Bible Dictionary: Harass

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Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary

1. (v. t.) To fatigue; to tire with repeated and exhausting efforts; to cause to endure excessive burdens or anxieties; -- sometimes followed by out.

2. (n.) Devastation; waste.

3. (n.) Worry; harassment.

Greek

3926. parenochleo -- to annoy
... Verb Transliteration: parenochleo Phonetic Spelling: (par-en-okh-leh'-o) Short
Definition: I trouble Definition: I trouble, cause disturbance to, annoy, harass ...
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4660. skullo -- to skin, fig. to trouble
... 4660 (from , ", pelt") -- properly, skin alive, mangle (flay); (figuratively) harass,
extremely annoy. Word Origin a prim. verb Definition to skin, fig. ...
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4199. portheo -- to destroy
... Speech: Verb Transliteration: portheo Phonetic Spelling: (por-theh'-o) Short Definition:
I lay waste, destroy Definition: I lay waste, destroy, ravage, harass. ...
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2669. kataponeo -- to wear down
... oppress, vex. From kata and a derivative of ponos; to labor down, ie Wear with toil
(figuratively, harass) -- oppress, vex. see GREEK kata. see GREEK ponos. ...
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1559. ekdioko -- to pursue out, ie expel or persecute
... Phonetic Spelling: (ek-dee-o'-ko) Short Definition: I persecute, expel by persecuting
Definition: I persecute, expel by persecuting, drive out, vex, harass. ...
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3791. ochleo -- to disturb, trouble
... to trouble, afflict. From ochlos; to mob, ie (by implication) to harass -- vex.
see GREEK ochlos. (ochloumenous) -- 1 Occurrence. 3790, 3791. ochleo. 3792 ...
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5299. hupopiazo -- to strike under the eye
... I bruise, worry, exhaust Definition: I strike under the eye, hence: I bruise, treat
severely, discipline by hardship, molest, annoy, harass, worry, exhaust. ...
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Strong's Hebrew

6696b. tsur -- to show hostility to, treat as foe
... 6696a, 6696b. tsur. 6696c . to show hostility to, treat as foe.
Transliteration: tsur Short Definition: harass. Word Origin a prim. ...
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6206. arats -- to cause to tremble, tremble
... A primitive root; to awe or (intransitive) to dread; hence, to harass -- be affrighted
(afraid, dread, feared, terrified), break, dread, fear, oppress, prevail ...
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6887c. tsarar -- to show hostility toward, vex
... vex NASB Word Usage adversaries (10), adversary (2), afflict (1), attacks (1), been
hostile (1), distress (1), enemies (1), enemy (3), harass (2), hostile (1 ...
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5065. nagas -- to press, drive, oppress, exact
... A primitive root; to drive (an animal, a workman, a debtor, an army); by implication,
to tax, harass, tyrannize -- distress, driver, exact(-or), oppress(-or ...
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7492. raats -- to shatter
... dash in pieces, vex. A primitive root; to break in pieces; figuratively, harass --
dash in pieces, vex. 7491, 7492. raats. 7493 . Strong's Numbers.
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Library

Let no Man Harass Me Then, by Saying, Moses Thought not as You Say ...
... Book XII Chapter XXV Let no man harass me then, by saying, Moses thought
not as you say� Let no man harass me then, by saying, Moses ...
/.../augustine/the confessions of saint augustine/chapter xxv let no man.htm

Samech.
... and honour us, and yet expect us to occupy ourselves in aiding their own vicious
and busy desire, and to bestow our time upon them; or at least harass the weak ...
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Of the Last Times.
... far more powerful and wicked, who, having destroyed three, will obtain Asia, and
having reduced and subdued the others under his own power, will harass all the ...
/.../lactantius/the divine institutes/chap lxxi of the last times.htm

Was it for this He Sent Souls Hither, that While the Other ...
... read, -tandi se angerent insania: millibus--"harass themselves with the madness
of reckoning; by miles should extend," etc.,--the only change in Heraldus and ...
/.../arnobius/the seven books of arnobius against the heathen/40 was it for this.htm

Whether Heavenly Bodies Can Act on the Demons?
... For the demons, according to certain phases of the moon, can harass men, who on
that account are called lunatics, as appears from Mat.4:24 and 17:14. ...
/.../aquinas/summa theologica/whether heavenly bodies can act.htm

Blessed Adversity.
... Satan would very frequently harass the believer in times of sorrow and trial by
leading him to think that GOD is angry with him"that this is a punishment for ...
//christianbookshelf.org/taylor/a ribband of blue/blessed adversity.htm

2 Cor. xii. 1
... But art thou pained and dejected lest it should seem to be owing to My weakness,
that there are many who plot against and beat thee and harass and scourge thee ...
/.../homilies on the epistles of paul to the corinthians/homily xxvi 2 cor xii.htm

About the Dragon and the Young Man.
... But, not wishing to harass her, I did not at this time put him to death; but I watched
him passing by in the evening, and struck him, and killed him, and ...
/.../unknown/acts of the holy apostle thomas/about the dragon and the.htm

The Great Schism
... And shortly after it began to harass these separating churches, and to enact laws
to prevent the farther spread of reinvigorated Congregationalism unless of ...
/.../chapter x the great schism.htm

