STRONGS NUMBER H6184


Word Summary
arits: awe-inspiring, terror-striking
Original Word: עָרִיץ
Transliteration: arits
Phonetic Spelling: (aw-reets')
Part of Speech: Adjective
Short Definition: awe-inspiring, terror-striking
Meaning: awe-inspiring, terror-striking
Strong's Concordance
mighty, oppressor, in great power, strong, terrible, violent

From arats; fearful, i.e. Powerful or tyrannical -- mighty, oppressor, in great power, strong, terrible, violent.

see HEBREW arats

Brown-Driver-Briggs

H6184. arits

עָרִיץadjective awe-inspiring, terror-striking; — ׳ע‎ of עָרִיץ כְּגִבּוֺר ׳י,Jeremiah 20:11; plural as substantive עָרִיצִים‎, in bad sense of formidable adversaries, personal, 15:21 ("" רָעִים‎), Job 6:23 ("" צָר‎), and national, Psalm 54:5 ("" זָרִים‎), = ע ׳עֲדַת86:14 ("" זֵדִים‎), ע ׳הֲמוֺןIsaiah 29:5 ("" זָרָ֑יִח‎); especially of Chaldeans 13:11, construct גוֺיִם עָרִצֵיmost terrifying of the nations Ezekiel 28:7 ("" זָרִים‎) 30:11; 31:12 ("" זָרִים‎), 32:12; so (probably) singular עָרִיץIsaiah 49:25 (read ׳ע‎ also for צַדִּיק49:24, so Lo Ew Che Gr and others); without specific reference עָרִיצִים גּוֺיִם25:3 awe-inspiring nations (Du Che take ׳ע‎ as substantive), ע ׳רִוּחַ25:4 (strike out as gloss Di and others), ע ׳זְמִיר25:5 (strike out verse as gloss Du Che); late, of wicked in General, as ruthless ע רָשָׁע ׳רָאִיתִיPsalm 37:35 I have seen a wicked man ruthless; as substantive, Isaiah 29:20 ("" לֵץ‎), Job 15:20 ("" רשׁע‎), plural 27:13 ("" id.), Proverbs 11:16; read also עָרִיצִ(יםׅIsaiah 11:4 (for אֶרֶץ ᵑ0‎), so Che BrMP Du Gr and others ("" רָשָׁע‎).