Occurrences
ʼakzârîy occurs 8 times in the King James.
Distribution of the word across the Bible: Proverbs (4), Isaiah (1), Jeremiah (3)
- Proverbs 5:9 — Lest thou give thine honour unto others, and thy years unto the cruel (לְאַכְזָרִֽי):
- Proverbs 11:17 — The merciful man doeth good to his own soul: but he that is cruel (אַכְזָרִֽי) troubleth his own flesh.
- Proverbs 12:10 — A righteous man regardeth the life of his beast: but the tender mercies of the wicked are cruel (אַכְזָרִֽי).
- Proverbs 17:11 — An evil man seeketh only rebellion: therefore a cruel (אַ֝כְזָרִ֗י) messenger shall be sent against him.
- Isaiah 13:9 — Behold, the day of the LORD cometh, cruel (אַכְזָרִ֥י) both with wrath and fierce anger, to lay the land desolate: and he shall destroy the sinners thereof out of it.
- Jeremiah 6:23 — They shall lay hold on bow and spear; they are cruel (אַכְזָרִ֥י), and have no mercy; their voice roareth like the sea; and they ride upon horses, set in array as men for war against thee, O daughter of Zion.
- Jeremiah 30:14 — All thy lovers have forgotten thee; they seek thee not; for I have wounded thee with the wound of an enemy, with the chastisement of a cruel (אַכְזָרִ֔י) one, for the multitude of thine iniquity; because thy sins were increased.
- Jeremiah 50:42 — They shall hold the bow and the lance: they are cruel (אַכְזָרִ֥י), and will not shew mercy: their voice shall roar like the sea, and they shall ride upon horses, every one put in array, like a man to the battle, against thee, O daughter of Babylon.