Exodus 3:7
And the LORD said, I have surely seen the affliction of my people which are in Egypt, and have heard their cry by reason of their taskmasters; for I know their sorrows;
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Sorrows
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1 Timothy 6:10
For the love of money is the root of all evil: which while some coveted after, they have erred from the faith, and pierced themselves through with many sorrows.
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6 occurrences in 6 verses.
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חֶבֶל
chebel · kheh'-bel
10 times translated as this KJV form60 total Strong's occurrences
a rope (as twisted), especially a measuring line; by implication, a district or inheritance (as measured); or a noose (as of cords); figuratively, a company (as if tied together); a throe (especially of parturition); also ruin
Strong's KJV usage: band, coast, company, cord, country, destruction, line, lot, pain, pang, portion, region, rope, snare, sorrow, tackling.
Strong's first: 2 Samuel 22:6Strong's last: Hosea 13:13
Open full H2256 profile →מַכְאֹב
makʼôb · mak-obe'
5 times translated as this KJV form16 total Strong's occurrences
anguish or (figuratively) affliction
Strong's KJV usage: grief, pain, sorrow.
Strong's first: Exodus 3:7Strong's last: Isaiah 53:4
Open full H4341 profile →ὠδίν
ōdín · o-deen'
2 times translated as this KJV form4 total Strong's occurrences
a pang or throe, especially of childbirth
Strong's KJV usage: :--pain, sorrow, travail.
Other KJV renderings
Strong's first: Matthew 24:8Strong's last: Mark 13:8
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ʻatstsebeth · ats-tseh'-beth
2 times translated as this KJV form5 total Strong's occurrences
a idol; also, a pain or wound
Strong's KJV usage: sorrow, wound.
Strong's first: Job 9:28Strong's last: Psalms 16:4
Open full H6094 profile →ὀδύνη
odýnē · od-oo'-nay
1 times translated as this KJV form2 total Strong's occurrences
grief (as dejecting)
Strong's KJV usage: :--sorrow.
Other KJV renderings
Strong's first: 1 Timothy 6:10Strong's last: 1 Timothy 6:10
Open full G3601 profile →עֶצֶב
ʻetseb · eh'-tseb
1 times translated as this KJV form7 total Strong's occurrences
an earthen vessel; usually (painful) toil; also a pang (whether of body or mind)
Strong's KJV usage: grievous, idol, labor, sorrow.
Other KJV renderings
Strong's first: Psalms 127:2Strong's last: Psalms 127:2
Open full H6089 profile →צִיר
tsîyr · tseer
1 times translated as this KJV form12 total Strong's occurrences
a hinge (as pressed in turning); also a throe (as a phys. or mental pressure); also a herald or errand-doer (as constrained by the principal)
Strong's KJV usage: ambassador, hinge, messenger, pain, pang, sorrow. Compare 6736.
Other KJV renderings
Strong's first: Daniel 10:16Strong's last: Daniel 10:16
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H4341
And the LORD said, I have surely seen the affliction of my people which are in Egypt, and have heard their cry by reason of their taskmasters; for I know their sorrows;
H2256
The sorrows of hell compassed me about; the snares of death prevented me;
H6094
I am afraid of all my sorrows, I know that thou wilt not hold me innocent.
H2256
How oft is the candle of the wicked put out! and how oft cometh their destruction upon them! God distributeth sorrows in his anger.
H2256
They bow themselves, they bring forth their young ones, they cast out their sorrows.
H6094
Their sorrows shall be multiplied that hasten after another god: their drink offerings of blood will I not offer, nor take up their names into my lips.
H2256
The sorrows of death compassed me, and the floods of ungodly men made me afraid.
H2256
The sorrows of hell compassed me about: the snares of death prevented me.
H4341
Many sorrows shall be to the wicked: but he that trusteth in the LORD, mercy shall compass him about.
H2256
The sorrows of death compassed me, and the pains of hell gat hold upon me: I found trouble and sorrow.
H6089
It is vain for you to rise up early, to sit up late, to eat the bread of sorrows: for so he giveth his beloved sleep.
H4341
For all his days are sorrows, and his travail grief; yea, his heart taketh not rest in the night. This is also vanity.
H2256
And they shall be afraid: pangs and sorrows shall take hold of them; they shall be in pain as a woman that travaileth: they shall be amazed one at another; their faces shall be as flames.
H4341
He is despised and rejected of men; a man of sorrows, and acquainted with grief: and we hid as it were our faces from him; he was despised, and we esteemed him not.
H4341
Surely he hath borne our griefs, and carried our sorrows: yet we did esteem him stricken, smitten of God, and afflicted.
H2256
What wilt thou say when he shall punish thee? for thou hast taught them to be captains, and as chief over thee: shall not sorrows take thee, as a woman in travail?
H2256
Damascus is waxed feeble, and turneth herself to flee, and fear hath seized on her: anguish and sorrows have taken her, as a woman in travail.
H6735
And, behold, one like the similitude of the sons of men touched my lips: then I opened my mouth, and spake, and said unto him that stood before me, O my lord, by the vision my sorrows are turned upon me, and I have retained no strength.
H2256
The sorrows of a travailing woman shall come upon him: he is an unwise son; for he should not stay long in the place of the breaking forth of children.
G5604
All these are the beginning of sorrows.
G5604
For nation shall rise against nation, and kingdom against kingdom: and there shall be earthquakes in divers places, and there shall be famines and troubles: these are the beginnings of sorrows.
G3601
For the love of money is the root of all evil: which while some coveted after, they have erred from the faith, and pierced themselves through with many sorrows.
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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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