers 1cs Thus will I accomplish my wrath on the wall, and on those who have daubed it with whitewash; and I will tell you, The wall is no more, neither those who daubed it;
- Ezekiel 14:19 חֲמָתִ֤/י n c fs cs + sfx pers 1cs Or if I send a pestilence into that land, and pour out my wrath on it in blood, to cut off from it man and animal;
- Ezekiel 16:38 חֵמָ֖ה n c fs I will judge you, as women who break wedlock and shed blood are judged; and I will bring on you the blood of wrath and jealousy.
- Ezekiel 16:42 חֲמָתִ/י֙ n c fs cs + sfx pers 1cs So will I cause my wrath toward you to rest, and my jealousy shall depart from you, and I will be quiet, and will be no more angry.
- Ezekiel 19:12 בְּ/חֵמָה֙ prep + n c fs But it was plucked up in fury, it was cast down to the ground, and the east wind dried up its fruit: its strong rods were broken off and withered; the fire consumed them.
- Ezekiel 20:8 חֲמָתִ֣/י n c fs cs + sfx pers 1cs But they rebelled against me, and would not listen to me; they did not every man cast away the abominations of their eyes, neither did they forsake the idols of Egypt. Then I said I would pour out my wrath on them, to accomplish my anger against them in the midst of the land of Egypt.
- Ezekiel 20:13 חֲמָתִ֧/י n c fs cs + sfx pers 1cs But the house of Israel rebelled against me in the wilderness: they didn't walk in my statutes, and they rejected my ordinances, which if a man keep, he shall live in them; and my Sabbaths they greatly profaned. Then I said I would pour out my wrath on them in the wilderness, to consume them.
- Ezekiel 20:21 חֲמָתִ֣/י n c fs cs + sfx pers 1cs But the children rebelled against me; they didn't walk in my statutes, neither kept my ordinances to do them, which if a man do, he shall live in them; they profaned my Sabbaths. Then I said I would pour out my wrath on them, to accomplish my anger against them in the wilderness.
- Ezekiel 20:33 וּ/בְ/חֵמָ֥ה conj + prep + n c fs As I live, says the Lord Yahweh, surely with a mighty hand, and with an outstretched arm, and with wrath poured out, will I be king over you:
- Ezekiel 20:34 וּ/בְ/חֵמָ֖ה conj + prep + n c fs and I will bring you out from the peoples, and will gather you out of the countries in which you are scattered, with a mighty hand, and with an outstretched arm, and with wrath poured out;
- Ezekiel 21:17 חֲמָתִ֑/י n c fs cs + sfx pers 1cs I will also strike my hands together, and I will cause my wrath to rest: I, Yahweh, have spoken it.
- Ezekiel 22:20 וּ/בַ/חֲמָתִ֔/י conj + prep + n c fs cs + sfx pers 1cs As they gather silver and brass and iron and lead and tin into the midst of the furnace, to blow the fire on it, to melt it; so will I gather you in my anger and in my wrath, and I will lay you there, and melt you.
- Ezekiel 22:22 חֲמָתִ֖/י n c fs cs + sfx pers 1cs As silver is melted in the midst of the furnace, so shall you be melted in the midst of it; and you shall know that I, Yahweh, have poured out my wrath on you.
- Ezekiel 23:25 בְּ/חֵמָ֔ה prep + n c fs I will set my jealousy against you, and they shall deal with you in fury; they shall take away your nose and your ears; and your residue shall fall by the sword: they shall take your sons and your daughters; and your residue shall be devoured by the fire.
- Ezekiel 24:8 חֵמָה֙ n c fs That it may cause wrath to come up to take vengeance, I have set her blood on the bare rock, that it should not be covered.
- Ezekiel 24:13 חֲמָתִ֖/י n c fs cs + sfx pers 1cs In your filthiness is lewdness: because I have cleansed you and you weren't cleansed, you shall not be cleansed from your filthiness any more, until I have caused my wrath toward you to rest.
- Ezekiel 25:14 וְ/כַ/חֲמָתִ֑/י conj + prep + n c fs cs + sfx pers 1cs I will lay my vengeance on Edom by the hand of my people Israel; and they shall do in Edom according to my anger and according to my wrath; and they shall know my vengeance, says the Lord Yahweh.
