KJV dictionary & concordance

languishing

Meaning of “languishing”

Present-participial or verbal-noun form of languish, meaning to grow weak, faint, or feeble; to pine or waste away.

Definition sources

KJV context and cross-referencesCawdrey 1604

1 occurrence1 verse1 bookKJV PCE

First occurrence: Psalms 41:3

Complete exact-word concordance

KJV PCE

The Lord will strengthen him upon the bed of languishing: thou wilt make all his bed in his sickness.

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The 1611 reading & marginal notes

1611 witness · Psalms 41:3 · retained source text

The LORD will strengthen him vpon the bed of languishing: thou wilt make all his bed in his sicknesse.

1611 marginal noteHeb. turne.

Source order

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Historical English dictionary sources

Pining, consuming, wearing away with grief or sickness.

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