παροργισμός
parorgismós · noun · “embitter, anger to wrath”
Parorgismos names provocation to anger — the kind of stinging insult or injustice that stirs deep wrath. Paul tells believers not to let the sun set on it.
Parorgismos is provoked, sharpened anger — not a flash of irritation but the burning kind that lodges and festers. Paul uses it in Ephesians 4:26 in the warning, “do not let the sun go down on your anger.”
The Bible does not forbid all anger; some anger is right. But it forbids holding on to it. Carried unforgiven into the night, parorgismos hardens into bitterness — and gives the devil a foothold.
Definition: rage
KJV usage: wrath
Reference gloss from Strong's Concordance (1890, public domain).
Original BibleDawn word study. Original-language data and the public-domain Strong's (1890) gloss are referenced; see sources.