אַכְזָר
ʾakzār
cruel
Strong's H393AdjectiveHebrewTWOT 971a

אַכְזָר (ʾakzār) is a Hebrew adjective meaning cruel. It appears 4 times in 3 books of the Hebrew Bible (Strong's H393).

Same Hebrew root (TWOT 971a)

Range of meaning (TWOT 971a)cruel, fierce; violent, deadly, brave
Full entry: Brown-Driver-Briggs and Strong's

אַכְזָר adjective: cruel, fierce

Strong's H393 אַכְזָר: violent; by implication deadly; also (in a good sense) brave
KJV:cruel, fierce.

Meanings: Brown-Driver-Briggs (1906) and Strong's Hebrew Dictionary (1890), public domain, via the Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible Project (CC BY 4.0). TWOT numbers for reference only.

Root family 971: כזר kzr — be cruel

See it in Scripture

Deuteronomy 32:33Job 30:21Lamentations 4:3

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