KJV dictionary & concordance
Sorrow, grief, mourning, distress, or burden of heart.
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First occurrence: Ezra 9:5
Complete exact-word concordance
¶ And at the evening sacrifice I arose up from my heaviness; and having rent my garment and my mantle, I fell upon my knees, and spread out my hands unto the Lord my God,
¶ And at the euening sacrifice, I arose vp from my heauinesse, and hauing rent my garment and my mantle, I fell vpon my knees, and spread out my hands vnto the LORD my God,
1611 marginal noteOr, affliction.
If I say, I will forget my complaint, I will leave off my heaviness, and comfort myself:
If I say, I will forget my complaint, I will leaue off my heauinesse, and comfort my selfe.
Reproach hath broken my heart; and I am full of heaviness: and I looked for some to take pity, but there was none; and for comforters, but I found none.
Reproch hath broken my heart, and I am full of heauines: and I looked for some to take pitie, but there was none; and for comforters, but I found none.
1611 marginal noteHeb. to lament with me.
My soul melteth for heaviness: strengthen thou me according unto thy word.
My soule melteth for heauines: strengthen thou me according vnto thy word.
1611 marginal noteHeb. droppeth.
THE proverbs of Solomon. A wise son maketh a glad father: but a foolish son is the heaviness of his mother.
¶ The Prouerbes of Solomon: A wise sonne maketh a glad father: but a foolish sonne is the heauinesse of his mother.
1611 marginal noteChap. 15.20.
heaviness in the heart of man maketh it stoop: but a good word maketh it glad.
Heauinesse in the heart of man maketh it stoope: but a good word maketh it glad.
1611 marginal noteChap.15.13.
Even in laughter the heart is sorrowful; and the end of that mirth is heaviness.
Euen in laughter the heart is sorrowfull; and the end of that mirth is heauinesse.
Yet I will distress Ariel, and there shall be heaviness and sorrow: and it shall be unto me as Ariel.
Yet I will distresse Ariel, and there shalbe heauinesse and sorrow; and it shall be vnto mee as Ariel.
To appoint unto them that mourn in Zion, to give unto them beauty for ashes, the oil of joy for mourning, the garment of praise for the spirit of heaviness; that they might be called trees of righteousness, the planting of the Lord, that he might be glorified.
To appoint vnto them that mourne in Zion, to giue vnto them beautie for ashes, the oyle of ioy for mourning, the garment of praise for the spirit of heauinesse, that they might be called trees of righteousnesse, the planting of the LORD, that he might be glorified.
That I have great heaviness and continual sorrow in my heart.
That I haue great heauinesse, and continuall sorrow in my heart.
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