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

Trouble and anguish have taken hold on me: yet thy commandments are my delights.

1 word occurrence in this verse

The 1611 reading & marginal notes

1611 witness · Psalms 119:143 · retained source text

Trouble and anguish haue taken hold on me: yet thy commaundements are my delights.

1611 marginal noteHebr. found me.

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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)