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== Webster's Dictionary <ref name="term_124524" /> == | == Webster's Dictionary <ref name="term_124524" /> == | ||
<p> | <p> '''(1):''' ''' (''' n.) One of the Parcae, or Fates, esp. Atropos. </p> <p> '''(2):''' ''' (''' n.) Violent anger; extreme wrath; rage; - sometimes applied to inanimate things, as the wind or storms; impetuosity; violence. </p> <p> '''(3):''' ''' (''' n.) A stormy, turbulent violent woman; a hag; a vixen; a virago; a termagant. </p> <p> '''(4):''' ''' (''' n.) A thief. </p> <p> '''(5):''' ''' (''' n.) pl. (Greek Myth.) The avenging deities, Tisiphone, Alecto, and Megaera; the Erinyes or Eumenides. </p> <p> '''(6):''' ''' (''' n.) Violent or extreme excitement; overmastering agitation or enthusiasm. </p> | ||
== King James Dictionary <ref name="term_60277" /> == | == King James Dictionary <ref name="term_60277" /> == | ||
<p> FU'RY, n. L. furor, furia, furo, to rage. </p> 1. A violent rushing impetuous motion as the fury of the winds. 2. | <p> FU'RY, n. L. furor, furia, furo, to rage. </p> 1. A violent rushing impetuous motion as the fury of the winds. 2. Rage a storm of anger madness turbulence. <p> I do oppose my patience to his fury. </p> 3. [[Enthusiasm]] heat of the mind. 4. In mythology, a deity a goddess of vengeance hence, a stormy turbulent, violent woman. | ||
== American Tract Society Bible Dictionary <ref name="term_16117" /> == | == American Tract Society Bible Dictionary <ref name="term_16117" /> == | ||
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== Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature <ref name="term_40834" /> == | == Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature <ref name="term_40834" /> == | ||
<p> ( | <p> (חֵמָא chema', or חָרוֹן charon', both signifying intense anger) is attributed to God like anger, metaphorically, or speaking after the manner of men; that is, God's providentials actions are such as would be performed by a man in a state of anger; so that when he is said to pour out hin fury on a person or on a people, it is a figurativem expression for dispensing afflictive judgments ( Leviticus 26:28 Job 20:23; Isaiah 63:3; Jeremiah 4:4; Ezekiel 5:13; Daniel 9:16; Zechariah 8:21 etc.). (See [[Anthropomorphism]]). </p> | ||
== International Standard Bible Encyclopedia <ref name="term_3859" /> == | == International Standard Bible Encyclopedia <ref name="term_3859" /> == | ||
<p> '''''fū´ri''''' ( | <p> '''''fū´ri''''' ( ἀλάστωρ , <i> '''''alástōr''''' </i> , "not to forget," "significant of revenge"): Occurs only in 2 Macc 7:9 the King James Version, "Thou like a fury (the Revised Version (British and American) "Thou, miscreant") takest us out of this present life." See also [[Wrath]]; [[Fierceness]]; [[Anger]] . </p> | ||
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