θυμός thumos
Greek word for “wrath” · Strong’s G2372 · used 18 times in 18 verses
Meaning
θυμός, -οῦ, ὁ; (θύω);
How it is translated
Glosses given for thumos in context, with how often each is used:
- wrath 6
- anger 5
- rage 3
- fury 3
- outbursts of anger 1
Where it is used
| Book | Uses | Per 1,000 words | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Revelation | 10 | 1.0 | |
| Luke | 1 | 0.1 | |
| Acts | 1 | 0.1 | |
| Romans | 1 | 0.1 | |
| 2 Corinthians | 1 | 0.2 | |
| Galatians | 1 | 0.4 | |
| Ephesians | 1 | 0.4 | |
| Colossians | 1 | 0.6 | |
| Hebrews | 1 | 0.2 |
Chapters where it is used most
Revelation 14 (3), Revelation 15 (2), Revelation 16 (2), Luke 4 (1), Acts 19 (1), Romans 2 (1), 2 Corinthians 12 (1), Galatians 5 (1), Ephesians 4 (1), Colossians 3 (1)
Forms
- θυμοῦ 10
- θυμοί 2
- θυμὸς 2
- θυμὸν 2
- θυμός 1
- θυμόν 1
Words used with it
Words that share verses with thumos more often than their overall frequency would suggest:
- ὀργή orgē “wrath” 6
- οἶνος oinos “wine” 5
- μέγας megas “great” 7
- ἄγγελος angelos “angel” 6
- ἐριθεία eritheia “rivalry” 3
- ἔθνος ethnos “Gentiles” 4
- ληνός lēnos “winepress” 2
- ἑπτά hepta “seven” 3
- γῆ gē “earth” 4
- ἔρις eris “quarrel” 2
- κακία kakia “evil” 2
- Βαβυλών Babulōn “Babylon” 2
Key verses
The verses using thumos that are most connected by cross-references (King James Version):
- Romans 2:8 — But unto them that are contentious, and do not obey the truth, but obey unrighteousness, indignation and wrath,
- 2 Corinthians 12:20 — For I fear, lest, when I come, I shall not find you such as I would, and that I shall be found unto you such as ye would not: lest there be debates, envyings,…
- Galatians 5:20 — Idolatry, witchcraft, hatred, variance, emulations, wrath, strife, seditions, heresies,
- Ephesians 4:31 — Let all bitterness, and wrath, and anger, and clamour, and evil speaking, be put away from you, with all malice:
- Colossians 3:8 — But now ye also put off all these; anger, wrath, malice, blasphemy, filthy communication out of your mouth.
- Hebrews 11:27 — By faith he forsook Egypt, not fearing the wrath of the king: for he endured, as seeing him who is invisible.
- Revelation 14:8 — And there followed another angel, saying, Babylon is fallen, is fallen, that great city, because she made all nations drink of the wine of the wrath of her…
- Revelation 14:10 — The same shall drink of the wine of the wrath of God, which is poured out without mixture into the cup of his indignation; and he shall be tormented with fire…
- Revelation 16:1 — And I heard a great voice out of the temple saying to the seven angels, Go your ways, and pour out the vials of the wrath of God upon the earth.
- Revelation 16:19 — And the great city was divided into three parts, and the cities of the nations fell: and great Babylon came in remembrance before God, to give unto her the cup…
- Revelation 18:3 — For all nations have drunk of the wine of the wrath of her fornication, and the kings of the earth have committed fornication with her, and the merchants of…
- Revelation 19:15 — And out of his mouth goeth a sharp sword, that with it he should smite the nations: and he shall rule them with a rod of iron: and he treadeth the winepress of…
See all 18 verses in the Word Atlas
Hebrew and Greek text, tagging, glosses and lexicon definitions: STEPBible.org, Tyndale House Cambridge (TAHOT, TAGNT, TBESH, TBESG; CC BY 4.0), adapted. Counts follow King James verse numbering; a word counts each time it is written.