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sorrows

Meaning of “sorrows”

Griefs, pains, afflictions, or causes of distress.

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22 occurrences22 verses12 booksKJV PCE

First occurrence: Exodus 3:7

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Psalms 127:2
It is vain for you to rise up early, to sit up late, to eat the bread of sorrows: for so he giveth his beloved sleep.
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1611 witness · Psalms 127:2 · retained source text

It is vaine for you to rise vp early, to sit vp late, to eate the bread of sorrowes: for so hee giueth his beloued sleepe.

Ecclesiastes 2:23
For all his days are sorrows, and his travail grief; yea, his heart taketh not rest in the night. This is also vanity.
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1611 witness · Ecclesiastes 2:23 · retained source text

For all his dayes are sorrowes, and his traueile, griefe; yea his heart taketh not rest in the night. This is also vanitie.

1611 marginal noteIob 14.1.

Isaiah 13:8
And they shall be afraid: pangs and sorrows shall take hold of them; they shall be in pain as a woman that travaileth: they shall be amazed one at another; their faces shall be as flames.
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1611 witness · Isaiah 13:8 · retained source text

And they shalbe afraid: pangs and sorrowes shall take hold of them, they shalbe in paine as a woman that trauelleth: they shalbe amazed one at another, their faces shalbe as flames.

1611 marginal noteHeb. wonder.

1611 marginal noteHeb. euery man at his neighbour.

1611 marginal noteHeb. faces of the flames.

Isaiah 53:3
He is despised and rejected of men; a man of sorrows, and acquainted with grief: and we hid as it were our faces from him; he was despised, and we esteemed him not.
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1611 witness · Isaiah 53:3 · retained source text

He is despised and reiected of men, a man ofsorrows, and acquainted with griefe: and we hid as it were our faces from him; hee was despised, and wee esteemed him not.

1611 marginal noteOr, he hid as it were his face from vs. Heb. as a hiding of faces from him or from vs.

1611 marginal noteChap. 32.14. mar. 9.12.

Isaiah 53:4
¶ Surely he hath borne our griefs, and carried our sorrows: yet we did esteem him stricken, smitten of God, and afflicted.
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1611 witness · Isaiah 53:4 · retained source text

¶ Surely he hath borne our griefes, and caried our sorrowes: yet we did esteeme him striken, smitten of God, and afflicted.

1611 marginal noteMat.8.18.

Jeremiah 13:21
What wilt thou say when he shall punish thee? for thou hast taught them to be captains, and as chief over thee: shall not sorrows take thee, as a woman in travail?
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1611 witness · Jeremiah 13:21 · retained source text

What wilt thou say when he shall punish thee (for thou hast taught them to be captaines and as chiefe ouer thee) shall not sorrowes take thee as a woman in trauaile?

1611 marginal noteHebr. visit vpon.

Jeremiah 49:24
Damascus is waxed feeble, and turneth herself to flee, and fear hath seized on her: anguish and sorrows have taken her, as a woman in travail.
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1611 witness · Jeremiah 49:24 · retained source text

Damascus is waxed feeble, and turneth her selfe to flee, and feare hath seised on her: anguish and sorrowes haue taken her as a woman in trauell.

Daniel 10:16
And, behold, one like the similitude of the sons of men touched my lips: then I opened my mouth, and spake, and said unto him that stood before me, O my lord, by the vision my sorrows are turned upon me, and I have retained no strength.
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1611 witness · Daniel 10:16 · retained source text

And behold, one like the similitude of the sonnes of men touched my lippes: then I opened my mouth, and spake, and sayd vnto him that stoode before me; O my LORD, by the vision my sorrowes are turned vpon me, and I haue retained no strength.

Hosea 13:13
The sorrows of a travailing woman shall come upon him: he is an unwise son; for he should not stay long in the place of the breaking forth of children.
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1611 witness · Hosea 13:13 · retained source text

The sorrowes of a traueiling woman shall come vpon him, he is an vnwise sonne, for he should not stay long in the place of the breaking foorth of children.

1611 marginal noteHebr. a time.

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