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tribulation

Meaning of “tribulation”

Affliction, distress, anguish, persecution, oppression, trouble, or suffering.

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KJV context and cross-referencesCawdrey 1604
22 occurrences22 verses12 booksKJV PCE

First occurrence: Deuteronomy 4:30

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Matthew 13:21
Yet hath he not root in himself, but dureth for a while: for when tribulation or persecution ariseth because of the word, by and by he is offended.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · Matthew 13:21 · retained source text

Yet hath hee not root in himselfe, but dureth for a while: for when tribulation or persecution ariseth because of the word, by and by he is offended.

Matthew 24:21
For then shall be great tribulation, such as was not since the beginning of the world to this time, no, nor ever shall be.
1 word occurrence in this verse
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1611 witness · Matthew 24:21 · retained source text

For then shall be great tribulation, such as was not since the beginning of the world to this time, no, nor euer shall be.

Matthew 24:29
¶ Immediately after the tribulation of those days shall the sun be darkened, and the moon shall not give her light, and the stars shall fall from heaven, and the powers of the heavens shall be shaken:
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading & marginal notes
1611 witness · Matthew 24:29 · retained source text

¶ Immediately after the tribulation of those dayes, shall the Sunne be darkned, and the Moone shall not giue her light, and the starres shall fall from heauen, and the powers of the heauens shall be shaken.

1611 marginal noteMarke 13.24. luke 21.25. esay 13.10. ioel 2.31. ezek. 32.7.

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