Cruelty
Bible Usage:
- cruelty used 5 times.
- First Reference: Genesis 49:5
- Last Reference: Ezekiel 34:4
Dictionaries:
- Included in Eastons: No
- Included in Hitchcocks: No
- Included in Naves: Yes
- Included in Smiths: No
- Included in Websters: Yes
- Included in Strongs: Yes
- Included in Thayers: No
- Included in BDB: Yes
Strongs Concordance:
Instances of:
Of Sarah to Hagar
Genesis 16:6; Genesis 21:9-14
Of Egyptians to the Israelites
Exodus 5:6-18
Of Peninnah to Hannah
1 Samuel 1:4-7; 1 Samuel 2:3
Of Jews to Jesus
Matthew 26:67; Matthew 27:28-31
Of soldiers to Jesus
Luke 22:64; John 19:3
In War
Isaiah 13:16; Isaiah 13:18
Animals, Cruelty to; Kindness; Love; Malice; Prisoners, Of War
CRUELTY, noun [Latin]
1. Inhumanity; a savage or barbarous disposition or temper, which is gratified in giving unnecessary pain or distress to others; barbarity; applied to persons; as the cruelty of savages; the cruelty and envy of the people.
2. Barbarous deed; any act of a human being which inflicts unnecessary pain; any act intended to torment, vex or afflict, or which actually torments or afflicts, without necessity; wrong; injustice; oppression.
With force and with cruelty have ye ruled them. Ezekiel 34:4.