KJV dictionary & concordance
The state of being weary: bodily fatigue, exhausted strength, or burdensome tiredness and impatience.
Definition sources
First occurrence: Ecclesiastes 12:12
Complete exact-word concordance
And further, by these, my son, be admonished: of making many books there is no end; and much study is a weariness of the flesh.
And further, by these, my sonne, be admonished: of making many bookes there is no end, and much studie is a wearinesse of the flesh.
1611 marginal noteOr, reading.
Ye said also, Behold, what a weariness is it! and ye have snuffed at it, saith the Lord of hosts; and ye brought that which was torn, and the lame, and the sick; thus ye brought an offering: should I accept this of your hand? saith the Lord.
Yee said also; Behold what a wearinesse is it, and yee haue snuffed at it, saith the LORD of hostes, and yee brought that which was torne, and the lame, and the sicke: thus yee brought an offring: should I accept this of your hand, saith the LORD?
1611 marginal noteOr, whereas you might haue blowen it away.
In weariness and painfulness, in watchings often, in hunger and thirst, in fastings often, in cold and nakedness.
In wearinesse and painfulnesse, in watchings often, in hunger & thirst, in fastings often, in cold and nakednes.
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Historical English dictionary sources
The state of being weary or tired; lassitude or exhaustion induced by labor; fatigue; uneasiness from exhausted patience.
