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Strong's G2373 θυμόω (thymoo)

Thymoo means “be wroth” — full meaning, definition, and every linked Bible usage across the indexed canon.

Same number, other testament: Strong's H2373 — chazeh (“breast”) in the Hebrew Bible.

Strong's Number G2373
Language Greek
Linked Usages 61
Books 26

Strong's G2373 Quick Answer

Strong's G2373 ἐθυμώθη is a Greek Strong's word-study entry. thumoo (thoo-moh'-ow) v. 1. to put in a passion, i.e. enrage [from G2372] It has 61 linked Bible usages across 26 books. Visible English usage signals include wroth. Indexed coverage on this page includes New Testament, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, and Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha.

Meaning
thumoo (thoo-moh'-ow) v. 1. to put in a passion, i.e. enrage [from G2372]
Usage
61 linked usages
Books
26 indexed books
Corpus
New Testament, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, and Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha
Usage Words
wroth

Meaning and Definition

thumoo (thoo-moh'-ow) v. 1. to put in a passion, i.e. enrage [from G2372] KJV: be wroth Root(s): G2372

Original Word
ἐθυμώθη
Morphology
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Across Lexicons

How independent scholarly lexicons define Strong's G2373. Each definition is shown with its source so you can compare and cite the original reference works.

Extended Strong's Greek Lexicon (Abbott-Smith based)

to anger

Usage: θυμόω, -ῶ (θυμός) [in LXX (chiefly in pass.) for חָרָה, אַף חָרָה hith., etc. ;] (no act. in Attic.); pass. (and mid.), to be wroth or very angry: Mat.2:16.† (AS)

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How Strong's G2373 Is Translated

The English word each shown verse actually uses to render Strong's G2373, taken from the interlinear word alignment (the same word underlined in the excerpts below). Where a rendering is used more than once, the count is shown.

wroth Matthew 2:16

How Strong's G2373 Usage Compares

Indexed coverage includes Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha, and New Testament. Each section below keeps corpus counts and sample passages visible so readers can compare the word across contexts instead of reading one flat concordance list.

  • The largest indexed corpus on this page is Septuagint / Greek Old Testament with 54 linked usages.
  • This page lets readers compare New Testament usage with Septuagint / Greek Old Testament usage, which is a key THF advantage over narrower Strong's pages.
  • Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha rows are counted separately so readers can decide how those texts relate to the main word study.

In the Septuagint (LXX)

Strong's G2373 (ἐθυμώθη) appears 60 times in the Greek Septuagint — the Old Testament the New Testament authors quoted.

Sample Septuagint occurrences:

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Strong's G2373 by Corpus

Indexed usage grouped by testament and extended corpus so readers can compare this word across the Bible, Septuagint, deuterocanonical books, and 1 Enoch where present.

Strong's G2373 in the New Testament

1 indexed usage in New Testament.

Matthew 2:16 KJV

Then Herod, when he saw that he was mocked of the wise men, was exceeding wroth, and sent forth, and slew all the children that were in Bethlehem, and in all the coasts thereof, from two years old and under, according to the time which he had diligently inquired of the wise men.

Strong's G2373 in the Septuagint / Greek Old Testament

54 indexed usages in Septuagint / Greek Old Testament.

Genesis 6:7 Septuagint / Brenton

And God said, I will blot out man whom I have made from the face of the earth, even man with cattle, and reptiles with flying creatures of the sky, for I am grieved that I have made them.

Genesis 30:2 Septuagint / Brenton

And Jacob was angry with Rachel, and said to her, Am I in the place of God, who has deprived thee of the fruit of the womb?

Genesis 39:19 Septuagint / Brenton

And it came to pass, when his master heard all the words of his wife, that she spoke to him, saying, Thus did thy servant to me, that he was very angry.

Strong's G2373 in the deuterocanonical books / Apocrypha

6 indexed usages in Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha.

1 Esdras 1:49 Septuagint / Brenton

The governors also of the people and of the priests did many things against the laws, and passed all the pollutions of all nations, and defiled the temple of the Lord, which was sanctified in Jerusalem.

Judith 1:12 Septuagint / Brenton

Therefore Nebuchadnezzar was very angry with all this country, and swore by his throne and kingdom, that he would surely be avenged upon all those coasts of Cilicia, and Damascus, and Syria, and that he would slay with the sword all the inhabitants of the land of Moab, and the children of Ammon, and all Judea, and all that were in Egypt, till ye come to the borders of the two seas.

