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distress

Meaning of “distress”

Sense 1: Severe trouble, anguish, or affliction. Sense 2: As a verb, to afflict, oppress, or make miserable.

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33 occurrences33 verses19 booksKJV PCE

First occurrence: Genesis 35:3

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Luke 21:23
But woe unto them that are with child, and to them that give suck, in those days! for there shall be great distress in the land, and wrath upon this people.
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1611 witness · Luke 21:23 · retained source text

But woe vnto them that are with childe, and to them that giue sucke in those dayes, for there shalbe great distresse in the land, and wrath vpon this people.

Luke 21:25
¶ And there shall be signs in the sun, and in the moon, and in the stars; and upon the earth distress of nations, with perplexity; the sea and the waves roaring;
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1611 witness · Luke 21:25 · retained source text

¶ And there shalbe signes in the Sunne, and in the Moone, and in the Starres, and vpon the earth distresse of nations, with perplexity, the Sea and the waues roaring,

1611 marginal noteMatth. 24.29.

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