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grief

Meaning of “grief”

Sorrow, pain, distress, anguish, trouble, burden, injury, or the cause of such suffering in mind, body, or spirit.

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26 occurrences26 verses14 booksKJV PCE

First occurrence: Genesis 26:35

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Isaiah 17:11
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In the day shalt thou make thy plant to grow, and in the morning shalt thou make thy seed to flourish: but the harvest shall be a heap in the day of grief and of desperate sorrow.
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The 1611 reading & marginal notes
1611 witness · Isaiah 17:11 · retained source text

In the day shalt thou make thy plant to grow, and in the morning shalt thou make thy seede to flourish: but the haruest shall be a heape in the day of griefe, and of desperate sorrow.

1611 marginal noteOr, remoued in the day of inheritance, and there shalbe deadly sorrow.

Isaiah 53:3
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He is despised and rejected of men; a man of sorrows, and acquainted with grief: and we hid as it were our faces from him; he was despised, and we esteemed him not.
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1611 witness · Isaiah 53:3 · retained source text

He is despised and reiected of men, a man ofsorrows, and acquainted with griefe: and we hid as it were our faces from him; hee was despised, and wee esteemed him not.

1611 marginal noteOr, he hid as it were his face from vs. Heb. as a hiding of faces from him or from vs.

1611 marginal noteChap. 32.14. mar. 9.12.

Isaiah 53:10
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¶ Yet it pleased the Lord to bruise him; he hath put him to grief: when thou shalt make his soul an offering for sin, he shall see his seed, he shall prolong his days, and the pleasure of the Lord shall prosper in his hand.
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1611 witness · Isaiah 53:10 · retained source text

¶ Yet it pleased the LORD to bruise him, he hath put him to griefe: when thou shalt make his soule an offring for sinne, he shall see his seede, hee shall prolong his daies, and the pleasure of the LORD shall prosper in his hand.

1611 marginal noteOr, when his soule shall make an offring.

Complete reference index — all 26 verses
Genesis 26:351 Samuel 1:161 Samuel 25:312 Chronicles 6:29Job 2:13Job 6:2Job 16:5Job 16:6Psalms 6:7Psalms 31:9Psalms 31:10Psalms 69:26Proverbs 17:25Ecclesiastes 1:18Ecclesiastes 2:23Isaiah 17:11Isaiah 53:3Isaiah 53:10Jeremiah 6:7Jeremiah 10:19Jeremiah 45:3Lamentations 3:32Jonah 4:62 Corinthians 2:5Hebrews 13:171 Peter 2:19

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Genesis1 occurrence
1 verse1 Samuel2 occurrences
2 verses2 Chronicles1 occurrence
1 verseJob4 occurrences
4 versesPsalms4 occurrences
4 versesProverbs1 occurrence
1 verseEcclesiastes2 occurrences
2 versesIsaiah3 occurrences
3 versesJeremiah3 occurrences
3 versesLamentations1 occurrence
1 verseJonah1 occurrence
1 verse2 Corinthians1 occurrence
1 verseHebrews1 occurrence
1 verse1 Peter1 occurrence
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