4 Maccabees 2:17 Septuagint / Brenton

Thus Moses, when angered against Dathan and Abiram, did nothing to them in wrath, but regulated his anger by reasoning.

Usage Excerpts

First 61 linked usage excerpts for Strong's G2373.

Genesis 6:7 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And God said, I will blot out man whom I have made from the face of the earth, even man with cattle, and reptiles with flying creatures of the sky, for I am grieved that I have made them.
Genesis 30:2 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And Jacob was angry with Rachel, and said to her, Am I in the place of God, who has deprived thee of the fruit of the womb?
Genesis 39:19 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And it came to pass, when his master heard all the words of his wife, that she spoke to him, saying, Thus did thy servant to me, that he was very angry.
Genesis 44:18 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And Judah drew near him, and said, I pray, Sir, let thy servant speak a word before thee, and be not angry with thy servant, for thou art next to Pharaoh.
Exodus 4:14 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And the Lord was greatly angered against Moses, and said, Lo! is not Aaron the Levite thy brother? I know that he will surely speak to thee; and, behold, he will come forth to meet thee, and beholding thee he will rejoice within himself.
Exodus 32:10 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And now let me alone, and I will be very angry with them and consume them, and I will make thee a great nation.
Exodus 32:11 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And Moses prayed before the Lord God, and said, Wherefore, O Lord, art thou very angry with thy people, whom thou broughtest out of the land of Egypt with great strength, and with thy high arm?
Leviticus 10:16 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And Moses diligently sought the goat of the sin offering, but it had been consumed by fire; and Moses was angry with Eleazar and Ithamar the sons of Aaron that were left, saying,
Numbers 11:1 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And the people murmured sinfully before the Lord; and the Lord heard them and was very angry; and fire was kindled among them from the Lord, and devoured a part of the camp.
Numbers 11:10 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And Moses heard them weeping by their families, every one in his door: and the Lord was very angry; and the thing was evil in the sight of Moses.
Numbers 11:33 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
The flesh was yet between their teeth, before it failed, when the Lord was wroth with the people, and the Lord smote the people with a very great plague.
Numbers 22:27 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And when the ass saw the angel of God, she lay down under Balaam; and Balaam was angry, and struck the ass with his staff.
Numbers 24:10 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And Balak was angry with Balaam, and clapped his hands together; and Balak said to Balaam, I called thee to curse my enemy, and behold thou hast decidedly blessed him this third time.
Deuteronomy 1:37 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And the Lord was angry with me for your sake, saying, Neither shalt thou by any means enter therein.
Deuteronomy 4:21 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And the Lord God was angry with me for the things said by you, and swore that I should not go over this Jordan, and that I should not enter into the land, which the Lord thy God giveth thee for an inheritance.
Deuteronomy 6:15 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
for the Lord thy God in the midst of thee is a jealous God, lest the Lord thy God be very angry with thee, and destroy thee from off the face of the earth.
Deuteronomy 9:8 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
Also in Horeb ye provoked the Lord, and the Lord was angry with you to destroy you;
Deuteronomy 9:20 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And he was angry with Aaron to destroy him utterly, and I prayed for Aaron also at that time.
Deuteronomy 11:17 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
and the Lord be angry with you, and restrain the heaven; and there shall not be rain, and the earth shall not yield its fruit, and ye shall perish quickly from off the good land, which the Lord has given you.
Joshua 7:1 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
But the children of Israel committed a great trespass, and purloined part of the accursed thing; and Achan the son of Carmi, the son of Zabdi, the son of Zerah, of the tribe of Judah, took of the accursed thing; and the Lord was very angry with the children of Israel.
1 Kingdoms 11:6 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And the Spirit of the Lord came upon Saul when he heard these words, and his anger was greatly kindled against them.
1 Kingdoms 19:22 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And Saul was very angry, and went himself also to Ramah, and he comes as far as the well of the threshing floor that is in Secu; and he asked and said, Where are Samuel and David? and they said, Behold, in Naioth in Ramah.
1 Kingdoms 20:30 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And Saul was exceedingly angry with Jonathan, and said to him, Thou son of traitorous damsels! for do I not know that thou art an accomplice with the son of Jesse to thy shame, and to the shame of thy mother’s nakedness?
2 Kingdoms 3:8 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And Abner was very angry with Ish-bosheth for this saying; and Abner said to him, Am I a dog’s head? I have this day wrought kindness with the house of Saul thy father, and with his brethren and friends, and have not gone over to the house of David, and dost thou this day seek a charge against me concerning injury to a woman?
2 Kingdoms 6:7 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And the Lord was very angry with Uzzah; and God smote him there: and he died there by the ark of the Lord before God.
2 Kingdoms 6:8 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And David was dispirited because the Lord made a breach upon Uzzah; and that place was called the breach of Uzzah until this day.
2 Kingdoms 11:22 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And the messenger of Joab went to the king to Jerusalem, and he came and reported to David all that Joab told him, all the affairs of the war. And David was very angry with Joab, and said to the messenger, Why did ye draw nigh to the wall to fight? knew ye not that ye would be wounded from off the wall? Who smote Abimelech the son of Jerubbaal? did not a woman cast upon him a piece of millstone from the wall, and he died in Thebez? why did ye draw near to the wall?
2 Kingdoms 12:5 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And David was greatly moved with anger against the man; and David said to Nathan, As the Lord lives, the man that did this thing shall surely die.
2 Kingdoms 13:21 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And King David heard of all these things, and was very angry; but he did not grieve the spirit of his son Amnon, because he loved him, for he was his firstborn.
