חֱמָא
che.ma (H2534)
rage
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The Hebrew word "che.ma" (חֱמָא) connotes a feeling of intense fury or rage. It appears 125 times in the Bible, demonstrating its importance in the narrative. This emotion is typically portrayed as overwhelming and all-consuming, driven by anger, wrath, or fury. The usage of "che.ma" encompasses a broad range of contexts, from emotional responses to external stimuli to the manifestation of divine judgment. It often accompanies the concept of God's wrath, emphasizing His justice and reaction to human wrongdoing. As the most frequently occurring term in the Bible related to intense anger, "che.ma" plays a significant role in the narrative. Its frequency and association with divine judgment highlight its significance in the biblical text, underscoring the consequences of unchecked passion and the importance of a tempered emotional response.
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Stay with him a few days, until your brother’s fury turns away—
then I will walk contrary to you in wrath. I will also chastise you seven times for your sins.
“Phinehas, the son of Eleazar, the son of Aaron the priest, has turned my wrath away from the children of Israel, in that he was jealous with my jealousy among them, so that I didn’t consume the children of Israel in my jealousy.
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.
that all of its land is sulfur, salt, and burning, that it is not sown, doesn’t produce, nor does any grass grow in it, like the overthrow of Sodom, Gomorrah, Admah, and Zeboiim, which Yahweh overthrew in his anger, and in his wrath.
Yahweh rooted them out of their land in anger, in wrath, and in great indignation, and thrust them into another land, as it is today.”
They shall be wasted with hunger, and devoured with burning heat and bitter destruction. I will send the teeth of animals on them, with the venom of vipers that glide in the dust.
it shall be that, if the king’s wrath arise, and he asks you, ‘Why did you go so near to the city to fight? Didn’t you know that they would shoot from the wall?
Aren’t Abanah and Pharpar, the rivers of Damascus, better than all the waters of Israel? Couldn’t I wash in them, and be clean?” So he turned and went away in a rage.
“Go 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 Yahweh’s wrath 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.”
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 will not be quenched.’ ”
When Yahweh saw that they humbled themselves, Yahweh’s word came to Shemaiah, saying, “They have humbled themselves. I will not destroy them; but I will grant them some deliverance, and my wrath won’t be poured out on Jerusalem by the hand of Shishak.
But a prophet of Yahweh was there, whose name was Oded; and he went out to meet the army 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.
“Go 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 Yahweh’s wrath that is poured out on us, because our fathers have not kept Yahweh’s word, to do according to all that is written in this book.”
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 my wrath is poured out on this place, and it will not be quenched.’ ” ’
but they mocked the messengers of God, and despised his words, and scoffed at his prophets, until Yahweh’s wrath arose against his people, until there was no remedy.
But the queen Vashti refused to come at the king’s commandment by the eunuchs. Therefore the king was very angry, and his anger burned in him.
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.
When Haman saw that Mordecai didn’t bow down, nor pay him homage, Haman was full of wrath.
Then Haman went out 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.
The king arose in his wrath from the banquet of wine and went into the palace garden. 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.
So they hanged Haman on the gallows that he had prepared for Mordecai. Then the king’s wrath was pacified.
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.
be afraid of the sword, for wrath brings the punishments of the sword, that you may know there is a judgment.”
Let his own eyes see his destruction. Let him drink of the wrath of the Almighty.
Don’t let riches entice you to wrath, neither let the great size of a bribe turn you aside.
Yahweh, don’t rebuke me in your anger, neither discipline me in your wrath.
Cease from anger, and forsake wrath. Don’t fret; it leads only to evildoing.
Yahweh, don’t rebuke me in your wrath, neither chasten me in your hot displeasure.
Their poison is like the poison of a snake, like a deaf cobra that stops its ear,
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.
Surely the wrath of man praises you. The survivors of your wrath are restrained.
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.
Pour out your wrath on the nations that don’t know you, on the kingdoms that don’t call on your name;
How long, Yahweh? Will you hide yourself forever? Will your wrath burn like fire?
For we are consumed in your anger. We are troubled in your wrath.
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.
They have sharpened their tongues like a serpent. Viper’s poison is under their lips.
For jealousy arouses the fury of the husband. He won’t spare in the day of vengeance.
A gentle answer turns away wrath, but a harsh word stirs up anger.
A wrathful man stirs up contention, but one who is slow to anger appeases strife.
The king’s wrath is a messenger of death, but a wise man will pacify it.
A hot-tempered man must pay the penalty, for if you rescue him, you must do it again.
A gift in secret pacifies anger, and a bribe in the cloak, strong wrath.
Don’t befriend a hot-tempered man, and don’t associate with one who harbors anger:
Wrath is cruel, and anger is overwhelming; but who is able to stand before jealousy?
An angry man stirs up strife, and a wrathful man abounds in sin.
Wrath is not in me, but if I should find briers and thorns, I would do battle! I would march on them and I would burn them together.
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