Distress
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Distress (169 Occurrences)
... 1. (n.) Extreme pain or suffering; anguish of body or mind; as, to suffer distress
from the gout, or from the loss of friends. ...Distress (169 Occurrences). ...
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Straiten (4 Occurrences)
... 3. (vt) To restrict; to distress or embarrass in respect of means or conditions
of life; -- used chiefly in the past participle; -- as, a man straitened in his ...
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Oppress (57 Occurrences)
... eat the fruit of your own body, the flesh of your sons and of your daughters, whom
Yahweh your God has given you, in the siege and in the distress with which ...
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Inflict (25 Occurrences)
... eat the fruit of your own body, the flesh of your sons and of your daughters, whom
Yahweh your God has given you, in the siege and in the distress with which ...
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Groan (32 Occurrences)
... 4. (n.) A low, moaning sound; usually, a deep, mournful sound uttered in pain or
great distress; sometimes, an expression of strong disapprobation; as, the ...
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Stress (3 Occurrences)
... Noah Webster's Dictionary 1. (n.) Distress. ... See Guide to pronunciation, // 31-35.
5. (n.) Distress; the act of distraining; also, the thing distrained. ...
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Pain (172 Occurrences)
... 2. (n.) Any uneasy sensation in animal bodies, from slight uneasiness to extreme
distress or torture, proceeding from a derangement of functions, disease, or ...
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Adversity (54 Occurrences)
... ad-vur'-si-ti: In the Revised Version (British and American) exclusively an Old
Testament term, expressing the various forms of distress and evil conveyed by ...
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Tribulation (43 Occurrences)
... Noah Webster's Dictionary. (n.) That which occasions distress, trouble, or vexation;
severe affliction. Int. Standard Bible Encyclopedia. TRIBULATION. ...
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Distrain (1 Occurrence)
... Noah Webster's Dictionary 1. (vt) To distress; to take possession as security for
nonpayment; as, to distrain goods for rent. ... 5. (vi) To levy a distress. ...
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Anguish (75 Occurrences)
... Noah Webster's Dictionary 1. (n.) Extreme pain, either of body or mind; excruciating
distress. 2. (vt) To distress with extreme pain or grief. Int. ...
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Travailing (16 Occurrences)
... (WEB KJV JPS ASV WBS YLT). Jeremiah 6:24 We have heard its sound, feeble have been
our hands, Distress hath seized us, pain as of a travailing woman. (YLT). ...
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Enlargement (7 Occurrences)
... of affection. 3. (n.) A setting at large, or being set at large; release
from confinement, servitude, or distress; liberty. 4. (n ...
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Cry (431 Occurrences)
... 2. (vi) To utter lamentations; to lament audibly; to express pain, grief, or distress,
by weeping and sobbing; to shed tears; to bawl, as a child. ...
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Attentively (35 Occurrences)
... Isaiah 5:30 And it howleth against it in that day as the howling of a sea, And it
hath looked attentively to the land, And lo, darkness -- distress, And light ...
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Straitness (6 Occurrences)
... thy sons and of thy daughters, which the LORD thy God hath given thee, in the siege,
and in the straitness, wherewith thine enemies shall distress thee: (KJV ...
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Supplication (71 Occurrences)
... 3. (n.) A religious solemnity observed in consequence of some military success,
and also, in times of distress and danger, to avert the anger of the gods. ...
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Barefoot (7 Occurrences)
... To go barefoot was a sign of great distress (Isaiah 20:2, 3, 4), or of some
great calamity having fallen on a person (2 Samuel 15:30). ...
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Disturbed (30 Occurrences)
... Matthew 24:29 "But immediately after those times of distress the sun will be darkened,
the moon will not shed her light, the stars will fall from the firmament ...
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Womb (84 Occurrences)
... eat the fruit of your own body, the flesh of your sons and of your daughters, whom
Yahweh your God has given you, in the siege and in the distress with which ...
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Enemy (134 Occurrences)
... he will not give to any of them of the flesh of his children whom he shall eat,
because he has nothing left him, in the siege and in the distress with which ...
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Distressing (8 Occurrences)
... 1. (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Distress. 2. (a.) Causing distress; painful; unpleasant.
3. (adv.) In a distressing manner. Multi-Version Concordance ...
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Roar (53 Occurrences)
... 3. (vi) To cry loudly, as in pain, distress, or anger. 4 ... lion. 11. (n.)
The cry of one in pain, distress, anger, or the like. 12. ...
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Distressed (70 Occurrences)
... Noah Webster's Dictionary (imp. & pp) of Distress. Multi-Version Concordance
Distressed (70 Occurrences). Matthew 9:36 And when He ...
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Gates (156 Occurrences)
... he will not give to any of them of the flesh of his children whom he shall eat,
because he has nothing left him, in the siege and in the distress with which ...
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Stronghold (68 Occurrences)
... me, I will sing of Thy strength; yea, I will sing aloud of Thy mercy in the morning;
for Thou hast been my high tower, and a refuge in the day of my distress. ...
