אַכְזָר
achzar · cruel
Hebrew word · Strong’s number H393 · appears 4 times in the Bible
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achzar (אַכְזָר) is a Hebrew word of the Bible that means “cruel”.
Without mercy.
How to say it
ach·zar
Approximate pronunciation. Vowels sound as in Spanish (a as in father, e as in bed, i as in machine, o as in note, u as in rule); the syllable in bold is stressed. The voice is your device's.
Its senses in the Bible
- Without pity, fierce.
From Brown-Driver-Briggs (1906)
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Words that come from it
Words of the same family, by Strong’s numbering.
Where it appears
- Deuteronomy 32:33
The venom of serpents is their wine, and the cruel poison of vipers.
- Job 30:21
You have turned cruel to me; with the might of your hand you bear a grudge against me.
- Job 41:10
No one is so cruel that he would rouse it; and who is he that can take his stand before me?
- Lamentations 4:3
Even jackals offer the breast; they nurse their cubs; the daughter of my people has turned cruel, like the ostriches in the wilderness.