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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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Romans 2:9
tribulation and anguish, upon every soul of man that doeth evil, of the Jew first, and also of the Gentile;
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1611 witness · Romans 2:9 · retained source text

Tribulation, and anguish vpon euery soule of man that doeth euill, of the Iew first, and also of the Gentile.

1611 marginal noteGr. Greeke

Romans 5:3
And not only so, but we glory in tribulations also: knowing that tribulation worketh patience;
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And not onely so, but we glory in tribulations also, knowing that tribulation worketh patience:

Romans 8:35
Who shall separate us from the love of Christ? shall tribulation, or distress, or persecution, or famine, or nakedness, or peril, or sword?
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1611 witness · Romans 8:35 · retained source text

Who shall separate vs from the loue of Christ? shall tribulation, or distresse, or persecution, or famine, or nakednesse, or perill, or sword?

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