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Vexation (36 Occurrences)
... On the other hand, the Revised Version (British and American) has "vex" for "distress"
(Deuteronomy 2:9, 19); "they that vex" for "the adversaries of" (Isaiah ...
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Givest (31 Occurrences)
... Nehemiah 9:27 and Thou givest them into the hand of their adversaries, and they
distress them, and in the time of their distress they cry unto Thee, and Thou ...
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Imposed (16 Occurrences)
... eat the flesh of their sons and the flesh of their daughters; and they shall eat
everyone the flesh of his friend, in the siege and in the distress, with which ...
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Intends (2 Occurrences)
... her feet, and toward her children whom she shall bear; for she shall eat them for
want of all things secretly, in the siege and in the distress with which your ...
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Issues (8 Occurrences)
... her feet, and toward her children whom she shall bear; for she shall eat them for
want of all things secretly, in the siege and in the distress with which your ...
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Tobit
... Job-like he prayed that God might take him out of his distress. Now it
happened that at this time another Jewish family, equally ...
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That's (8 Occurrences)
... Genesis 42:21 And they said one to another: 'We are verily guilty concerning our
brother, in that we saw the distress of his soul, when he besought us, and we ...
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Tears (58 Occurrences)
... TEARS. terz (dim`ah; dakrua): In the instances recorded in Scripture weeping is
more frequently associated with mental distress than with physical pain. ...
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Rephidim (5 Occurrences)
... Here no water could be found for the people to drink, and in their impatience they
were ready to stone Moses, as if he were the cause of their distress. ...
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Roaring (28 Occurrences)
... & vb. n.) of Roar. 2. (n.) A loud, deep, prolonged sound, as of a large beast, or
of a person in distress, anger, mirth, etc., or of a noisy congregation. ...
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Despising (25 Occurrences)
... 2 Kings 19:3 and they say unto him, 'Thus said Hezekiah -- A day of distress, and
rebuke, and despising 'is' this day; for come have sons unto the birth, and ...
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Mercies (62 Occurrences)
... YLT). 2 Samuel 24:14 David said to Gad, "I am in distress. Let us ... YLT). 1
Chronicles 21:13 David said to Gad, I am in distress. Let me ...
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Pity (165 Occurrences)
... Standard Bible Encyclopedia. PITY. pit'-i (chamal, chuc; eleeo): "Pity," probably
contracted from "piety," is tender feeling for others in misery or distress. ...
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Punished (47 Occurrences)
... Genesis 42:21 They said one to another, "We are certainly guilty concerning our
brother, in that we saw the distress of his soul, when he begged us, and we ...
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Pleaded (21 Occurrences)
... Genesis 42:21 They said one to another, "We are certainly guilty concerning our
brother, in that we saw the distress of his soul, when he begged us, and we ...
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Ariel (7 Occurrences)
... NIV). Isaiah 29:2 then I will distress Ariel, and there will be mourning
and lamentation. She shall be to me as an altar hearth. ...
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Anaharath (1 Occurrence)
... Job-like he prayed that God might take him out of his distress. Now it
happened that at this time another Jewish family, equally ...
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Struggle (16 Occurrences)
... 3. (vi) To labor in pain or anguish; to be in agony; to labor in any kind
of difficulty or distress. 4. (n.) A violent effort or ...
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Succor (8 Occurrences)
... 1. (vt) To run to, or run to support; hence, to help or relieve when in difficulty,
want, or distress; to assist and deliver from suffering; to relieve; as, to ...
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Sorrow (277 Occurrences)
... translated "sorrow" in Revelation 18:7; Revelation 21:4, is in the Revised Version
(British and American) "mourning." Odune, of pain-and distress, is thus ...
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Shed (73 Occurrences)
... Matthew 24:29 "But immediately after those times of distress the sun will be darkened,
the moon will not shed her light, the stars will fall from the firmament ...
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Misery (38 Occurrences)
... Noah Webster's Dictionary 1. (n.) Great unhappiness; extreme pain of body or mind;
wretchedness; distress; woe. 2. (n.) Cause of misery; calamity; misfortune. ...
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Stir (57 Occurrences)
... Deuteronomy 2:9 and Jehovah saith unto me, Do not distress Moab, nor stir thyself
up against them 'in' battle, for I do not give to thee of their land 'for' a ...
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During (182 Occurrences)
... eat the fruit of your own body, the flesh of your sons and of your daughters, whom
Yahweh your God has given you, in the siege and in the distress with which ...
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Afflict (55 Occurrences)
... 2. (vt) To inflict some great injury or hurt upon, causing continued pain or mental
distress; to trouble grievously; to torment. 3. (vt) To make low or humble. ...
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Beard (23 Occurrences)
... Then said Achish,. Lo, ye see the man is mad." (5) It was common. Semitic custom
to cut both hair and beard as a token of grief or distress. ...
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Help (1694 Occurrences)
... balcony. 2. (vt) To furnish with the means of deliverance from trouble;
as, to help one in distress; to help one out of prison. 3 ...
