KJV dictionary & concordance
Sense 1: Severe trouble, anguish, or affliction. Sense 2: As a verb, to afflict, oppress, or make miserable.
Definition sources
First occurrence: Genesis 35:3
Complete exact-word concordance
And the king sware, and said, As the Lord liveth, that hath redeemed my soul out of all distress,
And the king sware, and said, As the LORD liueth, that hath redeemed my soule out of all distresse,
¶ And in the time of his distress did he trespass yet more against the Lord: this is that king Ahaz.
¶ And in the time of this distresse did hee trespasse yet more against the LORD: This is that king Ahaz.
¶ Then said I unto them, Ye see the distress that we are in, how Jerusalem lieth waste, and the gates thereof are burned with fire: come, and let us build up the wall of Jerusalem, that we be no more a reproach.
¶ Then said I vnto them, Yee see the distresse that we are in, how Ierusalem lieth waste, and the gates therof are burnt with fire: come, and let vs builde vp the wall of Ierusalem, that we be no more a reproch.
And it yieldeth much increase unto the kings whom thou hast set over us because of our sins: also they have dominion over our bodies, and over our cattle, at their pleasure, and we are in great distress.
And it yeeldeth much increase vnto the kings, whom thou hast set ouer vs, because of our sinnes: also they haue dominion ouer our bodies, and ouer our cattell, at their pleasure; and wee are in great distresse.
HEAR me when I call, O God of my righteousness: thou hast enlarged me when I was in distress; have mercy upon me, and hear my prayer.
¶ Heare me, when I call, O God of my righteousnesse: thou hast inlarged mee when I was in distresse, haue mercy vpon me, and heare my prayer.
1611 marginal noteOr, bee gracious vnto me.
In my distress I called upon the Lord, and cried unto my God: he heard my voice out of his temple, and my cry came before him, even into his ears.
In my distresse I called vpon the LORD, and cryed vnto my God: hee heard my voyce out of his temple, and my crie came before him, euen into his eares.
I called upon the Lord in distress: the Lord answered me, and set me in a large place.
I called vpon the LORD in distresse: the LORD answered me, and set me in a large place.
1611 marginal noteHebr. out of distresse.
IN my distress I cried unto the Lord, and he heard me.
¶ In my distresse I cried vnto the LORD: and hee heard me.
When your fear cometh as desolation, and your destruction cometh as a whirlwind; when distress and anguish cometh upon you.
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.
For thou hast been a strength to the poor, a strength to the needy in his distress, a refuge from the storm, a shadow from the heat, when the blast of the terrible ones is as a storm against the wall.
For thou hast bene a strength to the poore, a strength to the needy in his distresse, a refuge from the storme, a shadow from the heat, when the blast of the terrible ones is as a storme against the wall.
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