Strong's Definition
a primitive root; properly, to foam at the mouth, i.e. to be enraged
KJV Usage: abhor, abominable, (be) angry, defy, (have) indignation
STEPBible — Tyndale Abridged Hebrew Lexicon
זָעַם (za.am) — be indignant. 1) to denounce, express indignation, be indignant 1a) (Qal) 1a1) to have indignation, be indignant, be angrily indignant, be defiant 1a2) to be abhorrent 1a3) to express indignation in speech, denounce, curse 1b) (Niphal) to show indignation, show anger
UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew
verb · זַעַם
Angry | verb qal, verb nif | ≠ נִחוּמִים · רחם
to express one's anger, to vent one's anger = action by which deities or humans give free expression to their anger regarding someone else
PSA 7:12 · PRO 22:14 · PRO 25:23 · ISA 66:14 · DAN 11:30 · ZEC 1:12 · MAL 1:4
Curse | verb qal | ≈ ארר · קבב
to curse = causative action by which deities or humans consign someone or something to death, damage, or destruction, usually by invoking the name of a deity if the agent is human; ◄ this is done as punishment, out of contempt, fear, anger, or hostility, or because one was paid to do so; ► the effectiveness of a curse partially depends on the authority of the one pronouncing it
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Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon
זָעַם vb. be indignant [Qal] be indignant, have indignation
express indignation in speech, denounce, curse
Niph. face stirred with indignation.
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