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The Greek verb “θυμομαχέω”

Limited to Acts 12:20, the Greek verb “thumomacheo” meant “have inner fury” or “be very angry.”  Herod was extremely displeased or “very angry” (Exegetical Dictionary of the New Testament, 2:159) with the people in Tyre and Sidon.