KJV Dictionary Definition: wrath

wrath

WRATH, n. L.

1. Violent anger; vehement exasperation; indignation; as the wrath of Achilles.

When the wrath of king Ahasuerus was appeased--Esther 2.

O Lord--in wrath remember mercy. Habakkuk 3.

2. The effects of anger. Proverbs 27.

3. The just punishment of an offense or crime. Romans 8.

Gods wrath, in Scripture, is his holy and just indignation against sin. Romans 1.

wrathful

WRATHFUL, a.

1. Very angry; greatly incensed. The king was very wrathful.

2. Springing from wrath, or expressing it; as wrathful passions; a wrathful countenance.

wrathfulness

WRATHFULNESS, n. Vehement anger.

Definitions from Webster's American Dictionary of the English Language, 1828.

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