- Ezekiel 25:17 חֵמָ֑ה n c fs I will execute great vengeance on them with wrathful rebukes; and they shall know that I am Yahweh, when I shall lay my vengeance on them.
- Ezekiel 30:15 חֲמָתִ֔/י n c fs cs + sfx pers 1cs I will pour my wrath on Sin, the stronghold of Egypt; and I will cut off the multitude of No.
- Ezekiel 36:6 וּ/בַ/חֲמָתִ/י֙ conj + prep + n c fs cs + sfx pers 1cs Therefore prophesy concerning the land of Israel, and tell the mountains and to the hills, to the watercourses and to the valleys, Thus says the Lord Yahweh: Behold, I have spoken in my jealousy and in my wrath, because you have borne the shame of the nations:
- Ezekiel 36:18 חֲמָתִ/י֙ n c fs cs + sfx pers 1cs Therefore I poured out my wrath on them for the blood which they had poured out on the land, and because they had defiled it with their idols;
- Ezekiel 38:18 חֲמָתִ֖/י n c fs cs + sfx pers 1cs It shall happen in that day, when Gog shall come against the land of Israel, says the Lord Yahweh, that my wrath shall come up into my nostrils.
Daniel 3 verses
- Daniel 8:6 בַּ/חֲמַ֥ת prep + n c fs cs He came to the ram that had the two horns, which I saw standing before the river, and ran on him in the fury of his power.
- Daniel 9:16 וַ/חֲמָ֣תְ/ךָ֔ conj + n c fs cs + sfx pers 2ms Lord, according to all your righteousness, let your anger and please let your wrath be turned away from your city Jerusalem, your holy mountain; because for our sins, and for the iniquities of our fathers, Jerusalem and your people are become a reproach to all who are round about us.
- Daniel 11:44 בְּ/חֵמָ֣א prep + n c fs But news out of the east and out of the north shall trouble him; and he shall go forth with great fury to destroy and utterly to sweep away many.
Hosea 1 verse
Micah 1 verse
Nahum 2 verses
- Nahum 1:2 חֵמָ֑ה n c fs Yahweh is a jealous God and avenges. Yahweh avenges and is full of wrath. Yahweh takes vengeance on his adversaries, and he maintains wrath against his enemies.
- Nahum 1:6 חֲמָת/וֹ֙ n c fs cs + sfx pers 3ms Who can stand before his indignation? Who can endure the fierceness of his anger? His wrath is poured out like fire, and the rocks are broken apart by him.
Zechariah 1 verse
About this entry
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“wrath” is the headline sense of the Hebrew noun חמה (chêmâh). First canonically at Genesis 27:44, it enters the text early. With 117 verses in 20 books, it is a common word in the Hebrew Bible. It concentrates in Ezekiel, which alone accounts for 26% of its uses. Beyond “wrath” it also covers “heat”, “rage”, and “hot displeasure” — see its full sense range. The sections below give every sense, occurrence, and version rendering.
Gloss history
Strong's 1890 vs modern scholarship
About this word
Strong's H2534 catalogs a Hebrew word from the Hebrew Old Testament.
These counts are not copied from any lexicon or concordance. They are computed here, from the morphology-tagged Hebrew Old Testament. What Lemma adds →
- 117
- distinct verses
- The word appears in 117 distinct verses.
- 20 / 39
- OT books
- The word appears in 20 of 39 Old Testament books.
- #354
- by frequency
- Top 500 most frequent Hebrew words (rank 354 of 8,640 Hebrew words by occurrence).
View all 117 occurrences in the concordance →
By section of the Old Testament
By traditional corpus
Conventional, traditional groupings — biblical authorship is debated, so this is a traditional corpus grouping, not an authorship claim. Each share is this word’s portion of its verses in that division of the Hebrew canon. Each figure is a share of the word’s 117 distinct verses.
