KJV dictionary & concordance
Burdensome, painful, severe.
Definition sources
Some verses contain the word more than once.
First occurrence: Genesis 12:10
Complete exact-word concordance
¶ And there was a famine in the land: and Abram went down into Egypt to sojourn there; for the famine was grievous in the land.
¶ And there was a famine in the land, and Abram went downe into Egypt, to soiourne there: for the famine was grieuous in the land.
And the Lord said, Because the cry of Sodom and Gomorrah is great, and because their sin is very grievous;
And the LORD said, Because the cry of Sodome and Gomorrah is great, and because their sinne is very grieuous:
And the thing was very grievous in Abraham’s sight because of his son.
And the thing was very grieuous in Abrahams sight, because of his sonne.
¶ And God said unto Abraham, Let it not be grievous in thy sight because of the lad, and because of thy bondwoman; in all that Sarah hath said unto thee, hearken unto her voice; for in Isaac shall thy seed be called.
¶ And God said vnto Abraham, Let it not be grieuous in thy sight, because of the lad, and because of thy bond woman. In all that Sarah hath said vnto thee, hearken vnto her voice: for in Isaac shall thy seed be called.
And the plenty shall not be known in the land by reason of that famine following; for it shall be very grievous.
And the plentie shal not be knowen in the land, by reason of that famine following: for it shalbe very grieuous.
1611 marginal noteHeb. heauy
And when the inhabitants of the land, the Canaanites, saw the mourning in the floor of Atad, they said, This is a grievous mourning to the Egyptians: wherefore the name of it was called Abel-mizraim, which is beyond Jordan.
And when the inhabitants of the land, the Canaanites sawe the mourning in the floore of Atad, they saide, This is a grieuous mourning to the Egyptians: wherfore the name of it was called, Abel Mizraim, which is beyond Iordan.
1611 marginal noteThat is, the mourning of the Egyptians.
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Historical English dictionary sources
burdensome, painful, severe.
