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anguish

Meaning of “anguish”

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

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KJV context and cross-referencesBullokar 1616Webster 1828
17 occurrences17 verses12 booksKJV PCE

First occurrence: Genesis 42:21

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John 16:21
A woman when she is in travail hath sorrow, because her hour is come: but as soon as she is delivered of the child, she remembereth no more the anguish, for joy that a man is born into the world.
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1611 witness · John 16:21 · retained source text

A woman, when she is in trauaile, hath sorrow, because her houre is come: but assoone as she is deliuered of the child, she remembreth no more the anguish, for ioy that a man is borne into the world.

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To distress with extreme pain or grief.

volume 1, leaf 171, column 1 (main_dictionary)