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calamity

Meaning of “calamity”

A grievous event or condition of ruin, disaster, affliction, misery, or destructive trouble.

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19 occurrences17 verses8 booksKJV PCE

Some verses contain the word more than once.

First occurrence: Deuteronomy 32:35

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Job 6:2
Oh that my grief were throughly weighed, and my calamity laid in the balances together!
1 word occurrence in this verse
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1611 witness · Job 6:2 · retained source text

Oh that my griefe were throughly weighed, and my calamitie layd in the balances together.

1611 marginal noteHeb. lifted vp.

Job 30:13
They mar my path, they set forward my calamity, they have no helper.
1 word occurrence in this verse
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1611 witness · Job 30:13 · retained source text

They marre my path, they set forward my calamitie, they haue no helper.

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