fury
ev.rah denotes fierce anger expressed in punitive action or in the destructive rage of people and rulers.
The term most often marks fierce anger portrayed as active punishment: it is linked with fire, consuming action, calamity, and a coming day of devastation. It also describes human anger as cruel, relentless, boastful, or directed against others.
Senses in use
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Fierce anger enacted in punishment · dominant
In Ezekiel 22:31, the singular construct form occurs in the clause about pouring out indignation and consuming people with fire; the APB renders the surrounding clause "with the fire of my wrath I have consumed them." In Zephaniah 1:18, the construct form is tied to a day when silver and gold cannot rescue and the land is consumed, while Isaiah 13:9 describes a day coming "with wrath and fierce anger" to make the earth desolate.
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Destructive human anger · common
In Genesis 49:7, the singular construct form stands in a curse on anger characterized as fierce and wrath characterized as cruel; the APB renders the clause "Cursed be their anger, for it is fierce, and their wrath, for it is cruel." Amos 1:11 depicts anger that "tore continually" and fury kept forever, while Proverbs 14:35 places a king's fury on a servant who brings shame.
In the Anselm Project Bible: Across the cited verses, the APB variously uses "fury," "wrath," "anger," and "indignation" in clauses of punishment or hostile conduct. These renderings indicate the verse-level presentation rather than fixed English equivalents for the lemma.