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עֶבְרָה

𐤏𐤁𐤓𐤄

ʻebrâh

H5678 noun

SILEX Entry

Definition

A strong outburst of emotion, particularly violent emotion such as anger or rage; predominantly used to denote a tempestuous surge of anger, wrath, or fury that is overwhelming and often destructive. In certain contexts, it can also convey an excessive emotional outpouring or impassioned feeling, not exclusively negative, but most often associated with wrath.

Semantic Range

outburst of anger, fury, raging wrath, overwhelming emotion, passionate surging, storm-like wrath, excessive or destructive anger, intense impassioned feeling

Root / Etymology

From the root ע-ב-ר (עבר), meaning 'to pass over, cross, overflow.' The noun form עֶבְרָה derives idiomatically from the sense of 'overflowing' or 'crossing the boundary,' coming to signify an overwhelming rush of emotion (especially anger or wrath) that 'crosses' internal restraints. The formation is feminine, related to the masculine עֵבֶר ('region beyond,' 'side').

Historical & Contextual Notes

עֶבְרָה is regularly used throughout the Hebrew Bible to depict intense, often divine, anger or wrath, particularly in passages that describe destructive outcomes or judgments (e.g., Isaiah 9:18-19, Proverbs 27:4). Its connection to the idea of 'overflowing' or 'crossing a boundary' signals intensity or forcefulness—the kind of anger that boils over or cannot be contained. The term is not usually synonymous with more subdued terms for anger such as אַף (af), which often simply means 'anger' or 'nose' (from the flaring of nostrils). עֶבְרָה often appears in parallel with חֵמָה (rage, heat), but tends to suggest a sudden and uncontrolled surge, sometimes likened to a flood or storm. It can describe both human and (more frequently) divine wrath. In some later biblical and post-biblical contexts, it takes on a more generalized meaning of intense passion. English translations usually render it 'wrath,' 'rage,' or 'fury,' but such words do not always capture the term's sense of uncontainable overflow.

Translation Consistency

primary "rage" 18 occurrences

עֶבְרָה denotes a violent, overflowing outburst of anger or fury. “Rage” is the most natural, broadly understood English noun that captures the tempestuous, overwhelming, and often destructive sense in the SILEX range (storm-like wrath, outburst of anger). It reads naturally in modern English while preserving the intensity of the Hebrew; therefore it works consistently for all forms of this Strong’s entry.

Alternatives (16 occurrences):
"wrath" (7x) "overflowing fury" (4x) "fury" (1x) "outbursts of overflowing-wrath" (1x) "overflowing wrath" (1x) "overflowing outbursts of" (1x) "overflowing-fury" (1x)

Original Strong's Gloss (1890)

feminine of עֵבֶר; an outburst of passion; anger, rage, wrath.

Bantu Hebrew

No Bantu Hebrew comparisons have been recorded for this word yet.

Root Family

עבר (ʿ-b-r) — to pass over, to cross, to overflow

Root עבר to pass over, to overflow, to cross a boundary
Strong's Lemma SIBI-P1
H4569 מַעֲבָר the crossing-places
H5668 עָבוּר for the sake of
H5669 עָבוּר from carried-over grain of
H5674 עָבַר I will cause to pass over
H5675 עֲבַר he crossed over

Word Forms

16 distinct forms

SIDANCE Surface Transliteration Morphology Common SIBI-P1 SIBI-P2 Occurrences
H5678-10 עֶבְרָתִ֖/י everati HNcfsc/Sp1cs my wrath my overflowing fury my raging fury 6
H5678-11 עֶבְרָתֽ/וֹ everato HNcfsc/Sp3ms of his wrath his overflowing wrath his raging wrath 4
H5678-07 עֶבְרָ֖ה everah HNcfsa wrath overflowing fury overflowing fury 4
H5678-16 וְ/עֶבְרָת֖/וֹ veeverato HC/Ncfsc/Sp3ms and his wrath and his overflowing fury and his wrath 3
H5678-09 עֶבְרָתֶ֑/ךָ everatekha HNcfsc/Sp2ms your-wrath your overflowing fury your raging fury 3
H5678-04 בְּ/עֶבְרַ֛ת beeverat HR/Ncfsc in outburst-of in overflowing fury of in overflowing rage of 3
H5678-08 עֶבְרַ֣ת everat HNcfsc of the wrath overflowing fury of overflowing rage of 2
H5678-03 בְּ/עֶבְרָ֔ה beeverah HR/Ncfsa in wrath in overflowing fury in wrath 1
H5678-02 בְּ/עַבְר֣וֹת beaverot HR/Ncfpc over-transgressions in outbursts of overflowing-wrath in outbursts of overflowing-wrath 1
H5678-12 עֶבְר֣וֹת everot HNcfpc the overflowings overflowing outbursts of overflowing outbursts of 1

Occurrences in Scripture

34 occurrences

SIDANCE Reference Word Transliteration Morphology Common SIBI-P1 SIBI-P2
H5678-14 Genesis 49:7 וְ/עֶבְרָתָ֖/ם veeveratam HC/Ncfsc/Sp3mp and their wrath and their overflowing fury and their fury
H5678-04 Isaiah 9:18 בְּ/עֶבְרַ֛ת beeverat HR/Ncfsc in the wrath in overflowing fury of in overflowing rage of
H5678-10 Isaiah 10:6 עֶבְרָתִ֖/י everati HNcfsc/Sp1cs of my wrath my overflowing fury my raging fury
H5678-13 Isaiah 13:9 וְ/עֶבְרָ֖ה veeverah HC/Ncfsa and-wrath overflowing fury and wrath
H5678-04 Isaiah 13:13 בְּ/עֶבְרַת֙ beeverat HR/Ncfsc at the wrath in overflowing fury of in overflowing rage of
H5678-03 Isaiah 14:6 בְּ/עֶבְרָ֔ה beeverah HR/Ncfsa in wrath in overflowing fury in wrath
H5678-16 Isaiah 16:6 וְ/עֶבְרָת֖/וֹ veeverato HC/Ncfsc/Sp3ms and his wrath and his overflowing fury and his wrath
H5678-11 Jeremiah 7:29 עֶבְרָתֽ/וֹ everato HNcfsc/Sp3ms of his wrath his overflowing wrath his raging wrath
H5678-11 Jeremiah 48:30 עֶבְרָת֖/וֹ everato HNcfsc/Sp3ms his wrath his overflowing wrath his raging wrath
H5678-08 Ezekiel 7:19 עֶבְרַ֣ת everat HNcfsc of the wrath overflowing fury of overflowing rage of
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