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Strong's H6184 עָרִיץ (arits)

Arits means “fearful” — full meaning, definition, and every linked Bible usage across the indexed canon.

Strong's Number H6184
Language Hebrew
Linked Usages 20
Books 6

Strong's H6184 Quick Answer

Strong's H6184 עָרִיצּ (`ariyts) is a Hebrew Strong's word-study entry. `ariyts (aw-reets') adj. 1. fearful, i.e. powerful or tyrannical [from H6206] It has 20 linked Bible usages across 6 books. Visible English usage signals include terrible, mighty, oppressors, strong, and oppressor. Indexed coverage on this page includes Old Testament.

Meaning
`ariyts (aw-reets') adj. 1. fearful, i.e. powerful or tyrannical [from H6206]
Usage
20 linked usages
Books
6 indexed books
Corpus
Old Testament
Usage Words
terrible, mighty, oppressors, strong, and oppressor

Meaning and Definition

`ariyts (aw-reets') adj. 1. fearful, i.e. powerful or tyrannical [from H6206] KJV: mighty, oppressor, in great power, strong, terrible, violent. Root(s): H6206

Original Word
עָרִיצּ
Transliteration
`ariyts
Derivation
Root: ערץ First root strongs: 6206
Morphology
adjective

Across Lexicons

How independent scholarly lexicons define Strong's H6184. Each definition is shown with its source so you can compare and cite the original reference works.

How Strong's H6184 Is Translated

The English word each shown verse actually uses to render `ariyts, 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.

terrible Isaiah 13:11 mighty Job 6:23 oppressors Job 27:13 strong Proverbs 11:16 great Psalms 37:35 oppressor Job 15:20

How Strong's H6184 Usage Compares

Indexed coverage includes Old 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 Old Testament with 20 linked usages.
  • The linked rows are Old Testament Hebrew usage, grouped by book for fast canonical scanning.

Strong's H6184 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 H6184 in the Old Testament

20 indexed usages in Old Testament.

Job 6:23 KJV

Or, Deliver me from the enemy's hand? or, Redeem me from the hand of the mighty?

Job 15:20 KJV

The wicked man travaileth with pain all his days, and the number of years is hidden to the oppressor.

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.

Usage Excerpts

First 20 linked usage excerpts for Strong's H6184.

Job 6:23 Old Testament, KJV
Or, Deliver me from the enemy's hand? or, Redeem me from the hand of the mighty?
Job 15:20 Old Testament, KJV
The wicked man travaileth with pain all his days, and the number of years is hidden to the oppressor.
Job 27:13 Old Testament, KJV
This is the portion of a wicked man with God, and the heritage of oppressors, which they shall receive of the Almighty.
Psalms 37:35 Old Testament, KJV
I have seen the wicked in great power, and spreading himself like a green bay tree.
Psalms 54:3 Old Testament, KJV
For strangers are risen up against me, and oppressors seek after my soul: they have not set God before them. Selah.
Psalms 86:14 Old Testament, 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 Old Testament, KJV
A gracious woman retaineth honour: and strong men retain riches.
Isaiah 13:11 Old Testament, KJV
And I will punish the world for their evil, and the wicked for their iniquity; and I will cause the arrogancy of the proud to cease, and will lay low the haughtiness of the terrible.
Isaiah 25:3 Old Testament, KJV
Therefore shall the strong people glorify thee, the city of the terrible nations shall fear thee.
Isaiah 25:4 Old Testament, 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 Old Testament, 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 Old Testament, 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 Old Testament, 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 Old Testament, 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 15:21 Old Testament, KJV
And I will deliver thee out of the hand of the wicked, and I will redeem thee out of the hand of the terrible.
Jeremiah 20:11 Old Testament, 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 Old Testament, 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 Old Testament, 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 Old Testament, 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 Old Testament, 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.

All Indexed Usage Links

Every indexed verse link for Strong's H6184, grouped by book.

Job 3 usages, Old Testament
Psalms 3 usages, Old Testament
Proverbs 1 usage, Old Testament
Isaiah 7 usages, Old Testament
Jeremiah 2 usages, Old Testament
Ezekiel 4 usages, Old Testament

Strong's H6184 FAQ

What does arits (עָרִיץ) mean?

Arits (Strong's H6184) is a Hebrew word most simply glossed "fearful". `ariyts (aw-reets') adj. 1. fearful, i.e. powerful or tyrannical [from H6206]

How many times is arits (עָרִיץ) used in the Bible?

This page currently indexes 20 linked usages for Strong's H6184 across 6 books.

Where can I study arits (עָרִיץ) in context?

Use the linked verse references on this page to study Strong's H6184 in context. The indexed coverage includes Old Testament.

What English words translate arits (עָרִיץ)?

The visible usage excerpts most often surface English words such as terrible, mighty, oppressors, strong, oppressor, and great. These are scanning signals from the displayed verses, not replacements for the original-language definition.