KJV dictionary & concordance
Great distress, affliction, suffering, or wretchedness.
Definition sources
First occurrence: Judges 10:16
Complete exact-word concordance
And they put away the strange gods from among them, and served the Lord: and his soul was grieved for the misery of Israel.
And they put away the strange gods from among them, and serued the LORD: and his soule was grieued for the misery of Israel.
1611 marginal noteHebr. gods of strangers.
1611 marginal noteHebr. was shortened.
Wherefore is light given to him that is in misery, and life unto the bitter in soul;
Wherefore is light giuen to him that is in misery, and life vnto the bitter in soule?
Because thou shalt forget thy misery, and remember it as waters that pass away:
Because thou shalt forget thy misery, and remember it as waters that passe away:
Let him drink, and forget his poverty, and remember his misery no more.
Let him drinke, and forget his pouertie, and remember his misery no more.
¶ Because to every purpose there is time and judgment, therefore the misery of man is great upon him.
¶ Because to euery purpose there is time, and iudgement; therefore the misery of man is great vpon him.
Remembering mine affliction and my misery, the wormwood and the gall.
Remembring mine affliction and my miserie, the wormewood & the gall.
1611 marginal noteOr, remember.
Destruction and misery are in their ways:
Destruction & misery are in their wayes:
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Historical English dictionary sources
Great unhappiness; extreme pain of body or mind; calamity; affliction.
