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# עָרִיץ

Biblical Hebrew · Strong's H6184

**awe-inspiring** — used 20 times in the Hebrew Bible. Below: its meanings with their sources, MACULA's glosses, and 2 verses word for word and in JPS 1917.

## Meaning

### OpenScriptures lexical index

awe-inspiring [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1506/6184/#m1)

### Brown–Driver–Briggs 1906

עָרִיץ: adj. awe-inspiring, terror-striking [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1506/6184/#m2)

**The whole BDB entry:** adj. awe-inspiring, terror-striking;—ע׳ of י׳, כְּגִבּוֹר עָרִיץ Je 20:11; pl. as subst. עָרִיצִים, in bad sense of formidable adversaries, personal, Je 15:21 (‖ רָעִים), Jb 6:23 (‖ צָר), and national, ψ 54:5 (‖ זָרִים), = עֲדַת ע׳ 86:14 (‖ זֵדִים), הֲמוֹן ע׳ Is 29:5 (‖ זָרָ֑יִךְ); especially of Chaldeans Is 13:11, cstr. עָרִיצֵי גוֹיִם most terrifying of the nations Ez 28:7 (‖ זָרִים) 30:11; 31:12 (‖ זָרִים), 32:12; so (prob.) sg. עָרִיץ Is 49:25 (read ע׳ also for צַדִּיק v 24, so Lo Ew Che Gr al.); without specif. ref. גּוֹרִם עָרִיצִים Is 25:3 awe-inspiring nations (Du Che take ע׳ as subst.), רוּחַ ע׳ v 4 (del. as gloss Di al.), זְמִיר ע׳ v 5 (del. verse as gloss Du Che); late, of wicked in gen., as ruthless רָאִיתִי רָשָׁע ע׳ ψ 37:35 I have seen a wicked man ruthless; as subst., Is 29:20 (‖ לֵץ), Jb 15:20 (‖ רשׁע), pl. 27:13 (‖ id.), Pr 11:16; read also עָרִיץִ(ים) Is 11:4 (for MT אֶרֶץ), so Che BrMP Du Gr al. (‖ רָשָׁע).

Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 20 of its verses cited, 0 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (3 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 2 words shared with the BDB entry, 0 with the glosses (3 candidates)

## Glosses

MACULA's English glosses of the word in the text, with how often each is used: of ruthless \[people\] (8); ruthless \[ones\] (4); ruthless (3).

## In the verses

[Psalms 37:35](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PSA.37.35/) · [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PSA.37.35/#tree)

רָ֭אִיתִי רָשָׁ֣ע עָרִ֑יץ וּ֝מִתְעָרֶ֗ה כְּאֶזְרָ֥ח רַעֲנָֽן׃

*Word for word:* I.have.seen a.wicked.\[person\] ruthless and spreading.himself like a.native.tree luxuriant

*JPS 1917:* I have seen the wicked in great power, and spreading himself like a leafy tree in its native soil.

[Proverbs 11:16](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PRO.11.16/) · [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PRO.11.16/#tree)

אֵֽשֶׁת־חֵ֭ן תִּתְמֹ֣ךְ כָּב֑וֹד וְ֝עָרִיצִ֗ים יִתְמְכוּ־עֹֽשֶׁר׃

*Word for word:* a.woman of.grace she.lays.hold.of honor and ruthless.\[people\] they.take.hold.of wealth

*JPS 1917:* A gracious woman obtaineth honour; and strong men obtain riches.

## On Mova

- [This word in the Tanakh dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/tanakh/w/6184.html) on Mova free.
- [Trees and pragmatics of its meanings](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1506/6184/): every English meaning parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.

Sources. The words, their counts, glosses and the word-for-word renderings: MACULA Hebrew (the Westminster Leningrad Codex; Clear Bible, CC BY 4.0). Meanings: the OpenScriptures lexical index (CC BY 4.0), Brown–Driver–Briggs 1906 and Jastrow 1903 (public domain, via Sefaria); Targum Onkelos from Sefaria (public domain). Translation: JPS 1917 (public domain, from eBible.org).