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vexed

Meaning of “vexed”

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

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

First occurrence: Numbers 20:15

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Psalms 6:10
Let all mine enemies be ashamed and sore vexed: let them return and be ashamed suddenly.
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1611 witness · Psalms 6:10 · retained source text

Let all mine enemies be ashamed and sore vexed: let them returne and be ashamed suddainly.

Isaiah 63:10
¶ But they rebelled, and vexed his holy Spirit: therefore he was turned to be their enemy, and he fought against them.
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1611 witness · Isaiah 63:10 · retained source text

¶ But they rebelled, and vexed his holy spirit: therefore hee was turned to be their enemie, and he fought against them.

1611 marginal noteExod. 15.24. num.14.11. psal.78.57. and 95.9.

Ezekiel 22:5
Those that be near, and those that be far from thee, shall mock thee, which art infamous and much vexed.
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1611 witness · Ezekiel 22:5 · retained source text

Those that be neere, and those that be farre from thee, shall mocke thee which art infamous, and much vexed.

1611 marginal noteHeb. polluted of name, much in vexation.

Ezekiel 22:7
In thee have they set light by father and mother: in the midst of thee have they dealt by oppression with the stranger: in thee have they vexed the fatherless and the widow.
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1611 witness · Ezekiel 22:7 · retained source text

In thee haue they set light by father and mother: in the middest of thee haue they dealt by oppression with the stranger: in thee haue they vexed the fatherlesse and the widow:

1611 marginal noteOr, deceit

Ezekiel 22:29
The people of the land have used oppression, and exercised robbery, and have vexed the poor and needy: yea, they have oppressed the stranger wrongfully.
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1611 witness · Ezekiel 22:29 · retained source text

The people of the land haue vsed oppression, and exercised robbery, and haue vexed the poore and needie: yea, they haue oppressed the stranger wrongfully.

1611 marginal noteOr, deceit.

1611 marginal noteHeb. without right.

Matthew 15:22
And, behold, a woman of Canaan came out of the same coasts, and cried unto him, saying, Have mercy on me, O Lord, thou Son of David; my daughter is grievously vexed with a devil.
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1611 witness · Matthew 15:22 · retained source text

And behold, a woman of Canaan came out of the same coasts, & cried vnto him, saying, Haue mercy on me, O Lord, thou sonne of Dauid, my daughter is grieuously vexed with a deuill.

Matthew 17:15
Lord, have mercy on my son: for he is lunatick, and sore vexed: for ofttimes he falleth into the fire, and oft into the water.
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1611 witness · Matthew 17:15 · retained source text

Lord, haue mercie on my sonne, for he is lunatike, and sore vexed: for oft times he falleth into the fire, and oft into the water.

Luke 6:18
And they that were vexed with unclean spirits: and they were healed.
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And they that were vexed with vncleane spirits: and they were healed.

Acts 5:16
There came also a multitude out of the cities round about unto Jerusalem, bringing sick folks, and them which were vexed with unclean spirits: and they were healed every one.
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1611 witness · Acts 5:16 · retained source text

There came also a multitude out of the cities round about vnto Hierusalem, bringing sicke folkes, and them which were vexed with vncleane spirits: and they were healed euery one.

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

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