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Wroth
Vine's Expository Dictionary of NT Words
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always in the Middle or Passive Voice in the NT, is rendered "was (were) wroth" in Matthew 18:34; 22:7; Revelation 11:18 , RV, (AV, "were angry"); 12:17, RV, "waxed wroth." See ANGER , B, No. 1.
signifies "to be very angry" (from thumos, "wrath, hot anger"), "to be stirred into passion," Matthew 2:16 , of Herod (Passive Voice).
primarily, "to be melancholy" (chole, "gall"), signifies "to be angry," John 7:23 , RV, "are ye wroth" (AV, "... angry").
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Vines, W. E., M. A. Entry for 'Wroth'. Vine's Expository Dictionary of NT Words. https://www.studylight.org/dictionaries/eng/ved/w/wroth.html. 1940.
Vines, W. E., M. A. Entry for 'Wroth'. Vine's Expository Dictionary of NT Words. https://www.studylight.org/dictionaries/eng/ved/w/wroth.html. 1940.
