KJV dictionary & concordance
Past-tense, participial, or adjectival form of vex, meaning to trouble, distress, afflict, harass, or oppress.
Definition sources
First occurrence: Numbers 20:15
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How our fathers went down into Egypt, and we have dwelt in Egypt a long time; and the Egyptians vexed us, and our fathers:
How our fathers went downe into Egypt, and we haue dwelt in Egypt a long time: and the Egyptians vexed vs, and our fathers.
And when the Lord raised them up judges, then the Lord was with the judge, and delivered them out of the hand of their enemies all the days of the judge: for it repented the Lord because of their groanings by reason of them that oppressed them and vexed them.
And when the LORD raised them vp Iudges, then the LORD was with the Iudge, and deliuered them out of the hand of their enemies, all the dayes of the Iudge (for it repented the LORD, because of their gronings by reason of them that oppressed them, and vexed them:)
And that year they vexed and oppressed the children of Israel: eighteen years, all the children of Israel that were on the other side Jordan in the land of the Amorites, which is in Gilead.
And that yere they vexed and oppressed the children of Israel: eighteene yeeres, all the children of Israel that were on the other side Iordan, in the land of the Amorites, which is in Gilead.
1611 marginal noteHebr. crushed.
And it came to pass, when she pressed him daily with her words, and urged him, so that his soul was vexed unto death;
And it came to passe, when she pressed him daily with her wordes, and vrged him so that his soule was vexed vnto death,
1611 marginal noteHeb. shortned.
¶ So Saul took the kingdom over Israel, and fought against all his enemies on every side, against Moab, and against the children of Ammon, and against Edom, and against the kings of Zobah, and against the Philistines: and whithersoever he turned himself, he vexed them.
¶ So Saul tooke the kingdom ouer Israel, and fought against all his enemies on euery side, against Moab, and against the children of Ammon, and against Edom, and against the kings of Zobah, and against the Philistines: and whithersoeuer hee turned himselfe, he vexed them.
And Amnon was so vexed, that he fell sick for his sister Tamar; for she was a virgin; and Amnon thought it hard for him to do any thing to her.
And Amnon was so vexed, that he fell sicke for his sister Tamar: for she was a virgine, and Amnon thought it hard for him to doe any thing to her.
1611 marginal noteHeb. it was maruelous or hidden in the eyes of Amnon.
And when she came to the man of God to the hill, she caught him by the feet: but Gehazi came near to thrust her away. And the man of God said, Let her alone; for her soul is vexed within her: and the Lord hath hid it from me, and hath not told me.
And when shee came to the man of God to the hill, shee caught him by the feet: but Gehazi came neere to thrust her away. And the man of God saide, Let her alone, for her soule is vexed within her: and the LORD hath hid it from me, and hath not told me.
1611 marginal noteHeb. by his feete.
1611 marginal noteHeb. bitter
Therefore thou deliveredst them into the hand of their enemies, who vexed them: and in the time of their trouble, when they cried unto thee, thou heardest them from heaven; and according to thy manifold mercies thou gavest them saviours, who saved them out of the hand of their enemies.
Therefore thou deliueredst them into the hande of their enemies, who vexed them, & in the time of their trouble, when they cried vnto thee, thou heardest them from heauen: and according to thy manifold mercies, thou gauest them sauiours, who saued them out of the hand of their enemies.
As God liveth, who hath taken away my judgment; and the Almighty, who hath vexed my soul;
As God liueth, who hath taken away my iudgment, and the Almighty, who hath vexed my soule;
1611 marginal noteHeb. made my soule bitter.
Have mercy upon me, O Lord; for I am weak: O Lord, heal me; for my bones are vexed.
Haue mercy vpon me, O LORD, for I am weake: O LORD heale mee, for my bones are vexed.
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Historical English dictionary sources
Teased; provoked; irritated; troubled; agitated; disquieted; afflicted.
