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
A SOFT answer turneth away wrath: but grievous words stir up anger.
¶ A soft answere turneth away wrath: but grieuous words stirre vp anger.
1611 marginal noteChap. 25.14.
Correction is grievous unto him that forsaketh the way: and he that hateth reproof shall die.
Correction is grieuous vnto him that forsaketh the way: and he that hateth reproofe, shall die.
1611 marginal noteOr, instruction, &c.
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Historical English dictionary sources
burdensome, painful, severe.
