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sore

Meaning of “sore”

Sense 1: Painful, grievous, severe, or causing distress. Sense 2: Greatly, exceedingly, or intensely. Sense 3: A wound, ulcer, or tender or diseased place.

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98 occurrences97 verses30 booksKJV PCE

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First occurrence: Genesis 19:9

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Job 2:7
¶ So went Satan forth from the presence of the Lord, and smote Job with sore boils from the sole of his foot unto his crown.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · Job 2:7 · retained source text

¶ So went Satan foorth from the presence of the LORD, and smote Iob with sore biles, from the sole of his foote vnto his crowne.

Job 5:18
For he maketh sore, and bindeth up: he woundeth, and his hands make whole.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading & marginal notes
1611 witness · Job 5:18 · retained source text

For he maketh sore, and bindeth vp: he woundeth, and his hands make whole.

1611 marginal noteDeut. 32.39. 1.sam. 2.6. isa. 30.26. hos. 6.1.

Psalms 2:5
Then shall he speak unto them in his wrath, and vex them in his sore displeasure.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading & marginal notes
1611 witness · Psalms 2:5 · retained source text

Then shall hee speake vnto them in his wrath, and vexe them in his sore displeasure.

1611 marginal noteOr, trouble.

Psalms 6:10
Let all mine enemies be ashamed and sore vexed: let them return and be ashamed suddenly.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · Psalms 6:10 · retained source text

Let all mine enemies be ashamed and sore vexed: let them returne and be ashamed suddainly.

Psalms 38:2
For thine arrows stick fast in me, and thy hand presseth me sore.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · Psalms 38:2 · retained source text

For thine arrowes sticke fast in me; and thy hand presseth me sore.

Psalms 38:11
My lovers and my friends stand aloof from my sore; and my kinsmen stand afar off.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading & marginal notes
1611 witness · Psalms 38:11 · retained source text

My louers and my friends stand a loofe from my sore: and my kinsmen stand a farre off.

1611 marginal noteHeb. stroke

1611 marginal noteOr, my neighbours.

Psalms 44:19
Though thou hast sore broken us in the place of dragons, and covered us with the shadow of death.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · Psalms 44:19 · retained source text

Though thou hast sore broken vs in the place of dragons, and couered vs with the shadow of death.

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