KJV dictionary & concordance

anguish

Meaning of “anguish”

Extreme distress, pain, grief, or oppressive trouble of body, mind, spirit, or heart.

Definition sources

KJV context and cross-referencesBullokar 1616Webster 1828

17 occurrences17 verses12 booksKJV PCE

First occurrence: Genesis 42:21

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KJV PCE

¶ And Moses spake so unto the children of Israel: but they hearkened not unto Moses for anguish of spirit, and for cruel bondage.

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The 1611 reading & marginal notes

1611 witness · Exodus 6:9 · retained source text

¶ And Moses spake so vnto the children of Israel: but they hearkened not vnto Moses, for anguish of spirit, and for cruell bondage.

1611 marginal noteHeb. shortnesse: or, straitnes.

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Historical English dictionary sources

Grief of mind: vexation.

paragraph 251

To distress with extreme pain or grief.

volume 1, leaf 171, column 1 (main_dictionary)