KJV dictionary & concordance
Sorrowful; affected with grief; cast down with affliction. Downcast; gloomy; having the external appearance of sorrow.
Definition sources
Some verses contain the word more than once.
First occurrence: Genesis 40:6
Complete exact-word concordance
And Joseph came in unto them in the morning, and looked upon them, and, behold, they were sad.
And Ioseph came in vnto them in the morning, and looked vpon them, and behold, they were sad.
And she said, Let thine handmaid find grace in thy sight. So the woman went her way, and did eat, and her countenance was no more sad.
And she said, Let thine handmaid finde grace in thy sight. So the woman went her way, and did eate, and her countenance was no more sad.
¶ But Jezebel his wife came to him, and said unto him, Why is thy spirit so sad, that thou eatest no bread?
¶ But Iezebel his wife came to him, and said vnto him, Why is thy spirit so sad, that thou eatest no bread?
AND it came to pass in the month Nisan, in the twentieth year of Artaxerxes the king, that wine was before him: and I took up the wine, and gave it unto the king. Now I had not been beforetime sad in his presence.
¶ And it came to passe, in the moneth Nisan, in the twentieth yeere of Artaxerxes the king, that wine was before him: and I tooke vp the wine, and gaue it vnto the King: now I had not bene beforetime sad in his presence.
Wherefore the king said unto me, Why is thy countenance sad, seeing thou art not sick? this is nothing else but sorrow of heart. Then I was very sore afraid,
Wherefore the king said vnto me, Why is thy countenance sadde, seeing thou art not sicke? this is nothing else but sorrow of heart. Then I was very sore afraid,
And said unto the king, Let the king live for ever: why should not my countenance be sad, when the city, the place of my fathers’ sepulchres, lieth waste, and the gates thereof are consumed with fire?
And said vnto the king, Let the king liue for euer: why should not my countenance be sad, when the city, the place of my fathers Sepulchres, lyeth waste, and the gates thereof are consumed with fire?
Because with lies ye have made the heart of the righteous sad, whom I have not made sad; and strengthened the hands of the wicked, that he should not return from his wicked way, by promising him life:
Because with lyes yee haue made the heart of the righteous sad whom I haue not made sad; and strengthened the hands of the wicked, that hee should not returne from his wicked way by promising him life:
1611 marginal noteOr, that I should saue his life. Hebr. by quickning him.
¶ Moreover when ye fast, be not, as the hypocrites, of a sad countenance: for they disfigure their faces, that they may appear unto men to fast. Verily I say unto you, They have their reward.
¶ Moreouer, when yee fast, be not as the Hypocrites, of a sad countenance: for they disfigure their faces, that they may appeare vnto men to fast: Uerily I say vnto you, they haue their reward.
And he was sad at that saying, and went away grieved: for he had great possessions.
And hee was sad at that saying, and went away grieued: for hee had great possessions.
And he said unto them, What manner of communications are these that ye have one to another, as ye walk, and are sad?
And he said vnto them, What maner of communications are these that yee haue one to another as yee walke, and are sad?
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Historical English dictionary sources
Sorrowful; affected with grief; cast down with affliction. Downcast; gloomy; having the external appearance of sorrow.
