Strong’s H393 · Hebrew
אַכְזָר
ʼakzâr · ak-zawr'
Origin from an unused root (apparently meaning to act harshly);
Meaning violent; by implication deadly; also (in a good sense) brave
In the King James Version cruel, fierce.
In 4 verses of the King James Version
- Deuteronomy 32:33Their wine is the poison of dragons, and the cruel venom of asps.
- Job 30:21Thou art become cruel to me: with thy strong hand thou opposest thyself against me.
- Job 41:10None is so fierce that dare stir him up: who then is able to stand before me?
- Lamentations 4:3Even the sea monsters draw out the breast, they give suck to their young ones: the daughter of my people is become cruel, like the ostriches in the wilderness.
From James Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible (1890): its Greek dictionary in the edition of Ulrik Petersen, its Hebrew and Chaldee dictionary in that of David Troidl and David Instone-Brewer; the King James words numbered as in the edition the site sets the King James Version from. Public domain.