2 Kingdoms 19:43 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And all the men of Judah answered the men of Israel, and said, Because the king is near of kin to us: and why were you thus angry concerning this matter? have we indeed eaten of the king’s food? or has he given us a gift, or has he sent us a portion?
2 Kingdoms 22:8 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And the earth was troubled and quaked, And the foundations of heaven were confounded and torn asunder, Because the Lord was wroth with them.
4 Kingdoms 1:18 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And the rest of the acts of Ahaziah which he did, behold, are they not written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Israel? beginning in the eighteenth year of Jehoshaphat king of Judah:
4 Kingdoms 5:11 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And Naaman was angry, and departed, and said, Behold, I said, He will by all means come out to me, and stand, and call on the name of his God, and lay his hand upon the place, and recover the leper.
4 Kingdoms 17:18 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And the Lord was very angry with Israel, and removed them out of his sight; and there was only left the tribe of Judah quite alone.
4 Kingdoms 23:26 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
Nevertheless the Lord turned not from the fierceness of his great anger, wherewith he was wroth in his anger against Judah, because of the provocations, wherewith Manasseh provoked him.
1 Chronicles 13:10 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And the Lord was very angry with Uzzah, and smote him there, because of his stretching forth his hand upon the ark: and he died there before God.
2 Chronicles 16:10 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And Asa was angry with the prophet, and put him in prison, for he was angry at this: and Asa vexed some of the people at that time.
2 Chronicles 25:10 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And Amaziah separated from the army that came to him from Ephraim, that they might go away to their place; and they were very angry with Judah, and they returned to their place with great wrath.
2 Chronicles 26:19 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And Uzziah was angry, and in his hand was the censer to burn incense in the temple: and when he was angry with the priests, then the leprosy rose up in his forehead before the priests in the house of the Lord, over the altar of incense.
Esther 3:5 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And when Haman understood that Mordecai did not obeisance to him, he was greatly enraged,
Esther 5:9 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
and merry: but when Haman saw Mordecai the Jew in the court, he was greatly enraged.
Job 21:4 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
What! is my reproof of man? And why should I not be angry?
Job 32:5 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And Elihu saw that there was no answer In the mouth of the three men; And he was angered in his wrath.
Ecclesiastes 7:9 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
Be not hasty in thy spirit to be angry: For anger will rest in the bosom of fools.
Isaiah 5:25 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
Therefore the Lord of hosts was greatly angered against his people, and he reached forth his hand upon them, and smote them: and the mountains were troubled, and their carcasses were as dung in the midst of the way: yet for all this his anger has not been turned away, but his hand is yet raised.
Isaiah 13:13 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
For the heaven shall be enraged, and the earth shall be shaken from her foundation, because of the fierce anger of the Lord of hosts, in the day in which his wrath shall come on.
Isaiah 37:29 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And thy wrath wherewith thou hast been enraged, and thy rancor has come up to me; therefore I will put a hook in thy nose, and a bit in thy lips, and will turn thee back by the way by which thou camest.
Isaiah 54:9 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
From the time of the water of Noah this is my purpose: as I swore to him at that time, saying of the earth, I will no more be wroth with thee, neither when thou art threatened,
Jeremiah 30:29 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
Concerning Damascus. Hamath is brought to shame, and Arpad: for they have heard an evil report: they are amazed, they are angry, they shall be utterly unable to rest.
Ezekiel 21:14 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
Son of man, prophesy, and thou shalt say, Thus saith the Lord; Say, Sword, sword, be sharpened and rage,
Daniel 11:30 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
For the Kittim issuing forth shall come against him, and he shall be brought low, and shall return, and shall be incensed against the holy covenant: and he shall do thus, and shall return, and have intelligence with them that have forsaken the holy covenant.
Hosea 7:5 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
In the days of our kings, the princes began to be inflamed with wine: he stretched out his hand with pestilent fellows.
Hosea 11:7 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
and his people shall cleave fondly to their habitation; but God shall be angry with his precious things, and shall not at all exalt him.
Hosea 12:15 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
Ephraim was angry and excited, therefore his blood shall be poured out upon him, and the Lord shall recompense to him his reproach.
Matthew 2:16 New Testament, KJV
Then Herod, when he saw that he was mocked of the wise men, was exceeding wroth, and sent forth, and slew all the children that were in Bethlehem, and in all the coasts thereof, from two years old and under, according to the time which he had diligently inquired of the wise men.
1 Esdras 1:49 Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha, Septuagint / Brenton
The governors also of the people and of the priests did many things against the laws, and passed all the pollutions of all nations, and defiled the temple of the Lord, which was sanctified in Jerusalem.
Judith 1:12 Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha, Septuagint / Brenton
Therefore Nebuchadnezzar was very angry with all this country, and swore by his throne and kingdom, that he would surely be avenged upon all those coasts of Cilicia, and Damascus, and Syria, and that he would slay with the sword all the inhabitants of the land of Moab, and the children of Ammon, and all Judea, and all that were in Egypt, till ye come to the borders of the two seas.
4 Maccabees 2:17 Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha, Septuagint / Brenton
Thus Moses, when angered against Dathan and Abiram, did nothing to them in wrath, but regulated his anger by reasoning.
Wisdom of Sirach 20:2 Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha, Septuagint / Brenton
It is much better to reprove, than to be angry secretly:
Daniel 1:8 Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha, Septuagint / Brenton
And Daniel purposed in his heart, that he would not defile himself with the king’s table, nor with the wine of his drink: and he entreated the chief of the eunuchs that he might not defile himself.
Book 152 1:8 Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha, Septuagint / Brenton

