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DEEP KJV WORD STUDY

Sorrow

Begin with the exact English word as it appears in the King James Bible. Follow its whole-Bible usage, book distribution, related indexed forms, Webster 1828, every occurrence, and the occurrence-specific Hebrew/Aramaic/Greek mappings behind it.

70exact KJV occurrences 54Old Testament 16New Testament 23books containing the word 31mapped Strong's IDs 70occurrence-specific Strong's links
FIRST OCCURRENCE

Genesis 3:16

Unto the woman he said, I will greatly multiply thy sorrow and thy conception; in sorrow thou shalt bring forth children; and thy desire shall be to thy husband, and he shall rule over thee.

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LAST OCCURRENCE

Revelation 21:4

And God shall wipe away all tears from their eyes; and there shall be no more death, neither sorrow, nor crying, neither shall there be any more pain: for the former things are passed away.

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KJV DISTRIBUTION

Where sorrow appears.

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ORIGINAL-LANGUAGE MAP

Which Hebrew, Aramaic, or Greek words stand behind this KJV word?

These relationships come from exact verse + token-position mappings. We do not assume that one English spelling always equals one Strong's number. A single English token can also carry more than one source tag, so the Strong's-link total can exceed the number of English occurrences.

HebrewH5999
עָמָל

ʻâmâl · aw-mawl'

2 times translated as this KJV form55 total Strong's occurrences

n

toil, i.e. wearing effort; hence, worry, whether of body or mind

Strong's KJV usage: grievance(-vousness), iniquity, labour, mischief, miserable(-sery), pain(-ful), perverseness, sorrow, toil, travail, trouble, wearisome, wickedness.

Strong's first: Job 3:10Strong's last: Psalms 55:10

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HebrewH6093
עִצָּבוֹן

ʻitstsâbôwn · its-tsaw-bone'

2 times translated as this KJV form3 total Strong's occurrences

n-m

worrisomeness, i.e. labor or pain

Strong's KJV usage: sorrow, toil.

Other KJV renderings

Strong's first: Genesis 3:16Strong's last: Genesis 3:17

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HebrewH205
אָוֶן

ʼâven · aw-ven'

1 times translated as this KJV form78 total Strong's occurrences

n-m

strictly nothingness; also trouble, vanity, wickedness; specifically an idol

Strong's KJV usage: affliction, evil, false, idol, iniquity, mischief, mourners(-ing), naught, sorrow, unjust, unrighteous, vain, vanity, wicked(-ness). Compare 369.

Strong's first: Psalms 90:10Strong's last: Psalms 90:10

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HebrewH1670
דְּאָבָה

dᵉʼâbâh · deh-aw-baw'

1 times translated as this KJV form1 total Strong's occurrences

n-f

properly, pining; by analogy, fear

Strong's KJV usage: sorrow.

Strong's first: Job 41:22Strong's last: Job 41:22

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HebrewH2342
חוּל

chûwl · khool

1 times translated as this KJV form61 total Strong's occurrences

v

properly, to twist or whirl (in a circular or spiral manner), i.e. (specifically) to dance, to writhe in pain (especially of parturition) or fear; figuratively, to wait, to pervert

Strong's KJV usage: bear, (make to) bring forth, (make to) calve, dance, drive away, fall grievously (with pain), fear, form, great, grieve, (be) grievous, hope, look, make, be in pain, be much (sore) pained, rest, shake, shapen, (be) sorrow(-ful), stay, tarry, travail (with pain), tremble, trust, wait carefully (patiently), be wounded.

Strong's first: Jeremiah 51:29Strong's last: Jeremiah 51:29

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HebrewH2490
חָלַל

châlal · khaw-lal'

1 times translated as this KJV form141 total Strong's occurrences

v

properly, to bore, i.e. (by implication) to wound, to dissolve; figuratively, to profane (a person, place or thing), to break (one's word), to begin (as if by an 'opening wedge'); to play (the flute)

Strong's KJV usage: begin (× men began), defile, × break, defile, × eat (as common things), × first, × gather the grape thereof, × take inheritance, pipe, player on instruments, pollute, (cast as) profane (self), prostitute, slay (slain), sorrow, stain, wound.

Strong's first: Hosea 8:10Strong's last: Hosea 8:10

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HebrewH4044
מְגִנָּה

mᵉginnâh · meg-in-naw'

1 times translated as this KJV form1 total Strong's occurrences

n-f

a covering (in a bad sense), i.e. blindness or obduracy

Strong's KJV usage: sorrow. See also 4043.

Strong's first: Lamentations 3:65Strong's last: Lamentations 3:65

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HebrewH6862
צַר

tsar · tsar

1 times translated as this KJV form103 total Strong's occurrences

a n-m

narrow; (as a noun) a tight place (usually figuratively, i.e. trouble); also a pebble (as in 6864); (transitive) an opponent (as crowding)

Strong's KJV usage: adversary, afflicted(-tion), anguish, close, distress, enemy, flint, foe, narrow, small, sorrow, strait, tribulation, trouble.

