Quick Definition
ruthless
Strong's Definition
fearful, i.e. powerful or tyrannical
Derivation: from H6206 (עָרַץ);
KJV Usage: mighty, oppressor, in great power, strong, terrible, violent.
TWOT Reference: 1702b
Outline of Biblical Usage
Septuagint (LXX) Greek Equivalents
This Hebrew word is translated by the following Greek words in the Septuagint:
STEPBible — Tyndale Abridged Hebrew Lexicon
עָרִיץ (a.rits) — ruthless. awe-inspiring, terror-striking, awesome, terrifying, ruthless, mighty
UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew
adj · ערץ
Ferocious | Strong | Great | Enemies | Evil | Guilty | ≈ גִּבּוֹר · זֵד · זָר · לֵץ · עַז · צַר · רָשָׁע | ≠ חֵן
mighty, violent, ruthless = state in which a person is a strong and powerful enemy, who is thinks high of himself and is prone to violence, and usually does not fear God
JOB 6:23 · JOB 15:20 · JOB 27:13 · PSA 37:35 · PSA 54:5 · PSA 86:14 · PRO 11:16 · ISA 13:11 · ISA 25:3 · ISA 25:4 · ISA 25:5 · ISA 29:5 · ISA 29:20 · ISA 49:25 · JER 15:21 · JER 20:11 · EZK 28:7 · EZK 30:11 · EZK 31:12 · EZK 32:12
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Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon
עָרִיץ adj. awe-inspiring, terror-stricken base