G3709 — ὀργή (orgē)¶

Core Data¶

Strong's: G3709
Original: ὀργή
Transliteration: orgē
Pronunciation: or-gay'
Part of Speech: Feminine noun
Root: from ὀρέγω (oregō) — to reach, stretch forth
Occurrences: 36 in NT
First Occurrence: Matt 3:7 — "who hath warned you to flee from the wrath (orgē) to come?"
Hapax Legomenon: No

Lexicon Definition¶

Properly, desire (as a reaching forth or excitement of the mind); by analogy, violent passion (ire, or justifiable abhorrence); by implication punishment: — anger, indignation, vengeance, wrath.

Louw-Nida Semantic Domains¶

Domain 88.024: Anger, Be Indignant With — glosses: anger, fury
Other words: θυμός (thumos), θυμόω (thymoō), παροξύνω (paroxynō), παροργισμός (parorgismos), βρύχω (brychō)
Domain 38.001: Punish — gloss: to punish
Other words: δίκη (dikē), κολάζω (kolazō), κόλασις (kolasis), ζημιόω (zēmioō)

The dual-domain classification reflects orgē's range: it denotes both the emotional state of anger (88.024) and the resulting judicial action of punishment (38.001).

UBS Semantic Domains¶

Code	Domain Label	Notes
088	Moral and Ethical Qualities and Related Behavior	`search_relationships.py` places orgē in the anger/ethical-response field, matching both vice-list uses and descriptions of human wrath.
038	Punish, Reward	The same tool also places orgē in the judicial consequence field, fitting the many passages where wrath is punishment rather than mere emotion.

Translation Distribution (KJV)¶

Translation	Count	%
wrath	21	63.6%
the wrath	3	9.1%
anger	3	9.1%
of wrath	3	9.1%
vengeance	1	3.0%
unto wrath	1	3.0%
indignation	1	3.0%

Distribution by Book¶

Book	Count	Per 100 Verses
Romans	12	2.8
Revelation	6	1.5
Ephesians	3	1.9
1 Thessalonians	3	3.4
Luke	2	0.2
Colossians	2	2.1
Hebrews	2	0.7
Matthew	1	0.1
Mark	1	0.1
John	1	—
James	2	—
1 Timothy	1	0.9

Heavily concentrated in Paul's epistles (21 of 36 occurrences). Romans alone accounts for one-third of all uses. Revelation clusters orgē in eschatological judgment passages. Absent from Acts, the Pastoral Epistles (except 1 Tim 2:8), and the Petrine letters.

Semantic Categories¶

1. Divine Eschatological Wrath — End-time judgment¶

Rev 6:16 — "hide us from the face of him that sitteth on the throne, and from the wrath of the Lamb"
Rev 6:17 — "the great day of his wrath is come; and who shall be able to stand?"
Rev 11:18 — "thy wrath is come, and the time of the dead, that they should be judged"
Rev 16:19 — "the cup of the wine of the fierceness of his wrath"

2. Divine Judicial Wrath — God's settled displeasure against sin¶

Rom 1:18 — "the wrath of God is revealed from heaven against all ungodliness"
Rom 2:5 — "treasurest up unto thyself wrath against the day of wrath"
Rom 9:22 — "God, willing to shew his wrath... endured with much longsuffering the vessels of wrath"
John 3:36 — "the wrath of God abideth on him"

3. Wrath and the Law — Consequence of transgression¶

Rom 4:15 — "the law worketh wrath: for where no law is, there is no transgression"
Rom 13:4 — "he is the minister of God, a revenger to execute wrath upon him that doeth evil"
Rom 13:5 — "ye must needs be subject, not only for wrath, but also for conscience sake"

4. Deliverance from Wrath — Salvation as escape¶

Matt 3:7 / Luke 3:7 — "who hath warned you to flee from the wrath to come?"
Rom 5:9 — "being now justified by his blood, we shall be saved from wrath through him"
1 Thess 1:10 — "Jesus, which delivered us from the wrath to come"
1 Thess 5:9 — "God hath not appointed us to wrath, but to obtain salvation"