Of God, and his Anger and Affections.
... But, on the contrary, others are daring [1735] and wicked, who pollute all things
with their lusts, harass with slaughters, practice fraud, plunder, commit ...
/.../a treatise on the anger of god addressed to donatus/chap xvi of god and his.htm

Thesaurus

Harass (14 Occurrences)
...Harass (14 Occurrences). ... Luke 18:5 at any rate because this widow annoys me I will
avenge her, that she may not by perpetually coming completely harass me. ...
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Worry (14 Occurrences)
... 1. (vt) To harass by pursuit and barking; to attack repeatedly; also, to tear or
mangle with the teeth. ... 3. (vt) To harass with labor; to fatigue. ...
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Persecute (48 Occurrences)
... 1. (vt) To pursue in a manner to injure, grieve, or afflict; to beset with cruelty
or malignity; to harass; especially, to afflict, harass, punish, or put to ...
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Bait (3 Occurrences)
... 4. (n.) A light or hasty luncheon. 5. (vt) To provoke and harass; esp., to harass
or torment for sport; as, to bait a bear with dogs; to bait a bull. ...
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Harassed (12 Occurrences)
... Noah Webster's Dictionary (imp. & pp) of Harass. Multi-Version Concordance
Harassed (12 Occurrences). Matthew 9:36 But when he saw ...
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Vex (20 Occurrences)
... 2. (vt) To make angry or annoyed by little provocations; to irritate; to plague;
to torment; to harass; to afflict; to trouble; to tease. ...
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Jehoahaz (22 Occurrences)
... unmolested. They coincide with the years of Jehoahaz, and explain the freedom
which Hazael had to harass the dominions of that king. ...
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Grind (12 Occurrences)
... another, as teeth, etc. 3. (vt) To oppress by severe exactions; to harass.
4. (vt) To study hard for examination. 5. (vi) To perform ...
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Gall (17 Occurrences)
... 8. (vt) To fret; to vex; as, to be galled by sarcasm. 9. (vt) To injure; to harass;
to annoy; as, the troops were galled by the shot of the enemy. 10. ...
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Weary (77 Occurrences)
... traveling. 5. (vt) To make weary of anything; to exhaust the patience of,
as by continuance. 6. (vt) To harass by anything irksome. 7 ...
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Bible Concordance

Harass (14 Occurrences)

Mark 5:35 As he is yet speaking, there come from the chief of the synagogue's 'house, certain', saying -- 'Thy daughter did die, why still dost thou harass the Teacher?'
(YLT)

Luke 8:49 While he is yet speaking, there doth come a certain one from the chief of the synagogue's 'house', saying to him -- 'Thy daughter hath died, harass not the Teacher;'
(YLT)

Luke 18:5 at any rate because this widow annoys me I will avenge her, that she may not by perpetually coming completely harass me.
(DBY)

2 Corinthians 12:7 By reason of the exceeding greatness of the revelations, that I should not be exalted excessively, there was given to me a thorn in the flesh, a messenger of Satan to torment me, that I should not be exalted excessively.
(See RSV)

Colossians 3:21 Fathers, do not fret and harass your children, or you may make them sullen and morose.
(WEY)

Numbers 25:17 "Harass the Midianites, and strike them;
(WEB JPS DBY RSV)

Numbers 25:18 for they harassed you with their wiles, with which they have deceived you in the matter of Peor, and in the matter of Cozbi, the daughter of the prince of Midian, their sister, who was slain on the day of the plague in the matter of Peor."
(Root in WEB JPS DBY RSV)

Numbers 33:55 "But if you do not drive out the inhabitants of the land from before you, then those you let remain of them will be as pricks in your eyes and as thorns in your sides, and they will harass you in the land in which you dwell.
(WEB JPS DBY WBS)

Deuteronomy 2:9 Yahweh said to me, "Don't bother Moab, neither contend with them in battle; for I will not give you of his land for a possession; because I have given Ar to the children of Lot for a possession."
(See NAS RSV NIV)

Deuteronomy 2:19 and when thou comest nigh over against the children of Ammon, vex them not, nor contend with them; for I will not give thee of the land of the children of Ammon for a possession; because I have given it unto the children of Lot for a possession.
(See JPS NAS RSV NIV)

Job 13:25 Will you harass a driven leaf? Will you pursue the dry stubble?
(WEB JPS ASV)

Psalms 143:12 And in thy lovingkindness cut off mine enemies, And destroy all them that afflict my soul; For I am thy servant.
(See JPS)

Isaiah 7:6 Let us go up against Judah, and harass it, and make a breach therein for us, and set up a king therein the son of Tabeal;
(DBY WBS)

Isaiah 11:13 The envy also of Ephraim shall depart, and they that vex Judah shall be cut off: Ephraim shall not envy Judah, and Judah shall not vex Ephraim.
(See JPS NAS RSV)

Subtopics

Harass

Related Terms

Worry (14 Occurrences)

Persecute (48 Occurrences)

Bait (3 Occurrences)

Harassed (12 Occurrences)

Vex (20 Occurrences)

Jehoahaz (22 Occurrences)

Grind (12 Occurrences)

Gall (17 Occurrences)

Weary (77 Occurrences)