All Indexed Usage Links

Every indexed verse link for Strong's G2373, grouped by book.

Genesis 4 usages, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Exodus 3 usages, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Leviticus 1 usage, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Numbers 5 usages, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Deuteronomy 6 usages, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Joshua 1 usage, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
1 Kingdoms 3 usages, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
2 Kingdoms 8 usages, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
4 Kingdoms 4 usages, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
1 Chronicles 1 usage, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
2 Chronicles 3 usages, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Esther 2 usages, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Job 2 usages, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Ecclesiastes 1 usage, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Isaiah 4 usages, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Jeremiah 1 usage, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Ezekiel 1 usage, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Daniel 1 usage, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Hosea 3 usages, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Matthew 1 usage, New Testament
1 Esdras 1 usage, Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha
Judith 1 usage, Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha
4 Maccabees 1 usage, Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha
Wisdom of Sirach 1 usage, Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha
Daniel 1 usage, Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha
Book 152 1 usage, Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha

Strong's G2373 FAQ

What does thymoo (θυμόω) mean?

Thymoo (Strong's G2373) is a Greek word most simply glossed "be wroth". thumoo (thoo-moh'-ow) v. 1. to put in a passion, i.e. enrage [from G2372]

How many times is thymoo (θυμόω) used in the Bible?

This page currently indexes 61 linked usages for Strong's G2373 across 26 books.

Where can I study thymoo (θυμόω) in context?

Use the linked verse references on this page to study Strong's G2373 in context. The indexed coverage includes New Testament, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, and Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha.

What English words translate thymoo (θυμόω)?

The visible usage excerpts most often surface English words such as wroth. These are scanning signals from the displayed verses, not replacements for the original-language definition.

Does Strong's G2373 appear in the Septuagint or deuterocanonical books?

Yes. The current local index includes 54 in Septuagint / Greek Old Testament and 6 in Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha for Strong's G2373, with linked reader references where each row is available.