- Prophets (Nevi'im) 67 verses · 57%
- Writings (Ketuvim) 42 verses · 36%
- Torah (Pentateuch) 8 verses · 7%
How translations render this word
Counts come from each version’s own published word-to-Strong’s tagging or interlinear alignment — an approximate guide to how each version renders this word, not a word-level alignment the data otherwise carries. Because each total is that version’s own tagged count, the per-version totals vary from one another and need not match the appearance or distinct-verse counts above. These counts may also differ from a printed concordance because Lemma counts each distinctly tagged rendering and does not collapse phrase taggings into a single head-word total. This is a fixed set of word-tagged versions (KJV, ASV, BSB, ULT) and does not change with the reading translation you choose elsewhere. Each version’s license is shown beside its name below (and on Sources).
BDB lists this Strong’s number as 3 distinct words (homographs). Each count above pools all of them and is not split by sense — see the Senses section below. A low-frequency rendering may belong to a different one of those words, not the primary meaning.
- King James Version†: Fury 55×, Wrath 24×, Poison 5×
- American Standard Version†: Wrath 65×, Wrathful 5×, Fury 4×
- Berean Standard Bible†: Wrath 66×, Fury 21×, Anger 4×
- unfoldingWord Literal Text†: Wrath 32×, Heat 21×, Fury 15×
King James Version Public Domain
Renders H2534 across 123† tagged occurrences — most commonly:
Plus 24 renderings that appear only once — usually multi-word phrases or single function words the recovered tagging swept in, not distinct renderings. Not rendered by a distinct English word in 1 further occurrence.
American Standard Version Public Domain
Renders H2534 across 124† tagged occurrences — most commonly:
Plus 31 renderings that appear only once — usually multi-word phrases or single function words the recovered tagging swept in, not distinct renderings.
Berean Standard Bible Public Domain
Renders H2534 across 121† tagged occurrences — most commonly:
Plus 15 renderings that appear only once — usually multi-word phrases or single function words the recovered tagging swept in, not distinct renderings. Not rendered by a distinct English word in 4 further occurrences.
unfoldingWord Literal Text CC BY-SA 4.0
Renders H2534 across 121† tagged occurrences — most commonly:
Plus other, less common renderings. Plus 16 renderings that appear only once — usually multi-word phrases or single function words the recovered tagging swept in, not distinct renderings.
7 senses and sub-senses in the full BDB
What do BDB’s symbols mean?
BDB uses these scholarly abbreviations:
| Symbol | Meaning |
|---|---|
| 𝔊 | the Septuagint (the ancient Greek translation, LXX) |
| 𝔙 | the Vulgate (the Latin translation) |
| 𝔖 | the Syriac version (the Peshitta) |
| 𝔗 | the Targum (the Aramaic translation) |
| ψ | the Psalms |
| √ | root (the underlying root or stem) |
| ‖ | parallel passage (a synonymous or contrasted parallel) |
| † | the dagger: every passage where the word occurs is cited |
The 7 senses and sub-senses the full Brown-Driver-Briggs lexicon distinguishes for this word, in lexicon order (not ranked by frequency), with BDB’s own verbatim wording and sub-sense lettering. Shown in Hebrew script with BDB’s own scholarly abbreviations. The condensed entry is in the Lexicon Entry tab. See also the Forms in the corpus table below.
