- Original: אכזר - Transliteration: 'akzar - Phonetic: ak-zawr' - Definition: 1. cruel, fierce - Origin: from an unused root (apparently meaning to act harshly) - TWOT entry: 971a - Part(s) of speech: Adjective - Strong's: From an unused root (apparently meaning to act harshly); violent; by implication deadly; also (in a good sense) brave: - cruel fierce. Total KJV Occurrences: 4 • cruel, 3 Deuteronomy 32:33; Job 30:21; Lamentations 4:3 • fierce, 1 Job 41:10