Strong's first: Isaiah 5:30Strong's last: Isaiah 5:30

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HebrewH7451
רַע

raʻ · rah

1 times translated as this KJV form657 total Strong's occurrences

a n-m n-f

bad or (as noun) evil (natural or moral)

Strong's KJV usage: adversity, affliction, bad, calamity, displease(-ure), distress, evil((-favouredness), man, thing), exceedingly, × great, grief(-vous), harm, heavy, hurt(-ful), ill (favoured), mark, mischief(-vous), misery, naught(-ty), noisome, not please, sad(-ly), sore, sorrow, trouble, vex, wicked(-ly, -ness, one), worse(-st), wretchedness, wrong. (Incl. feminine raaah; as adjective or noun.).

Strong's first: Genesis 44:29Strong's last: Genesis 44:29

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EVERY OCCURRENCE

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Proverbs 15:13
H6094

A merry heart maketh a cheerful countenance: but by sorrow of the heart the spirit is broken.

Proverbs 17:21
H8424

He that begetteth a fool doeth it to his sorrow: and the father of a fool hath no joy.

Proverbs 23:29
H17

Who hath woe? who hath sorrow? who hath contentions? who hath babbling? who hath wounds without cause? who hath redness of eyes?

Ecclesiastes 1:18
H4341

For in much wisdom is much grief: and he that increaseth knowledge increaseth sorrow.

Ecclesiastes 5:17
H3707

All his days also he eateth in darkness, and he hath much sorrow and wrath with his sickness.

Ecclesiastes 7:3
H3708

Sorrow is better than laughter: for by the sadness of the countenance the heart is made better.

Ecclesiastes 11:10
H3708

Therefore remove sorrow from thy heart, and put away evil from thy flesh: for childhood and youth are vanity.

Isaiah 5:30
H6862

And in that day they shall roar against them like the roaring of the sea: and if one look unto the land, behold darkness and sorrow, and the light is darkened in the heavens thereof.

Isaiah 14:3
H6090

And it shall come to pass in the day that the LORD shall give thee rest from thy sorrow, and from thy fear, and from the hard bondage wherein thou wast made to serve,

Isaiah 17:11
H3511

In the day shalt thou make thy plant to grow, and in the morning shalt thou make thy seed to flourish: but the harvest shall be a heap in the day of grief and of desperate sorrow.

Isaiah 29:2
H592

Yet I will distress Ariel, and there shall be heaviness and sorrow: and it shall be unto me as Ariel.

Isaiah 35:10
H3015

And the ransomed of the LORD shall return, and come to Zion with songs and everlasting joy upon their heads: they shall obtain joy and gladness, and sorrow and sighing shall flee away.

Isaiah 50:11
H4620

Behold, all ye that kindle a fire, that compass yourselves about with sparks: walk in the light of your fire, and in the sparks that ye have kindled. This shall ye have of mine hand; ye shall lie down in sorrow.

Isaiah 51:11
H3015

Therefore the redeemed of the LORD shall return, and come with singing unto Zion; and everlasting joy shall be upon their head: they shall obtain gladness and joy; and sorrow and mourning shall flee away.

Isaiah 65:14
H3511

Behold, my servants shall sing for joy of heart, but ye shall cry for sorrow of heart, and shall howl for vexation of spirit.

Jeremiah 8:18
H3015

When I would comfort myself against sorrow, my heart is faint in me.

Jeremiah 20:18
H3015

Wherefore came I forth out of the womb to see labour and sorrow, that my days should be consumed with shame?

Jeremiah 30:15
H4341

Why criest thou for thine affliction? thy sorrow is incurable for the multitude of thine iniquity: because thy sins were increased, I have done these things unto thee.

Jeremiah 31:12
H1669

Therefore they shall come and sing in the height of Zion, and shall flow together to the goodness of the LORD, for wheat, and for wine, and for oil, and for the young of the flock and of the herd: and their soul shall be as a watered garden; and they shall not sorrow any more at all.

Jeremiah 31:13
H3015

Then shall the virgin rejoice in the dance, both young men and old together: for I will turn their mourning into joy, and will comfort them, and make them rejoice from their sorrow.

Jeremiah 45:3
H4341

Thou didst say, Woe is me now! for the LORD hath added grief to my sorrow; I fainted in my sighing, and I find no rest.

Jeremiah 49:23
H1674

Concerning Damascus. Hamath is confounded, and Arpad: for they have heard evil tidings: they are fainthearted; there is sorrow on the sea; it cannot be quiet.

Jeremiah 51:29
H2342

And the land shall tremble and sorrow: for every purpose of the LORD shall be performed against Babylon, to make the land of Babylon a desolation without an inhabitant.

Lamentations 1:12
H4341

Is it nothing to you, all ye that pass by? behold, and see if there be any sorrow like unto my sorrow, which is done unto me, wherewith the LORD hath afflicted me in the day of his fierce anger.

Lamentations 1:12
H4341

Is it nothing to you, all ye that pass by? behold, and see if there be any sorrow like unto my sorrow, which is done unto me, wherewith the LORD hath afflicted me in the day of his fierce anger.

WEBSTER’S 1828

English meaning and historical usage.

Dictionary data is kept visibly separate from Scripture and from lexical Strong's data.

sorrow

SOR'ROW, noun The uneasiness or pain of mind which is produced by the loss of any good. or of frustrated hopes of good, or expected loss of happiness; to grieve; to be sad. I rejoice not that ye were made sorry, but the ye sorrowed to repentance. I Cor. 7. Sorrowing most of all for the words which be spoke, that they should see his face no more. Acts 20:1.

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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