חמה I wrath, v. sub יחם
חמה II (once חֵמָא)121 n.f. heat, rage (for יְחֵמָה
- 1. heat:
- a. fever, חֲמַת מִיַּיִן Ho 7:5 fever from wine, wine-fever (on st. cstr. v. Ges§ 130, 1). e.g. Hosea 7:5
- b. venom, poison (fig.): חֲמַת זֹחֲלֵי עָפָר Dt 32:24; ח׳ תַּנִּינִים v 33; ח׳ נָחָשׁ ψ 58:5 cf. v 5; ח׳ עַכְשׁוּב ψ 140:4; poison of arrows (of י׳) Jb 6:4. e.g. Deuteronomy 32:24
- 2. burning anger, rage:
- a. of man: Gn 27:44 (J), 2 S 11:20 2 K 5:12 Est 1:12; 2:1; 3:5; 5:9 (against, עַל), 7:7, 10 ψ 37:8 (‖ אַף), 76:11 (yet on text v. Che), Pr 6:34; 15:1, 18 (אִישׁ חֵמָה man of rage = raging or wrathful man), 16:4; 19:19 (גְּדָל־ח׳ Qr = one great in rage, v. De Now), 27:4 (‖ אַף), Is 51:13(×2) Ez 23:25; אִישׁ חֵמוֹת Pr 22:24 (‖ בַּעַל אָ֑ף); בַּעַל חֵמָה 29:22 (‖ אִישׁ אַף); חֵמָה עַזָּה strong rage Pr 21:14 (‖ אַף); חֲמַת רוּחִי Ez 3:14 the rage of my spirit. e.g. Genesis 27:44
- b. of the he-goat in Daniel’s vision, בַּחֲמַת כֹּחוֹ Dn 8:6 in the fury of his power. e.g. Daniel 8:6
- c. of God (י׳), often Je Is 2 Ez ψ: Je 4:4 + 16 times Je; 2 K 22:13, 17 Is 27:4 (Hi Ew Di Du; on other interpr., and on text v. Di), 63:5 La 2:4 Ez 5:13 + 29 times Ez; Nu 25:11 (P), 2 Ch 12:7; 34:21, 25; 36:16 ψ 59:14; 79:6; 88:8; 89:47; 106:23 Jb 21:20; appar. also 19:29; 36:18 v Di; often ‖ אַף, Mi 5:14 Dt 9:19; 29:22 Is 42:25 (אַפּוֹ as appos., + עֱזוּז מִלְחָמָה), 63:3, 6 Dn 9:16 ψ 6:2; 78:38; 90:7; לְהָשִׁיב בְּחֵמָה אַפּוֹ Is 66:15 (‖ וְגַעֲרָתוֹ בְּלַהֲבֵי־אֵשׁ), Je 23:19; 30:23 of the whirlwind of י׳; ‖ אַף + קֶצֶף גָּדוֹל Dt 29:27 Je 21:5; 32:37; ‖ אַף + תֹּכְחוֹת חֵמָה Ez 5:15, cf. תּוֹכְחוֹת חֵמָה alone 25:17; ‖ חֲרוֹן אַפּוֹ Na 1:6 La 4:11; ‖ קֶצֶף Is 34:2 (of fury against, על), ψ 38:2; ‖ גְּעָרָה Is 51:20; ‖ גְּמוּל 59:18; ‖ קִנְאָה Ez 36:6, cf. חֵמָה גְדוֹלָה קִנֵּאתִי Zc 8:2 (‖ קִנְאָה גדולה); דַּם חֵמָה וְקִנְאָה Ez 16:38 (on text v. Co); חֲמַת קֶ֑רִי Lv 26:28 rage of meeting, i.e. encountering them in rage; כּוֹס חֲמָתוֹ(-תִי) Is 51:17, 22 the cup of his (my) fury; כּוֹס הַיַּיִן הַחֵמָה הַזּאֹת Je 25:15; בַּעַל חֵמָה a possessor of fury = furious Na 1:2 (‖ נֹקֵם, אֵל קִנּוֹא). [חֵמָה עַל = rage against one: Is 34:2 2 Ch 28:9.—Vbs. used with חֵמָה are: 2. a.: שׁוּב Gn 27:44, הֵשִׁיב Pr 15:1, עָלָה 2 S 11:20, בָּעַר Est 1:12, שָׁכַךְ 2:1; 7:10; 2. c.: הֵשִׁיב turn away wrath of י׳ Nu 25:11 ψ 106:23 Je 18:20 (but הָשִׁיב בְּחֵמָה אַפּוֹ Is 66:15 to recompense his anger in fury, give it as requital); ח׳ י׳ is kindled against one יצת ב Niph. 2 K 22:13, 17; it burns בָּֽעֲרָה Je 4:4; 21:12; 44:6 ψ 89:47; arises עלה 2 Ch 36:16, cf. as obj. of עלה Hiph. Ez 24:8; is poured out נִתְּכָה בְ 2 Ch 12:7; 34:21, 25 Je 7:20; נִתְּכָה עַל 42:18(×2); 44:6; נִתְּכָה כָאֵשׁ Na 1:6; י׳ pours it out שָׁפַךְ אֶל ψ 79:6; שָׁפַךְ עַל Is 42:25 Je 10:25 Ez 7:8; 9:8; 14:19; 16:38 (according to Co’s conject.), 20:8, 13, 21; 22:22; 30:15; 36:18; שָׁפַךְ כָּאֵשׁ La 2:4; חֵמָה שְׁפוּכָה Ez 20:33, 34; הֵנִיחַ ח׳ בְ bring to rest (i.e. satisfy) one’s fury upon Ez 5:13; 16:42; 24:13; כִּלָּה ח׳ La 4:11; + בְּ Ez 5:13 I have accomplished my fury upon them (in their case), 6:12; 13:15.] e.g. Jeremiah 4:4
Senses from the full Brown-Driver-Briggs lexicon (Brown, Driver, Briggs; Oxford 1906 — public domain), digitized via Sefaria, supplemented by the OpenScriptures HebrewLexicon (CC BY 4.0). Full attribution on Sources.
