Fury
Webster's Dictionary [1]
(1): ( n.) One of the Parcae, or Fates, esp. Atropos.
(2): ( n.) Violent anger; extreme wrath; rage; - sometimes applied to inanimate things, as the wind or storms; impetuosity; violence.
(3): ( n.) A stormy, turbulent violent woman; a hag; a vixen; a virago; a termagant.
(4): ( n.) A thief.
(5): ( n.) pl. (Greek Myth.) The avenging deities, Tisiphone, Alecto, and Megaera; the Erinyes or Eumenides.
(6): ( n.) Violent or extreme excitement; overmastering agitation or enthusiasm.
King James Dictionary [2]
FU'RY, n. L. furor, furia, furo, to rage.
1. A violent rushing impetuous motion as the fury of the winds. 2. Rage a storm of anger madness turbulence.
I do oppose my patience to his fury.
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 [3]
Attributed to God metaphorically, or speaking after the manner of men; that is, God's providential actions are such as would be performed by a man in a state of anger; so that, when he is said to pour out his fury on a person, or on a people, it is a figurative expression for dispensing afflictive providences. But we must be cautious not to attribute human infirmities, passions, or malevolence to the Deity.
Easton's Bible Dictionary [4]
Leviticus 26:28 Job 20:23 Isaiah 63:3 Jeremiah 4:4 Ezekiel 5:13 Daniel 9:16 Zechariah 8:2
Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature [5]
( 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).
International Standard Bible Encyclopedia [6]
fū´ri ( ἀλάστωρ , alástōr , "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 .
