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עָרִיץ H6184

H6184 is the Hebrew word עָרִיץ, transliterated ʻârîyts and said aw-reets'. The King James Version most often renders it terrible.

Word: עָרִיץTransliteration: ʻârîytsSaid: aw-reets'Language: HebrewIn the KJV: 16 verses

What it means

fearful, i.e. powerful or tyrannical.

Where it comes from

from H6206 (עָרַץ).

How the King James Version translates it

Across 16 tagged occurrences, counted from this edition's word index.

terrible 6×terrible ones 3×terrible one 2×oppressors 1×great power 1×against me and oppressors 1×violent 1×strong 1×

Strong's own list of renderings: mighty, oppressor, in great power, strong, terrible, violent.

Verses using עָרִיץ

All 16 verses, quoted in full.

Job 27:13 · KJV

This is the portion of a wicked man with God, and the heritage of oppressors, which they shall receive of the Almighty.

Psalm 37:35 · KJV

I have seen the wicked in great power, and spreading himself like a green bay tree.

Psalm 54:3 · KJV

For strangers are risen up against me, and oppressors seek after my soul: they have not set God before them. Selah.

Psalm 86:14 · KJV

O God, the proud are risen against me, and the assemblies of violent men have sought after my soul; and have not set thee before them.

Proverbs 11:16 · KJV

A gracious woman retaineth honour: and strong men retain riches.

Isaiah 25:3 · KJV

Therefore shall the strong people glorify thee, the city of the terrible nations shall fear thee.

Isaiah 25:4 · KJV

For thou hast been a strength to the poor, a strength to the needy in his distress, a refuge from the storm, a shadow from the heat, when the blast of the terrible ones is as a storm against the wall.

Isaiah 25:5 · KJV

Thou shalt bring down the noise of strangers, as the heat in a dry place; even the heat with the shadow of a cloud: the branch of the terrible ones shall be brought low.

Isaiah 29:5 · KJV

Moreover the multitude of thy strangers shall be like small dust, and the multitude of the terrible ones shall be as chaff that passeth away: yea, it shall be at an instant suddenly.

Isaiah 29:20 · KJV

For the terrible one is brought to nought, and the scorner is consumed, and all that watch for iniquity are cut off:

Isaiah 49:25 · KJV

But thus saith the LORD, Even the captives of the mighty shall be taken away, and the prey of the terrible shall be delivered: for I will contend with him that contendeth with thee, and I will save thy children.

Jeremiah 20:11 · KJV

But the LORD is with me as a mighty terrible one: therefore my persecutors shall stumble, and they shall not prevail: they shall be greatly ashamed; for they shall not prosper: their everlasting confusion shall never be forgotten.

Ezekiel 28:7 · KJV

Behold, therefore I will bring strangers upon thee, the terrible of the nations: and they shall draw their swords against the beauty of thy wisdom, and they shall defile thy brightness.

Ezekiel 30:11 · KJV

He and his people with him, the terrible of the nations, shall be brought to destroy the land: and they shall draw their swords against Egypt, and fill the land with the slain.

Ezekiel 31:12 · KJV

And strangers, the terrible of the nations, have cut him off, and have left him: upon the mountains and in all the valleys his branches are fallen, and his boughs are broken by all the rivers of the land; and all the people of the earth are gone down from his shadow, and have left him.

Ezekiel 32:12 · KJV

By the swords of the mighty will I cause thy multitude to fall, the terrible of the nations, all of them: and they shall spoil the pomp of Egypt, and all the multitude thereof shall be destroyed.

Common questions

What does Strong's H6184 mean?

H6184 is the Hebrew word עָרִיץ (ʻârîyts), meaning fearful, i.e. powerful or tyrannical.

How is H6184 translated in the King James Version?

The King James translators rendered it terrible (6 times), terrible ones (3 times), terrible one (2 times), oppressors (1 time), great power (1 time), among others.

How many times does H6184 appear in the Bible?

עָרִיץ (ʻârîyts) is tagged in 16 verses of the King James Version in this edition's word index.

Where does H6184 come from?

Strong's gives its derivation as: from H6206 (עָרַץ).

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