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vexed

Meaning of “vexed”

Past-tense, participial, or adjectival form of vex, meaning to trouble, distress, afflict, harass, or oppress.

Definition sources

KJV context and cross-referencesWebster 1828
22 occurrences22 verses14 booksKJV PCE

First occurrence: Numbers 20:15

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Judges 2:18
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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.
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The 1611 reading
1611 witness · Judges 2:18 · retained source text

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:)

Judges 10:8
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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.
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The 1611 reading & marginal notes
1611 witness · Judges 10:8 · retained source text

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.

Judges 16:16
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And it came to pass, when she pressed him daily with her words, and urged him, so that his soul was vexed unto death;
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The 1611 reading & marginal notes
1611 witness · Judges 16:16 · retained source text

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.

Complete reference index — all 22 verses
Numbers 20:15Judges 2:18Judges 10:8Judges 16:161 Samuel 14:472 Samuel 13:22 Kings 4:27Nehemiah 9:27Job 27:2Psalms 6:2Psalms 6:3Psalms 6:10Isaiah 63:10Ezekiel 22:5Ezekiel 22:7Ezekiel 22:29Matthew 15:22Matthew 17:15Luke 6:18Acts 5:162 Peter 2:72 Peter 2:8

Where “vexed” appears

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1 verseJudges3 occurrences
3 verses1 Samuel1 occurrence
1 verse2 Samuel1 occurrence
1 verse2 Kings1 occurrence
1 verseNehemiah1 occurrence
1 verseJob1 occurrence
1 versePsalms3 occurrences
3 versesIsaiah1 occurrence
1 verseEzekiel3 occurrences
3 versesMatthew2 occurrences
2 versesLuke1 occurrence
1 verseActs1 occurrence
1 verse2 Peter2 occurrences
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Definition evidence

Historical English dictionary sources

Historical definitions

Webster 1828

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Teased; provoked; irritated; troubled; agitated; disquieted; afflicted.

volume 2, leaf 884, column 2 (main_dictionary)