Genesis 15:13
And he said unto Abram, Know of a surety that thy seed shall be a stranger in a land that is not theirs, and shall serve them; and they shall afflict them four hundred years;
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Afflict
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Zephaniah 3:19
Behold, at that time I will undo all that afflict thee: and I will save her that halteth, and gather her that was driven out; and I will get them praise and fame in every land where they have been put to shame.
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5 occurrences in 5 verses.
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33 verses
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44 verses
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11 verses
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11 verses
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11 verses
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44 verses
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11 verses
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11 verses
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22 verses
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11 verses
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עָנָה
ʻânâh · aw-naw'
28 times translated as this KJV form83 total Strong's occurrences
to depress literally or figuratively, transitive or intransitive (in various applications, as follows)
Strong's KJV usage: abase self, afflict(-ion, self), answer (by mistake for 6030), chasten self, deal hardly with, defile, exercise, force, gentleness, humble (self), hurt, ravish, sing (by mistake for 6030), speak (by mistake for 6030), submit self, weaken, × in any wise.
Other KJV renderings
Strong's first: Genesis 15:13Strong's last: Zephaniah 3:19
Open full H6031 profile →צָרַר
tsârar · tsaw-rar'
2 times translated as this KJV form57 total Strong's occurrences
to cramp, literally or figuratively, transitive or intransitive
Strong's KJV usage: adversary, (be in) afflict(-ion), beseige, bind (up), (be in, bring) distress, enemy, narrower, oppress, pangs, shut up, be in a strait (trouble), vex.
Strong's first: Psalms 143:12Strong's last: Amos 5:12
Open full H6887 profile →רָעַע
râʻaʻ · raw-ah'
2 times translated as this KJV form83 total Strong's occurrences
properly, to spoil (literally, by breaking to pieces); figuratively, to make (or be) good for nothing, i.e. bad (physically, socially or morally)
Strong's KJV usage: afflict, associate selves (by mistake for 7462), break (down, in pieces), displease, (be, bring, do) evil (doer, entreat, man), show self friendly (by mistake for 7462), do harm, (do) hurt, (behave self, deal) ill, × indeed, do mischief, punish, still, vex, (do) wicked (doer, -ly), be (deal, do) worse.
Other KJV renderings
Strong's first: Psalms 44:2Strong's last: Jeremiah 31:28
Open full H7489 profile →יָגָה
yâgâh · yaw-gaw'
1 times translated as this KJV form8 total Strong's occurrences
to grieve
Strong's KJV usage: afflict, cause grief, grieve, sorrowful, vex.
Other KJV renderings
Strong's first: Isaiah 51:23Strong's last: Isaiah 51:23
Open full H3013 profile →כָּבַד
kâbad · kaw-bad'
1 times translated as this KJV form121 total Strong's occurrences
to be heavy, i.e. in a bad sense (burdensome, severe, dull) or in a good sense (numerous, rich, honorable); causatively, to make weighty (in the same two senses)
Strong's KJV usage: abounding with, more grievously afflict, boast, be chargeable, × be dim, glorify, be (make) glorious (things), glory, (very) great, be grievous, harden, be (make) heavy, be heavier, lay heavily, (bring to, come to, do, get, be had in) honour (self), (be) honourable (man), lade, × more be laid, make self many, nobles, prevail, promote (to honour), be rich, be (go) sore, stop.
Other KJV renderings
Strong's first: Isaiah 9:1Strong's last: Isaiah 9:1
Open full H3513 profile →לָחַץ
lâchats · law-khats'
1 times translated as this KJV form19 total Strong's occurrences
properly, to press, i.e. (figuratively) to distress
Strong's KJV usage: afflict, crush, force, hold fast, oppress(-or), thrust self.
Other KJV renderings
Strong's first: Amos 6:14Strong's last: Amos 6:14
Open full H3905 profile →עָנָה
ʻânâh · aw-naw'
1 times translated as this KJV form329 total Strong's occurrences
properly, to eye or (generally) to heed, i.e. pay attention; by implication, to respond; by extension to begin to speak; specifically to sing, shout, testify, announce
Strong's KJV usage: give account, afflict (by mistake for 6031), (cause to, give) answer, bring low (by mistake for 6031), cry, hear, Leannoth, lift up, say, × scholar, (give a) shout, sing (together by course), speak, testify, utter, (bear) witness. See also 1042, 1043.
Other KJV renderings
Strong's first: Psalms 55:19Strong's last: Psalms 55:19
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H6887
And of thy mercy cut off mine enemies, and destroy all them that afflict my soul: for I am thy servant.
H3513
Nevertheless the dimness shall not be such as was in her vexation, when at the first he lightly afflicted the land of Zebulun and the land of Naphtali, and afterward did more grievously afflict her by the way of the sea, beyond Jordan, in Galilee of the nations.
H3013
But I will put it into the hand of them that afflict thee; which have said to thy soul, Bow down, that we may go over: and thou hast laid thy body as the ground, and as the street, to them that went over.
H6031
Is it such a fast that I have chosen? a day for a man to afflict his soul? is it to bow down his head as a bulrush, and to spread sackcloth and ashes under him? wilt thou call this a fast, and an acceptable day to the LORD?
H6031
Wilt thou refrain thyself for these things, O LORD? wilt thou hold thy peace, and afflict us very sore?
H7489
And it shall come to pass, that like as I have watched over them, to pluck up, and to break down, and to throw down, and to destroy, and to afflict; so will I watch over them, to build, and to plant, saith the LORD.
H6031
For he doth not afflict willingly nor grieve the children of men.
H6887
For I know your manifold transgressions and your mighty sins: they afflict the just, they take a bribe, and they turn aside the poor in the gate from their right.
H3905
But, behold, I will raise up against you a nation, O house of Israel, saith the LORD the God of hosts; and they shall afflict you from the entering in of Hemath unto the river of the wilderness.
H6031
Thus saith the LORD; Though they be quiet, and likewise many, yet thus shall they be cut down, when he shall pass through. Though I have afflicted thee, I will afflict thee no more.
H6031
Behold, at that time I will undo all that afflict thee: and I will save her that halteth, and gather her that was driven out; and I will get them praise and fame in every land where they have been put to shame.
English meaning and historical usage.
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afflict
AFFLICT', verb transitive [Latin affligo, afflicto, of ad and figo, to strike; eng. flog; Gr. to strike; , Latin plaga, a stroke. Hence, eng. flail, g being suppressed; Latin flagellum. See Flog.]
1. To give to the body or mind pain which is continued or of some permanence; to grieve, or distress; as, one is afflicted with the gout, or with melancholy, or with losses and misfortunes.
They affect thy heritage, O Lord. Psalms 94:5.
2. To trouble; to harass; to distress.
Noah Webster, An American Dictionary of the English Language (1828). A conservative base-form lookup may be used when the exact inflected KJV form is not a Webster headword.
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