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fret

Meaning of “fret”

1. To become irritated, angry, envious, or distressed. 2. To eat, wear, or corrode inwardly.

Definition sources

KJV context and cross-referencesSkeat 1893
7 occurrences7 verses5 booksKJV PCE

First occurrence: Leviticus 13:55

Complete exact-word concordance

Every verse containing “fret”

KJV PCE
Leviticus 13:55
And the priest shall look on the plague, after that it is washed: and, behold, if the plague have not changed his colour, and the plague be not spread; it is unclean; thou shalt burn it in the fire; it is fret inward, whether it be bare within or without.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading & marginal notes
1611 witness · Leviticus 13:55 · retained source text

And the Priest shall looke on the plague after that it is washed: and behold, if the plague haue not changed his colour, and the plague be not spread, it is vncleane, thou shalt burne it in the fire, it is fret inward, whether it be bare within or without.

1611 marginal noteHeb. whether it be bauld in the head thereof or in the forehead thereof.

1 Samuel 1:6
And her adversary also provoked her sore, for to make her fret, because the Lord had shut up her womb.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading & marginal notes
1611 witness · 1 Samuel 1:6 · retained source text

And her aduersary also prouoked her sore, for to make her fret, because the LORD had shut vp her wombe.)

1611 marginal noteHebr. angred her.

Psalms 37:7
Rest in the Lord, and wait patiently for him: fret not thyself because of him who prospereth in his way, because of the man who bringeth wicked devices to pass.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading & marginal notes
1611 witness · Psalms 37:7 · retained source text

Rest in the LORD, and wait patiently for him: fret not thy selfe because of him who prospereth in his way, because of the man who bringeth wicked deuices to passe.

1611 marginal noteHebr. be silent to the LORD.

Proverbs 24:19
fret not thyself because of evil men, neither be thou envious at the wicked;
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading & marginal notes
1611 witness · Proverbs 24:19 · retained source text

Fret not thy selfe because of euill men; neither be thou enuious at the wicked.

1611 marginal noteOr, keepe not company with the wicked.

1611 marginal notePsal. 37.1. Chap.23.17.

Isaiah 8:21
And they shall pass through it, hardly bestead and hungry: and it shall come to pass, that when they shall be hungry, they shall fret themselves, and curse their king and their God, and look upward.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · Isaiah 8:21 · retained source text

And they shall passe through it, hardly bestead and hungry: and it shall come to passe, that when they shall be hungry, they shall fret themselues, and curse their King, and their God, and looke vpward.

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Historical English dictionary sources

Historical definitions

To devour or corrode; to eat into, as an ulcer does.

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