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Strong's #3709 - ὀργή
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ὀργή, ἡ,
I natural impulse or propensity (v. ὀργάω II): hence, temperament, disposition, mood, κηφήνεσσι κοθούροις εἴκελος ὀργήν Hes. Op. 304, cf. Thgn. 98, 214, 964, etc.; ὀργὴν ἄλλοτ' ἀλλοίην ἔχει Semon. 7.11; so μείλιχος, γλυκεῖα ὀργά, Pi. P. 9.43, I. 2.35; εὐανθεῖ ἐν ὀργᾷ παρμένων Id. P. 1.89; ὀργῆς τραχύτης A. Pr. 80; ὠμή, ἀτέραμνος ὀργή, Id. Supp. 187, Pr. 192, etc.; ὀργῆς νοσούσης εἰσὶν ἰατροὶ λόγοι of 'a mind diseased', ib. 380: so in pl., h.Cer. 205, Pi. I. 5(4).34; ὀργαῖς ἀλωπέκων ἴκελοι Id. P. 2.77; κνωδάλων ἔχοντες ὀργάς A. Supp. 763; ἀστυνόμοι ὀργαί social dispositions, S. Ant. 356 (lyr., cf. σύντροφος 3); ὀργαὶ ἤπιοι E. Tr. 53: also in Prose, διεπειρᾶτο αὐτῶν τῆς τε ἀνδραγαθίης καὶ τῆς ὀργῆς Hdt. 6.128; οὐ τῇ αὐτῇ ὀ. ἀναπειθομένους τε πολεμεῖν καὶ ἐν τῷ ἔργῳ πράσσοντας Th. 1.140; τῇ ὀ... χαλεπῇ ἐχρῆτο ib. 130; ἐπιφέρειν ὀργάς τινι suit one's moods to another, Id. 8.83, cf. Cratin. 230; ὁ πόλεμος πρὸς τὰ παρόντα τὰς ὀ. τῶν πολλῶν ὁμοιοῖ Th. 3.82; τὴν τῶν πολλῶν.. συνιόντων ὀ... σοφίαν ἡγούμενος Pl. R. 493d.
II
1. anger, wrath, ὀργῇ χρῆσθαι to be in a passion, Hdt. 6.85, S. OT 1241; ὀργὴν ποιήσασθαι Hdt. 3.25; ὀργὴν ποιεῖσθαι εἰ.. Th. 4.122; ὀργῇ χάριν δοῦναι S. OC 855; ὀργῇ εἶξαι, χαρίζεσθαι, E. Hel. 80, Fr. 31; ὀργὴν ἔχειν τινί Ar. Pax 659 (but ὀ. ἔχει involves anger, D. 10.44); δι' ὀργῆς ἔχειν τινά Th. 5.46; ἐν ὀργῇ ἔχειν, ποιεῖσθαί τινα, Id. 2.65, D. 1.16; οὐ τίθεται ταῦτα παρ' ὑμῖν εἰς.. ἣν προσῆκεν ὀ. Id. 18.138; εἰς ὀργὴν πεσεῖν E. Or. 696, etc.; ὀργῇ περιπεπτωκέναι D. Ephesians 2:14; ἀνιέναι τῆς ὀργῆς, ὀργὴν χαλᾶν, remit one's anger, be pacified, Ar. Ra. 700, V. 727; ὀ. κατέχειν Philem. 185; ὀργῆς κρατεῖν Men. 574; ὀ. ἐμποιεῖν τινι make one angry, Pl. Lg. 793e; ὀργῆς τυγχάνειν to be visited with anger, D. 21.175, etc.; ὀργὴν ἄκρος quick to anger, passionate, Hdt. 1.73: in pl., ὀργὰς ἀφιέναι A. Pr. 317; φαίνειν Id. Ch. 326 (lyr.), al.
