Bible Dictionary: Discomfort

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Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary

1. (v. t.) To discourage; to deject.

2. (v. t.) To destroy or disturb the comfort of; to deprive o/ quiet enjoyment; to make uneasy; to pain; as, a smoky chimney discomforts a family.

3. (v. t.) Discouragement.

4. (v. t.) Want of comfort; uneasiness, mental or physical; disturbance of peace; inquietude; pain; distress; sorrow.

Greek

4647. skolops -- anything pointed, spec. a stake, thorn
... 4647 -- properly, anything with a , a ; (figuratively) an instrument producing
pain, discomfort (acute irritation), used only in 2 Cor 12:7. ...
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3931. paregoria -- exhortation, comfort
... 3931 (from , "to speak or counsel in a way") -- properly, , (); that by
bringing , taking away unnecessary pain and discomfort (). ...
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Strong's Hebrew

7463a. raah -- evil, misery, distress, injury
... distress, injury NASB Word Usage adversities (1), adversity (7), afflictions (1),
calamities (1), calamity (47), disaster (22), discomfort (1), distress (2 ...
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Library

Salvation from Sin.
... The causes of their discomfort are of all kinds, and the degrees of it reach from
simple uneasiness to a misery such as makes annihilation the highest hope of ...
//christianbookshelf.org/macdonald/hope of the gospel/salvation from sin.htm

The Lord Our Dwelling Place
... The comfort or discomfort of our outward lives depends more largely upon the dwelling
place of our bodies than upon almost any other material thing; and the ...
/...//christianbookshelf.org/smith/the god of all comfort/chapter 8 the lord our.htm

Much More Versus Much Less
... of it all? A very great deal of the comfort or discomfort of our religious
lives depends on the view we take of things. I do not ...
/.../smith/the god of all comfort/chapter 9 much more versus.htm

A Word to the Wavering Ones
... Lord." It would be difficult to find any one thing that produces more
discomfort in the religious life than does a wavering faith. ...
//christianbookshelf.org/smith/the god of all comfort/chapter 12 a word to.htm

Of the Nature of Irrational and Lifeless Creatures, which in their ...
... Therefore it is not with respect to our convenience or discomfort, but with respect
to their own nature, that the creatures are glorifying to their Artificer. ...
//christianbookshelf.org/augustine/city of god/chapter 4 of the nature of.htm

What is his Name?
... And there can be no doubt that a large part of the unrest and discomfort in so many
Christian hearts comes simply from the fact that they do not yet know His ...
//christianbookshelf.org/smith/the god of all comfort/chapter 2 what is his.htm

Acts v. 17, 18
... Wherefore? Because there could not but be differences with servants, with
wives, with children, to be a groundwork of much discomfort. ...
/.../chrysostom/homilies on acts and romans/homily xiii acts v 17.htm

The Portrait of a Drunkyard
... senseless noises of the drunkard. They express discomfort as a dog might
express it. They are howls rather than words. That is one of ...
/.../maclaren/expositions of holy scripture g/the portrait of a drunkyard.htm

Why this Book Has Been Written
... of the Christians around me, that there was far too much truth in his assertion,
and that the religious life of most of us was full of discomfort and unrest. ...
/.../christianbookshelf.org/smith/the god of all comfort/chapter 1 why this book.htm

The God of all Comfort
... as if exactly the opposite were the case, and the religious lives of large numbers
of the children of God are full, not of comfort, but of the utmost discomfort ...
//christianbookshelf.org/smith/the god of all comfort/chapter 3 the god of.htm

Thesaurus

Discomfort (1 Occurrence)
... distress; sorrow. Multi-Version Concordance Discomfort (1 Occurrence).
Jonah 4:6 Yahweh God prepared a vine, and made it to come ...
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Gin (10 Occurrences)
... shall a snare spring up from the ground, and have taken nothing at all?" Job writing
in mental and physical discomfort on the ash heap included all methods ...
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Infirmity (22 Occurrences)
... In the last instance the affections seem to have been dyspeptic, the discomfort
of which might be relieved by alcohol, although the disease would not be cured ...
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Inconvenient (1 Occurrence)
... Noah Webster's Dictionary (a.) Causing discomfort, uneasiness, or annoyance; hindering
progress or success; uncomfortable; disadvantageous; incommodious ...
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Relief (32 Occurrences)
... 3. (n.) That which removes or lessens evil, pain, discomfort, uneasiness, etc.;
that which gives succor, aid, or comfort; also, the person who relieves from ...
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Extremely (15 Occurrences)
... (See NAS). Jonah 4:6 Yahweh God prepared a vine, and made it to come up over Jonah,
that it might be a shade over his head, to deliver him from his discomfort. ...
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Discomfitures (1 Occurrence)

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Discontent (1 Occurrence)

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Barefoot (7 Occurrences)
... All these passages seem to imply the discomfort or going barefoot on long journeys,
over stony roads or hot sands; but then, as now, in the Orient sandals seem ...
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Bones (98 Occurrences)
... idea of a thing, the thing, per se): Figurative: Very often we find the use of these
words in metaphorical phrases, in which a disease or a discomfort of the ...
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Bible Concordance

Discomfort (1 Occurrence)

Jonah 4:6 Yahweh God prepared a vine, and made it to come up over Jonah, that it might be a shade over his head, to deliver him from his discomfort. So Jonah was exceedingly glad because of the vine.
(WEB NAS RSV NIV)

Subtopics

Discomfort

Related Terms

Gin (10 Occurrences)

Infirmity (22 Occurrences)

Inconvenient (1 Occurrence)

Relief (32 Occurrences)

Extremely (15 Occurrences)

Discomfitures (1 Occurrence)

Discontent (1 Occurrence)

Barefoot (7 Occurrences)

Bones (98 Occurrences)