Word origin
I. wrath, v. sub יחם; חֵמָה Jb 29:6, v. חֶמְאָה; חַמָּה, חַמָּן, חַמּוֹן, חַמַּת v. sub חמם.
II. (once חֵמָא)121 n.f. heat, rage (for יְחֵמָה; NH id.; Aramaic יַחְמָא poison, ܚܶܡܬܳܐ heat, wrath, poison, BrockLex. 116, also Nö§ 105; Arabic حُمَةٌ poison, Lane 651; Assyrian imtu, spittle, breath, poison, DlHWB 78 Muss-ArnoltCD 62)—abs. חֵמָה Na 1:2 + 39 times; חֵמָא †Dn 11:44; cstr. חֲמַת Gn 27:44 + 25 times; sf. חֲמָתִי Je 4:4 + 36 times; חֲמָֽתְךָ Je 10:25 + 8 times; חֲמָתֶ֑ךָ ψ 88:8; 89:47; חֲמָתוֹ Is 51:17 + 8 times; חֲמָתָם Jb 6:4; pl. חֵמוֹת Pr 22:24, חֵמֹת ψ 76:11;—
— Brown-Driver-Briggs (Oxford 1906, public domain), digitized via Sefaria, supplemented by the OpenScriptures HebrewLexicon (CC BY 4.0). See Sources.
Derived from יחם (yâcham) (H3179) — to conceive.
Jastrow Dictionary
A second Hebrew/Aramaic lexicon for comparison, covering Aramaic and post-biblical (Talmudic, Targumic, Midrashic) usage that the biblical-Hebrew BDB does not. Matched by lemma rather than by Strong’s number, so a lemma may carry more than one Jastrow headword (shown separately below), and the entries cover usage well beyond the Bible.
חֲמָה
- to see, v. חמי.
חֵמָה
- 1. heat, anger. Snh. 82ᵇ משיב ח׳ בן וכ׳ he is an allayer of (divine) anger, the son of &c. Num. R. s. 20 נתמלא עליה ח׳ he became angry at her. Lam. R. to I, 6 חֲמָתוֹ של הב"ה the anger of the Lord; a. fr.
- 2. Ḥemah, allegorical name of one of the angels of justice. Ex. R. s. 41, end; a. e., v. אַף II.
חַמָּה
- 1. sun. Ber. 59ᵇ ח׳ בתקופתה the sun starting on his new cycle (of twenty eight years). Num. R. s. 14 י"ב הדשים לח׳ the twelve solar months. Ned. III, 7 רואי הח׳ those seeing (or feeling) the sun; שלא נתכוין … שהח׳ וכ׳ for he meant him whom the sun sees; a. v. fr.—Yeb. VIII, 4, a. fr. סריס ח׳ a eunuch from the time of seeing the sun, i.e. born without visible testicles; opp. to סריס אדם.
- 2. fever. Sabb. 137ᵃ, a. e., v. חָלַץ. Y. Sabb. XIX, end, 17ᵇ, v. אָחַז. Gen. R. s. 19, a. e., v. אַבְאָבִית. Y. Sabb. I, end, 4ᵇ (prov.) פת חמה חַמָּתָהּ בצדה hot bread has its heat by its side, i.e. eating hot bread causes fever; a. fr.
- 3. radish. Ab. Zar. 28ᵇ bot., v. חַמָּא.—V. חַמַּת.
