אַכְזָרִי
achzari · cruel
Hebrew word · Strong’s number H394 · appears 8 times in the Bible
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achzari (אַכְזָרִי) is a Hebrew word of the Bible that means “cruel”.
Merciless; someone without compassion.
How to say it
ach·za·ri
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
- Who makes others suffer without pity.
From Brown-Driver-Briggs (1906)
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Where it appears
- Proverbs 5:9
lest you give to others your splendor, and your years to the cruel one;
- Proverbs 11:17
A man of loyal love does good to his soul, but the cruel man troubles his body.
- Proverbs 12:10
The righteous knows the soul of his livestock, but the mercies of the wicked are cruel.
- Proverbs 17:11
The evil man seeks only rebellion, and a cruel messenger will be sent against him.
- Isaiah 13:9
Look, the day of YHWH is coming, cruel, and wrath and burning anger, to make the earth a desolation, and its sinners he will destroy from it.
- Jeremiah 6:23
Bow and javelin they grasp; it is cruel, and they do not show compassion. Their voice roars like the sea, and on horses they ride, set in array like a man for war against you, daughter of Zion.”
- Jeremiah 30:14
All your lovers have forgotten you; you they do not seek; for with the wound of an enemy I have struck you, with the correction of a cruel one, because of the multitude of your iniquity; your sins have become strong.
- Jeremiah 50:42
Bow and javelin they grasp; they are cruel, and they do not show compassion. Their voice roars like the sea, and on horses they ride, set in array like a man for war against you, daughter of Babylon.