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

When your fear cometh as desolation, and your destruction cometh as a whirlwind; when distress and anguish cometh upon you.

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The 1611 reading & marginal notes

1611 witness · Proverbs 1:27 · retained source text

When your feare commeth as desolation, and your destruction commeth as a whirlewinde; when distresse and anguish commeth vpon you:

1611 marginal noteIob.27.9 isa. 1.15. ier.11.11. & 14.12.

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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)