Bible Dictionary: Distressing

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Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary

1. (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Distress.

2. (a.) Causing distress; painful; unpleasant.

3. (adv.) In a distressing manner.

Strong's Hebrew

7451a. ra -- bad, evil
... 2), badly (1), deadly (1), defamed* (1), defames* (1), defect* (1), destroying
(1), displease* (1), displeased (1), displeasing (1), distressing (1), evil (124 ...
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Library

After This, Wishing to Prove that the Occurrences which Befell Him ...
... Chapter XXIV. After this, wishing to prove that the occurrences which befell
Him were painful and distressing� After this, wishing ...
/.../origen/origen against celsus/chapter xxiv after this wishing.htm

He Continues in this Strain: "If He had Determined Upon These ...
... manifest that, being a God, and submitting voluntarily, those things that were done
agreeably to his own decision were neither painful nor distressing." But he ...
/.../origen/origen against celsus/chapter xxiii he continues in.htm

Nehemiah, the Praying Builder
... The distressing information was given him that the walls were broken down, the gates
were burned with fire, and the remnant who were left there at the ...
/.../bounds/prayer and praying men/viii nehemiah the praying builder.htm

The Character and Supports of Widows Indeed.
... In such cases a widowed state is a release from the trials and difficulties
which attended it, which may be severe and distressing. ...
/.../lee/sermons on various important subjects/sermon xxiv the character and.htm

Psalm 143. Complaint of Heavy Afflictions in Mind and Body.
... 8 The night is witness to my tears, Distressing pains, distressing fears; O might
I hear thy morning voice, How would my weary'd powers rejoice! ...
/.../watts/the psalms of david/psalm 143 complaint of heavy.htm

To Eugraphia.
... I know indeed how distressing is the separation, how most distressing; and especially
so when affection is made stronger by sympathy of character and length of ...
/.../theodoret/the ecclesiastical history of theodoret/lxix to eugraphia.htm

Epistle xxi. To Constantina Augusta .
... though all the acts of that synod were abrogated, being disallowed by the Apostolic
See,"the most serene lord gives me a somewhat distressing intimation, in ...
/.../the epistles of saint gregory the great/epistle xxi to constantina augusta.htm

Psalm 143 Complaint of Heavy Afflictions in Mind and Body.
... Make haste to help before I die. The night is witness to my tears,. Distressing
pains, distressing fears; O might I hear thy morning voice,. ...
/.../watts/the psalms and hymns of isaac watts/psalm 143 complaint of heavy.htm

Whether Evil is Properly the Motive of Mercy?
... being something pertaining to "misery," is, in the first way, anything contrary
to the will's natural appetite, namely corruptive or distressing evils, the ...
/.../aquinas/summa theologica/whether evil is properly the.htm

To Olympias. Do not be Anxious on My Behalf, nor Rack Yourself ...
... Nevertheless when he heard these things, and others before these which were also
distressing; for they too had perished in a distressing way; flocks and whole ...
//christianbookshelf.org/chrysostom/on the priesthood/to olympias do not be.htm

Thesaurus

Distressing (8 Occurrences)
... n.) of Distress. 2. (a.) Causing distress; painful; unpleasant. 3. (adv.) In a
distressing manner. Multi-Version Concordance Distressing (8 Occurrences). ...
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Distresses (20 Occurrences)

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Distribute (23 Occurrences)

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Needful (17 Occurrences)
... Noah Webster's Dictionary 1. (a.) Full of need; in need or want; needy;
distressing. 2. (a.) Necessary for supply or relief; requisite. ...
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Warring (13 Occurrences)
... vision of night, hath been The multitude of all the nations Who are warring against
Ariel, And all its warriors, and its bulwark, Even of those distressing her ...
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Thirsty (38 Occurrences)
... Noah Webster's Dictionary 1. (n.) Feeling thirst; having a painful or distressing
sensation from want of drink; hence, having an eager desire. ...
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Recoil (1 Occurrence)
... Noah Webster's Dictionary 1. (vi) To draw back, as from anything repugnant,
distressing, alarming, or the like; to shrink. 2. (vi ...
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Enmity (23 Occurrences)
... diligently hearken to his voice, and hast done all that which I speak, then I have
been at enmity with thine enemies, and have distressed those distressing thee ...
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Matter (263 Occurrences)
... no matter, and the like. 6. (n.) Inducing cause or occasion, especially of
anything disagreeable or distressing; difficulty; trouble. ...
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Painful (18 Occurrences)
... Noah Webster's Dictionary 1. (a.) Full of pain; causing uneasiness or distress,
either physical or mental; afflictive; disquieting; distressing. ...
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Bible Concordance

Distressing (8 Occurrences)

Genesis 41:57 And all countries came into Egypt to Joseph to buy corn; because the famine was distressing in all lands.
(WBS)

Genesis 47:13 And there was no bread in all the land; for the famine was very distressing, so that the land of Egypt, and all the land of Canaan, fainted by reason of the famine.
(WBS)

Exodus 23:22 for, if thou diligently hearken to his voice, and hast done all that which I speak, then I have been at enmity with thine enemies, and have distressed those distressing thee.
(YLT)

Numbers 10:9 And when ye go into battle in your land against the adversary who is distressing you, then ye have shouted with the trumpets, and ye have been remembered before Jehovah your God, and ye have been saved from your enemies.
(YLT)

Deuteronomy 6:22 And the LORD showed signs and wonders, great and distressing, upon Egypt, upon Pharaoh, and upon all his household, before our eyes:
(WBS NAS)

Esther 8:11 that the king hath given to the Jews who 'are' in every city and city, to be assembled, and to stand for their life, to cut off, to slay, and to destroy the whole force of the people and province who are distressing them, infants and women, and their spoil to seize.
(YLT)

Isaiah 29:7 And as a dream, a vision of night, hath been The multitude of all the nations Who are warring against Ariel, And all its warriors, and its bulwark, Even of those distressing her.
(YLT)

Jeremiah 48:5 For by the ascent of Luhith with continual weeping shall they go up; for at the descent of Horonaim they have heard the distress of the cry of destruction.
(See JPS)

Subtopics

Distressing

Related Terms

Distresses (20 Occurrences)

Distribute (23 Occurrences)

Needful (17 Occurrences)

Warring (13 Occurrences)

Thirsty (38 Occurrences)

Recoil (1 Occurrence)

Enmity (23 Occurrences)

Matter (263 Occurrences)

Painful (18 Occurrences)