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Sorrow

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Subject type
Subject
Strong’s
H5164, H0206, H0205, H3015, H0017, H1670, H1671, H1727, H4620, G3601
Hebrew
נֹ֫חַם · nôcham
Greek
ὀδύνη · odýnē

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אָ֫וֶן

H0206
Transliteration
ʼÂven
Pronunciation
aw'-ven
Language
Hebrew
Indexed occurrences
1

Glosses

trouble, sorrow, wickedness, Aven. See also H204 (אוֹן), H1007 (בֵּית אָוֶן).

Lexicon definition

Aven, the contemptuous synonym of three places, one in Coele-Syria, one in Egypt (On), and one in Palestine (Bethel)

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אָ֫וֶן

H0205
Transliteration
ʼâven
Pronunciation
aw-ven'
Language
Hebrew
Indexed occurrences
79

Glosses

trouble, sorrow, wickedness, affliction, evil, false, idol, iniquity, mischief, mourners(-ing), naught, sorrow, unjust, unrighteous, vain, vanity, wicked(-ness). Compare H369 (אַיִן).

Lexicon definition

strictly nothingness

also trouble. vanity, wickedness

specifically an idol

Strong’s Hebrew and Greek Lexicon

דְּאָבָה

H1670
Transliteration
dᵉʼâbâh
Pronunciation
deh-aw-baw'
Language
Hebrew
Indexed occurrences
1

Glosses

sorrow.

Lexicon definition

properly, pining

by analogy, fear

Strong’s Hebrew and Greek Lexicon

דּוּב

H1727
Transliteration
dûwb
Pronunciation
doob
Language
Hebrew
Indexed occurrences
1

Glosses

sorrow.

Lexicon definition

to mope, i.e. (figuratively) pine

Strong’s Hebrew and Greek Lexicon

מַעֲצֵבָה

H4620
Transliteration
maʻătsêbâh
Pronunciation
mah-ats-ay-baw'
Language
Hebrew
Indexed occurrences
1

Glosses

sorrow.

Lexicon definition

anguish

Concordance

Strong's Concordance

Sorrows

Indexed occurrences: 5

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Strong's Concordance

Sorrow

Indexed occurrences: 51

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SORROW

Nave’s Topical Bible references for SORROW.

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Ah!

An exclamation of sorrow or regret (Ps. 35:25; Isa. 1:4, 24; Jer. 1:6; 22:18; Mark 15:29).

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Aharhel

another host; the last sorrow; a brother's sheep

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Aniam

a people; the strength or sorrow of people

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Aven

iniquity; force; riches; sorrow

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Bene-jaakan

sons of sorrow

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Benoni

son of my sorrow, or pain

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Cord

Frequently used in its proper sense, for fastening a tent (Ex. 35:18; 39:40), yoking animals to a cart (Isa. 5:18), binding prisoners (Judg. 15:13; Ps. 2:3; 129:4), and measuring ground (2 Sam. 8;2; Ps. 78:55). Figuratively, death is spoken of as the giving way of the tent-cord (Job 4:21. "Is not their tent-cord plucked up?" R.V.). To gird one's self with a cord was a token of sorrow and humiliation. To stretch a line over a city meant to level it with the ground (Lam. 2:8). The "cords of sin" are the consequences or fruits of sin (Prov. 5:22). A "threefold cord" is a symbol of union (Eccl. 4:12). The "cords of a man" (Hos. 11:4) means that men employ, in inducing each other, methods such as are suitable to men, and not "cords" such as oxen are led by. Isaiah (5:18) says, "Woe unto them that draw iniquity with cords of vanity, and sin as it were with a cart rope." This verse is thus given in the Chaldee paraphrase: "Woe to those who begin to sin by little and little, drawing sin by cords of vanity: these sins grow and increase till they are strong and are like a cart rope." This may be the true meaning. The wicked at first draw sin with a slender cord; but by-and-by their sins increase, and they are drawn after them by a cart rope. Henderson in his commentary says: "The meaning is that the persons described were not satisfied with ordinary modes of provoking the Deity, and the consequent ordinary approach of his vengeance, but, as it were, yoked themselves in the harness of iniquity, and, putting forth all their strength, drew down upon themselves, with accelerated speed, the load of punishment which their sins deserved."

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Drunk

The first case of intoxication on record is that of Noah (Gen. 9:21). The sin of drunkenness is frequently and strongly condemned (Rom. 13:13; 1 Cor. 6:9, 10; Eph. 5:18; 1 Thess. 5:7, 8). The sin of drinking to excess seems to have been not uncommon among the Israelites. The word is used figuratively, when men are spoken of as being drunk with sorrow, and with the wine of God's wrath (Isa. 63:6; Jer. 51:57; Ezek. 23:33). To "add drunkenness to thirst" (Deut. 29:19, A.V.) is a proverbial expression, rendered in the Revised Version "to destroy the moist with the dry", i.e., the well-watered equally with the dry land, meaning that the effect of such walking in the imagination of their own hearts would be to destroy one and all.

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Gnash

Heb. harak, meaning "to grate the teeth", (Job 16:9; Ps. 112:10; Lam. 2:16), denotes rage or sorrow. (See also Acts 7:54; Mark 9:18.)

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Hazelelponi

sorrow of countenance

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Jabez

sorrow; trouble

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Kedar

blackness; sorrow

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Lysanias

that drives away sorrow

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