Senses
1. cruel, fierce (adjective) — Adjective (אַכְזָרִי) describing a person or entity that is harsh, merciless, or savage, used of both human agents and abstract forces (e.g., Prov 5:9 'the cruel one', Prov 12:10 'the mercies of the wicked are cruel'). Translated as 'cruel' (eng), 'cruel' (spa), 'निर्दयी / क्रूर' (hin), 'قاسٍ / قُسَاةٌ' (arb), '잔인하다 / 잔인한' (kor), 'wakatili / katili' (swa). Both clusters express the same adjectival meaning; the split merely reflects syntactic variation (bare predicate vs. prepositional complement with ל). 8×
AR["قاسٍ","قاسِيَةٌ","قَاسٍ","قَاسِيَةٌ","قُسَاةٌ","لِلْقَاسِي"]·ben["এক-নির্দয়ের-কাছে","নির্দয়","নিষ্ঠুর","নিষ্ঠুর-এর"]·DE["[אכזרי]","[לאכזרי]","grausam"]·EN["cruel","cruel-one","is-cruel","to-the-cruel-one"]·FR["cruel","à-cruel"]·heb["אכזרי","ל-אכזרי"]·HI["क्रूर","क्रूर-का","क्रूर-को","निर्दयी"]·ID["Kejam","adalah-kejam","kejam","kepada-yang-kejam","yang-kejam"]·IT["crudele","cruel","per-a-il-cruel-one","è-cruel"]·jav["bengis","dhateng-tiyang-keras","galak","kejam","sangar","sengit","wengis"]·KO["잔인하고","잔인하다","잔인한","잔인한-자-에게","잔인한-자-이다"]·PT["Cruel","Cruéis","ao-cruel","cruel","cruéis"]·RU["Жестоки","жестокий","жестоким","жестокое","жестокому."]·ES["Crueles","al-cruel","cruel","crueles"]·SW["katili","kwa-mkatili","mkatili","ni-mkatili","ni-ukatili","wakatili","ya-ukatili"]·TR["acımasız","acımasıza","acımasızdır","acımasızın","zalim"]·urd["بے-رحم","ظالم","ظالم-کو","ظالم-کی","ظالم-ہے","ظالمانہ"]
BDB / Lexicon Reference
† אַכְזָרִי adj. cruel, always in this form;—Pr 12:10; 17:11 Je 6:23; 50:42, also 30:14 (read מוּסָר א׳, for MT מוּסַר, Gf Gie); as subst. Pr 5:9; 11:17, perhaps also, in appos. with יוֹם י׳, Is 13:9.