Exodus 22:21
Thou shalt neither vex a stranger, nor oppress him: for ye were strangers in the land of Egypt.
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Vex
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Acts 12:1
Now about that time Herod the king stretched forth his hands to vex certain of the church.
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3 occurrences in 3 verses.
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צָרַר
tsârar · tsaw-rar'
5 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.
Other KJV renderings
Strong's first: Leviticus 18:18Strong's last: Isaiah 11:13
Open full H6887 profile →יָנָה
yânâh · yaw-naw'
2 times translated as this KJV form21 total Strong's occurrences
to rage or be violent; by implication, to suppress, to maltreat
Strong's KJV usage: destroy, (thrust out by) oppress(-ing, -ion, -or), proud, vex, do violence.
Other KJV renderings
Strong's first: Exodus 22:21Strong's last: Leviticus 19:33
Open full H3238 profile →κακόω
kakóō · kak-o'-o
1 times translated as this KJV form8 total Strong's occurrences
to injure; figuratively, to exasperate
Strong's KJV usage: :--make evil affected, entreat evil, harm, hurt, vex.
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Strong's first: Acts 12:1Strong's last: Acts 12:1
Open full G2559 profile →בָּהַל
bâhal · baw-hal'
1 times translated as this KJV form39 total Strong's occurrences
to tremble inwardly (or palpitate), i.e. (figuratively) be (causative, make) (suddenly) alarmed or agitated; by implication to hasten anxiously
Strong's KJV usage: be (make) affrighted (afraid, amazed, dismayed, rash), (be, get, make) haste(-n, -y, -ily), (give) speedy(-ily), thrust out, trouble, vex.
Other KJV renderings
Strong's first: Psalms 2:5Strong's last: Psalms 2:5
Open full H926 profile →הָמַם
hâmam · haw-mam'
1 times translated as this KJV form13 total Strong's occurrences
properly, to put in commotion; by implication, to disturb, drive, destroy
Strong's KJV usage: break, consume, crush, destroy, discomfit, trouble, vex.
Other KJV renderings
Strong's first: 2 Chronicles 15:6Strong's last: 2 Chronicles 15:6
Open full H2000 profile →זוּעַ
zûwaʻ · zoo'-ah
1 times translated as this KJV form3 total Strong's occurrences
properly, to shake off, i.e. (figuratively) to agitate (as with fear)
Strong's KJV usage: move, tremble, vex.
Strong's first: Habakkuk 2:7Strong's last: Habakkuk 2:7
Open full H2111 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.
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Strong's first: Job 19:2Strong's last: Job 19:2
Open full H3013 profile →כַּעַס
kaʻaç · kaw-as'
1 times translated as this KJV form54 total Strong's occurrences
to trouble; by implication, to grieve, rage, be indignant
Strong's KJV usage: be angry, be grieved, take indignation, provoke (to anger, unto wrath), have sorrow, vex, be wroth.
Other KJV renderings
Strong's first: Ezekiel 32:9Strong's last: Ezekiel 32:9
Open full H3707 profile →קוּץ
qûwts · koots
1 times translated as this KJV form9 total Strong's occurrences
to be (causatively, make) disgusted or anxious
Strong's KJV usage: abhor, be distressed, be grieved, loathe, vex, be weary.
Other KJV renderings
Strong's first: Isaiah 7:6Strong's last: Isaiah 7:6
Open full H6973 profile →רַע
raʻ · rah
1 times translated as this KJV form657 total Strong's occurrences
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.).
Other KJV renderings
Strong's first: 2 Samuel 12:18Strong's last: 2 Samuel 12:18
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H6887
Vex the Midianites, and smite them:
H6887
For they vex you with their wiles, wherewith they have beguiled you in the matter of Peor, and in the matter of Cozbi, the daughter of a prince of Midian, their sister, which was slain in the day of the plague for Peor's sake.
H6887
But if ye will not drive out the inhabitants of the land from before you; then it shall come to pass, that those which ye let remain of them shall be pricks in your eyes, and thorns in your sides, and shall vex you in the land wherein ye dwell.
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vex
VEX, verb transitive [Latin vexo.]
1. To irritate; to make angry by little provocations; a popular use of the word.
2. To plague; to torment; to harass; to afflict.
Ten thousand torments vex my heart.
3. To disturb; to disquiet; to agitate.
White curl the waves, and the vex'd ocean roars.
4. To trouble; to distress.
I will also vex the hearts of many people. Ezekiel 32:9.
5. To persecute. Acts 12:1.
6. To stretch, as by hooks. [Not in use.]
VEX, verb intransitive To fret; to be teased or irritated.
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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