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grieve

Meaning of “grieve”

To feel pain of mind or heart; to be in pain on account of an evil; to sorrow; to mourn.

Definition sources

KJV context and cross-referencesWebster 1828
5 occurrences5 verses5 booksKJV PCE

First occurrence: 1 Samuel 2:33

Complete exact-word concordance

Every verse containing “grieve”

KJV PCE
1 Samuel 2:33
And the man of thine, whom I shall not cut off from mine altar, shall be to consume thine eyes, and to grieve thine heart: and all the increase of thine house shall die in the flower of their age.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading & marginal notes
1611 witness · 1 Samuel 2:33 · retained source text

And the man of thine, whom I shall not cut off from mine Altar, shall be to consume thine eyes, and to grieue thine heart: and all the increase of thine house shall die in the floure of their age.

1611 marginal noteHeb. men.

1 Chronicles 4:10
And Jabez called on the God of Israel, saying, Oh that thou wouldest bless me indeed, and enlarge my coast, and that thine hand might be with me, and that thou wouldest keep me from evil, that it may not grieve me! And God granted him that which he requested.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading & marginal notes
1611 witness · 1 Chronicles 4:10 · retained source text

And Iabez called on the God of Israel, saying, Oh that thou wouldest blesse mee indeede, and enlarge my coast, and that thine hand might bee with me, and that thou wouldest keepe mee from euill, that it may not grieue me. And God granted him that which he requested.

1611 marginal noteHeb. If thou wilt, &c.

1611 marginal noteHeb. doe me.

Psalms 78:40
How oft did they provoke him in the wilderness, and grieve him in the desert!
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading & marginal notes
1611 witness · Psalms 78:40 · retained source text

How oft did they prouoke him in the wildernesse: and grieue him in the desert?

1611 marginal noteOr, rebell against him.

Lamentations 3:33
For he doth not afflict willingly nor grieve the children of men.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading & marginal notes
1611 witness · Lamentations 3:33 · retained source text

For he doth not afflict willingly, nor grieue the children of men.

1611 marginal noteHeb. from his heart.

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Historical English dictionary sources

Historical definitions

To feel pain of mind or heart; to be in pain on account of an evil; to sorrow; to mourn.

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