חֲמִי
- (Arab. ḥama tueri) [to surround, guard, v. חוֹמָה,] to observe, see (in Y. dialect). Targ. Y. Gen. I, 4 (O. חזא); a. v. fr.—Targ. Prov. XXIII, 33 Ms. (ed. ויחַוְור׳).—Y. Peah III, 17ᵈ bot. אתא חמי (= תא חזי, h. בא וראה) come and see. Gen. R. s. 14 דאת חָמֵי לאפויי וכ׳ (not דאתח׳) that thou shalt see his face in the hereafter; Midr. Till. to Ps. II; Yalk. ib. 621 חמוי (corr. acc.). Ib. חַמְתֵיה (fr. חמה) he saw him. Pesik. Eth Korb. p. 57ᵇ (v. Bub. note 15) חַמְתִי אכיל חַמְתִי שתי did he (Moses) see me (the Lord) eat &c.?; Yalk. Num. 776 חַמְתֵיה וכ׳ did he see Him &c.?; a. fr.—Part. pass. חֲמֵי (v. חֲזִי) fit, worthy. Targ. Ps. XV, 1. Ib. LVIII, 2 (ed. חֲמִי); a. fr.—Fem. חַמְיָא. Targ. Y. Ex. XXII, 16.
- 1. (followed by (followed by מ־, cmp. סור) to turn (the eye) from. Targ. Prov. XXVIII, 27 (Ar. מהמי, h. text מעלים, v. Syr. המא P. Sm. 1017).
- 2. to cause to see, to show. Targ. Y. Gen. XLI, 28; a. e.—Lam. R. to I, 1 ואַחְמִין ליה וכ׳ and showed him a measure full of denars. Ib. רבתי (חד כות׳ 1) דכל עמא מַחְמִין לי וכ׳ that all people point at me with their fingers.
- same. Y. Kil. IX, 32ᵇ bot.; Y. Keth. XII, 35ᵃ bot. חַמֵּי (לה) לי let me see it (the tooth).
- to be seen, to appear. Targ. Y. Gen. VIII, 5; a. fr.—[Targ. Ps. XLII, 3 אִתַּחֲמֵי Ms. (Ittaf.) I shall appear before (h. text אֵרָאֶה, Var. a. ed. אֶחְמֵי)].—M. Kat. 25ᵇ אִתְחֲמִיאוּ וכ׳ stars were seen in day time. Y. Peah VIII, end, 21ᵇ דחמי ולא מִתְחֲמֵי He who sees but cannot be seen. Lam. R. introd. (R. Joḥ. 1) מִתְחַמְאִין, v. מַשְׁתָּיֵי; a. e.
A Dictionary of the Targumim, the Talmud Babli and Yerushalmi, and the Midrashic Literature (Marcus Jastrow; London, Luzac, 1903) — Public Domain. Digitized via Sefaria. Digitized via Sefaria. Full attribution on Sources.
Forms in the corpus
The 72 distinct written forms H2534 takes in the Hebrew Bible, most frequent first — each parse links to that state’s occurrences in the concordance. Hebrew forms include their vowel points and cantillation, so a single lemma takes many written forms.
The 60 most common forms are shown; 12 rarer forms follow in the full concordance.
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Septuagint verse parallels
This word appears in 112 verses that also exist in the Greek Old Testament (Septuagint), out of the 117 Hebrew verses it occurs in. You can read those verses in Greek by switching the Old Testament edition to the Septuagint.
Read these verses in the Septuagint
- Genesis 27:44
- Leviticus 26:28
- Numbers 25:11
- Deuteronomy 9:19
- 2 Samuel 11:20
- 2 Kings 5:12
- 2 Chronicles 12:7
- Esther 1:12
- Job 6:4
- Psalms 6:1
- Proverbs 6:34
- Isaiah 27:4
This is a verse-level parallel only — the same verses exist in both the Hebrew and Greek Old Testaments. No word-level Hebrew↔Greek correspondence is claimed: the data carries no such alignment, so no Greek word is shown as this Hebrew word’s translation. Coverage is not total — the Septuagint omits the deuterocanon and renumbers the Psalms, so some Hebrew verses have no direct Greek parallel.