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Affliction (120 Occurrences)
... Noah Webster's Dictionary 1. (n.) The cause of continued pain of body or mind, as
sickness, losses, etc.; an instance of grievous distress; a pain or grief. ...
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Torment (19 Occurrences)
... 4. (vt) To put to extreme pain or anguish; to inflict excruciating misery upon,
either of body or mind; to torture. 5. (vt) To pain; to distress; to afflict. ...
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Begged (71 Occurrences)
... Genesis 42:21 They said one to another, "We are certainly guilty concerning our
brother, in that we saw the distress of his soul, when he begged us, and we ...
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Agony (20 Occurrences)
... The word "agony" also occurs in 2 Maccabees 3:14, 16, 21 the King James Version
(the Revised Version (British and American) "distress") in describing the ...
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Adullam (10 Occurrences)
... At this place is a hill some 500 feet high pierced with numerous caverns, in one
of which David gathered together "every one that was in distress, and every ...
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Sacrifice (300 Occurrences)
... Human sacrifice was ordinarily resorted to, no doubt, only in times of great distress,
but it seems to have been practiced among the old Canaanitish tribes ...
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Gloom (29 Occurrences)
... (See RSV NIV). Isaiah 8:22 and look to the earth, and see distress, darkness, and
the gloom of anguish. They will be driven into thick darkness. ...
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Jephthah (26 Occurrences)
... of comparative quiet Israel again apostatized, and in "process of time the children
of Ammon made war against Israel" (11:5). In their distress the elders of ...
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Nahum (3 Occurrences)
... to understand how, with the doom of the cruel oppressor imminent, a prophet-patriot
might burst into shouts of exultation and triumph over the distress of the ...
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Siege (63 Occurrences)
... the terms of peace offered to the inhabitants were so humiliating and cruel that
they sought a respite of seven days and appealed to Saul in their distress. ...
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Broad (113 Occurrences)
... Figurative: Relief from distress: "Yea, he would have allured thee out of (Hebrew
"the mouth of") distress into a broad place" (Job 36:16); the liberty of ...
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Suffering (104 Occurrences)
... 2. (n.) The bearing of pain, inconvenience, or loss; pain endured; distress, loss,
or injury incurred; as, sufferings by pain or sorrow; sufferings by want or ...
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Secretly (104 Occurrences)
... her feet, and toward her children whom she shall bear; for she shall eat them for
want of all things secretly, in the siege and in the distress with which your ...
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Legs (50 Occurrences)
... her feet, and toward her children whom she shall bear; for she shall eat them for
want of all things secretly, in the siege and in the distress with which your ...
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Abundant (124 Occurrences)
... Nehemiah 9:27 and Thou givest them into the hand of their adversaries, and they
distress them, and in the time of their distress they cry unto Thee, and Thou ...
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Speedily (38 Occurrences)
... (YLT). Psalms 69:17 Don't hide your face from your servant, for I am in distress.
Answer me speedily! ... In their distress they do seek Me speedily!' (YLT). ...
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Storm (62 Occurrences)
... Proverbs 1:27 when calamity overtakes you like a storm, when your disaster comes
on like a whirlwind; when distress and anguish come on you. ...
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Wouldn't (67 Occurrences)
... Genesis 42:21 They said one to another, "We are certainly guilty concerning our
brother, in that we saw the distress of his soul, when he begged us, and we ...
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Calamity (108 Occurrences)
... communities or individuals. 2. (n.) A state or time of distress or misfortune;
misery. Int. Standard Bible Encyclopedia. CALAMITY. ka-lam ...
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Enemies (317 Occurrences)
... eat the fruit of your own body, the flesh of your sons and of your daughters, whom
Yahweh your God has given you, in the siege and in the distress with which ...
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Wherewith (182 Occurrences)
... thy sons and of thy daughters, which the LORD thy God hath given thee, in the siege,
and in the straitness, wherewith thine enemies shall distress thee: (KJV ...
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Disgrace (73 Occurrences)
... 2 Kings 19:3 and they say unto him, 'Thus said Hezekiah -- A day of distress, and
rebuke, and despising 'is' this day; for come have sons unto the birth, and ...
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Rescued (49 Occurrences)
... ever. (See NAS RSV). Proverbs 11:8 The righteous from distress is drawn out,
And the wicked goeth in instead of him. (See NIV). Isaiah ...
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Refuge (111 Occurrences)
... Noah Webster's Dictionary. 1. (n.) Shelter or protection from danger or distress. ...
For you have been my high tower, a refuge in the day of my distress. ...
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Guilty (131 Occurrences)
... Genesis 42:21 They said one to another, "We are certainly guilty concerning our
brother, in that we saw the distress of his soul, when he begged us, and we ...
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Offspring (186 Occurrences)
... eat the fruit of your own body, the flesh of your sons and of your daughters, whom
Yahweh your God has given you, in the siege and in the distress with which ...
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