2. Adverbial usages, ὀργῇ in anger. in a passion, Hdt. 1.61, 114, S. OT 405, etc.; ὀργᾷ περιόργῳ A. Ag. 216 (lyr.); δι' ὀργῆς S. OT 807, Th. 2.11; δι' ὀργάν A. Eu. 981 (lyr.); ἐξ ὀργῆς S. Ant. 766; κατ' ὀργήν Id. Tr. 933, etc.; μετ' ὀργῆς Isoc. 2.23, Pl. Ap. 34d; μετὰ τῆς ὀ. D. 21.76; πρὸς ὀργήν S. El. 369, Ar. Ra. 844, Th. 2.65; ὀργῆς χάριν, ὀ. ὕπο, E. Andr. 688, IA 335.
3. c. gen., Πανὸς ὀργαί visitations of Pan's wrath, Id. Med. 1172; but c. gen. objecti, ὀργή τινος anger at or because of a thing, S. Ph. 1309 (cj.), Lys. 12.20; ὀ. τῆς προδοσίας εἶχε τοὺς Ἀθηναίους Plu. Them. 9; ἀπύρων ἱερῶν ὀργάς A. Ag. 71 (anap.).
4. v. cross ὀργάς 2. — Not in Hom., who uses θυμός instead; once in Hes.; freq. in Eleg. and Lyr. and in Ion. and Att. Prose.
ὀργή , -ῆς , ἡ ,
[in LXX chiefly for H639, also for H2740, H2534, H7107, etc.;]
1, impulse, propensity, disposition.
2. anger, wrath;
(a) of men: Mark 3:5, Ephesians 4:31, Colossians 3:8, 1 Timothy 2:8, James 1:19-20;
(b) of God;
(α ) that reaction of the divine nature against sin which in anthropomorphic language is called anger: Romans 1:18; Romans 9:22; Romans 12:19, (ICC, in l), 1 Thessalonians 1:10; 1 Thessalonians 2:16, Hebrews 3:11; Hebrews 4:3 (LXX) Revelation 14:10; Revelation 16:19; Revelation 19:15;
(β ) of the effect of God's anger: Matthew 3:7, Luke 3:7; Luke 21:23, John 3:36, Romans 2:5; Romans 2:8; Romans 3:5; Romans 4:15; Romans 5:9; Romans 13:4-5 Ephesians 5:6, Colossians 3:6, 1 Thessalonians 5:9, James 1:20, Revelation 6:16-17; Revelation 11:18; σκεύη ὀργῆς , Romans 9:22; τέκνα ὀργῆς , Ephesians 2:3.†
SYN.: see θυμός G2372.
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The idea of ";discipline"; is uppermost in the NT occurrences of this word (Ephesians 6:4, 2 Timothy 3:16, Hebrews 12:5; Hebrews 12:7-8; Hebrews 12:11), but also for the more general sense of ";training,"; ";education,"; both on the intellectual and moral sides, exx. can be freely quoted from the papyri, as BGU IV. 1140.6 (B.C. 4) τῷ πατρὶ [τῆ ]ς ἀρε ̣σ ̣κ ̣ούσης παιδείας, P Oxy II. 265.24 (A.D. 81–95) τὴν πρέ ]πουσαν ἐλευθέροις παισὶ παιδείαν, and from the inscrr., as Syll 523 (=.3 578).61 (ii/B.C.) τὸ ἀργύριον τὸ ἐπιδοθὲν. . . εἰς τὴν παιδείαν τῶν ἐλευθέρων παίδων, and ib..3 836.5 (A.D. 125–7) ἀνὴρ ἤθει καὶ παιδείᾳ διαφέρων. A Laconian inscr. in Ann. Br. Sch. at Athens xii. p. 460 honours a boy κ [οσμι ]ότατος καὶ παιδείας ἕνεκα (sedulitatis causa. (Ed.)) : cf. CIG I. 1376.2 ἤθει τε φιλοσόφῳ καὶ παιδ [ε ]ία ̣ καὶ τοῖς λόγοις διαφέροντα τῶν ἡλίκων, and ib. 1375 where παιδεία is joined with σωφροσύνη. See also Kaibel 152.9 f. (ii/B.C.) ὥς τε μάλιστα παιδείᾳ πινυτῇ καὶ σοφίῃ μελόμην.
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