5. Human Anger as Vice — Condemned in ethical instruction¶

Eph 4:31 — "let all bitterness, and wrath, and anger, and clamour... be put away from you"
Col 3:8 — "put off all these; anger, wrath, malice, blasphemy"
James 1:19-20 — "slow to wrath: for the wrath of man worketh not the righteousness of God"
1 Tim 2:8 — "lifting up holy hands, without wrath and doubting"

6. Human Emotion (Neutral) — Jesus' anger¶

Mark 3:5 — "when he had looked round about on them with anger, being grieved for the hardness of their hearts"

Common Collocations¶

Word	Strong's	Co-occurrences	Typical Pattern
θεός (theos)	G2316	11x	"the wrath of God" (Rom 1:18; Eph 5:6; Col 3:6; John 3:36)
θυμός (thumos)	G2372	6x	"fierceness and wrath" (Rev 16:19; 19:15); vice lists (Eph 4:31; Col 3:8)
ἔρχομαι (erchomai)	G2064	6x	"the wrath to come" (Matt 3:7; Luke 3:7; 1 Thess 1:10)
μέγας (megas)	G3173	4x	"great day of his wrath" (Rev 6:17); "great distress/wrath" (Luke 21:23)
ἔθνος (ethnos)	G1484	4x	"the nations were angry, and thy wrath is come" (Rev 11:18)
οἶνος (oinos)	G3631	3x	"wine of the wrath of God" (Rev 14:10; 16:19)
υἱός (huios)	G5207	3x	"children of wrath" (Eph 2:3); "wrath of the Lamb" (Rev 6:16)

Word Family / Cognates¶

G3710 ὀργίζω (orgizō) — verb: to be angry, provoke to anger (8x)
G3711 ὀργίλος (orgilos) — adj: quick-tempered (1x, Tit 1:7)
G3949 παροργίζω (parorgizō) — verb: to provoke to anger (παρά + ὀργή) (2x)
G3950 παροργισμός (parorgismos) — noun: provocation, anger (παρά + ὀργή) (1x)

Synonyms¶

search_relationships.py surfaced the broader wrath/judgment field around ὀργή: - G2372 θυμός - G5243 ὑπερηφανία - G1656 ἔλεος - G121 ἀθῷος - G1655 ἐλεήμων - G3340 μετανοέω - G4655 σκότος - G2373 θυμόω - G225 ἀλήθεια - G150 αἰσχρός - G3949 παροργίζω - G2873 κόπος - G2347 θλῖψις - G5196 ὕβρις - G318 ἀνάγκη - G5244 ὑπερήφανος - G684 ἀπώλεια - G4578 σεισμός - G3629 οἰκτίρμων - G2205 ζῆλος

Antonyms¶

G2270 ἡσυχάζω — contrast term returned by search_relationships.py
G2107 εὐδοκία — contrast term returned by search_relationships.py

Easily Confused Words¶

Word	Strong's	Shared Translation	Key Difference
θυμός (thumos)	G2372	"wrath" (thumos 12x, orgē 21x)	thumos = hot, passionate fury (from "breathing hard"); orgē = settled, judicial displeasure
παροργισμός (parorgismos)	G3950	"wrath" (1x)	parorgismos = provoked anger, being stirred to wrath; orgē = the anger itself

When orgē and thumos appear together (6x), orgē denotes the abiding state and thumos the passionate intensity. In vice lists (Eph 4:31, Col 3:8), they name distinguishable sins; in Revelation's judgment scenes (14:10, 16:19, 19:15), they combine for maximal force.

Hebrew Source (via LXX)¶

Hebrew Source	Strong's	LXX Frequency	Notes
אַף (aph)	H639	primary (135x)	Literally "nose" — flaring nostrils as anger; broadest Hebrew anger term
חָרוֹן (charown)	H2740	34x	Burning anger, fierce heat; almost always of God
חֵמָה (chemah)	H2534	43x	Heat, venom, fury; more visceral than aph
קֶצֶף (qetseph)	H7110	21x	Outburst of rage, splinter; sudden divine wrath
זַעַם (za'am)	H2195	17x	Froth at the mouth, indignation; intense displeasure
עֶבְרָה (ebrah)	H5678	18x	Outburst of passion; overflow of anger

The LXX translators used orgē to render multiple Hebrew anger words, consolidating the OT's nuanced vocabulary into a single term that carries judicial overtones.