Bible Dictionary: Unhappy

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Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary

1. (a.) Not happy or fortunate; unfortunate; unlucky; as, affairs have taken an unhappy turn.

2. (a.) In a degree miserable or wretched; not happy; sad; sorrowful; as, children render their parents unhappy by misconduct.

3. (a.) Marked by infelicity; evil; calamitous; as, an unhappy day.

4. (a.) Mischievous; wanton; wicked.

Strong's Hebrew

2489. chelekah -- hapless, unfortunate
... poor. Or chelkah {khay-lek-aw'}; apparently from an unused root probably meaning
to be dark or (figuratively) unhappy; a wretch, ie Unfortunate -- poor. ...
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Library

Happy Solitude --Unhappy Men
... Happy Solitude"Unhappy Men. My heart is easy, and my burden light; I smile, though
sad, when thou art in my sight: The more my woes in secret I deplore,. ...
/.../happy solitudeunhappy men.htm

The Unbeliever's Unhappy Condition
... The Unbeliever's Unhappy Condition. A Sermon (No.1012). ... I. To begin, then, who
is THE GUILTY ONE? Who is then unhappy man here spoken of? ...
/.../spurgeon/spurgeons sermons volume 17 1871/the unbelievers unhappy condition.htm

He Bemoans the Unhappy Lot of Constantinople, Owing to the ...
... He bemoans the unhappy lot of Constantinople, owing to the misfortune which has
overtaken it from that heretic; and at the same time he urges the citizens to ...
/.../cassian/the seven books of john cassian /chapter xxxi he bemoans the.htm

Concerning that Most Unhappy Time in which He, Being Deceived ...
... Book IV. Chapter I."Concerning that Most Unhappy Time in Which He, Being Deceived,
Deceived Others; And Concerning the Mockers of His Confession. ...
/.../the confessions and letters of st/chapter i concerning that most unhappy.htm

He Continues on the Unhappy Method of Training Youth in Literary ...
... Book I. Chapter XVII."He Continues on the Unhappy Method of Training Youth
in Literary Subjects. 27. Bear with me, my God, while ...
/.../the confessions and letters of st/chapter xvii he continues on the.htm

Unhappy Souls! Stricken through with all These Barbarisms as with ...
... 10. Unhappy souls! stricken through with all these barbarisms as with so
many lances! I doubt ... Pyrrho. 10. Unhappy souls! stricken ...
/.../10 unhappy souls stricken through.htm

Psalm CXXXVII.
... 11. Then he turneth himself to her, "O daughter of Babylon, unhappy;" unhappy in
thy very exulting, thy presumption, thine enmity; "unhappy daughter of Babylon ...
/.../augustine/exposition on the book of psalms/psalm cxxxvii.htm

Book Three the Story of his Student Days in Carthage, his ...
... For although he that grieves with the unhappy should be commended for his work of
love, yet he who has the power of real compassion would still prefer that ...
/.../augustine/confessions and enchiridion/book three the story of.htm

Purity and Peace in the Present Lord
... lay between them. And out of this unhappy state it was the Apostle's deep
desire to bring them, quickly and completely. He appeals ...
/.../christianbookshelf.org/moule/philippian studies/chapter xi purity and peace.htm

Mr. G. Borrow's Report on Past and Future Operations in Spain ...
... two thousand copies having been disposed of in an extraordinarily short space of
time, and under much disadvantage owing to the peculiarly unhappy situation of ...
/.../borrow/letters of george borrow/mr g borrows report on.htm

Thesaurus

Unhappy (17 Occurrences)
... Noah Webster's Dictionary 1. (a.) Not happy or fortunate; unfortunate; unlucky;
as, affairs have taken an unhappy turn. ...Unhappy (17 Occurrences). ...
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Necessary (75 Occurrences)
... (YLT). Matthew 18:7 A curse is on the earth because of trouble! for it is necessary
for trouble to come; but unhappy is that man through whom the trouble comes. ...
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Laughing (38 Occurrences)
... (BBE). Luke 6:25 Unhappy are you who are full of food now: for you will be in need.
Unhappy are you who are laughing now: for you will be crying in sorrow. ...
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Sorrow (277 Occurrences)
... Luke 6:25 Unhappy are you who are full of food now: for you will be in need. Unhappy
are you who are laughing now: for you will be crying in sorrow. (BBE). ...
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Trouble (477 Occurrences)
... Matthew 18:7 A curse is on the earth because of trouble! for it is necessary for
trouble to come; but unhappy is that man through whom the trouble comes. (BBE). ...
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Crying (247 Occurrences)
... Luke 6:25 Unhappy are you who are full of food now: for you will be in need. Unhappy
are you who are laughing now: for you will be crying in sorrow. (BBE). ...
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Unsuccessful (2 Occurrences)
... Noah Webster's Dictionary (a.) Not successful; not producing the desired event;
not fortunate; meeting with, or resulting in, failure; unlucky; unhappy. ...
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Unharmed (4 Occurrences)

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Unfortunate (4 Occurrences)
... 1. (a.) Not fortunate; unsuccessful; not prosperous; unlucky; attended with misfortune;
unhappy; as, an unfortunate adventure; an unfortunate man; an ...
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Unhallowed (3 Occurrences)

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Bible Concordance

Unhappy (17 Occurrences)

Matthew 18:7 A curse is on the earth because of trouble! for it is necessary for trouble to come; but unhappy is that man through whom the trouble comes.
(BBE)

Luke 6:24 But unhappy are you who have wealth: for you have been comforted now.
(BBE)

Luke 6:25 Unhappy are you who are full of food now: for you will be in need. Unhappy are you who are laughing now: for you will be crying in sorrow.
(BBE)

Luke 6:26 Unhappy are you when all men give you their approval: for so their fathers did to the false prophets.
(BBE)

Luke 17:1 And he said to his disciples, It is necessary for causes of trouble to come about, but unhappy is he by whom they come.
(BBE)

Luke 22:22 For it will be done to the Son of man after the purpose of God, but unhappy is that man by whom he is given up.
(BBE)

Romans 7:24 How unhappy am I! who will make me free from the body of this death?
(ASV)

1 Corinthians 15:19 If in this life only we have hope in Christ, we are of all men most unhappy.
(BBE)

Revelation 3:17 For you say, I have wealth, and have got together goods and land, and have need of nothing; and you are not conscious of your sad and unhappy condition, that you are poor and blind and without clothing.
(BBE)

1 Samuel 1:6 And the other wife did everything possible to make her unhappy, because the Lord had not let her have children;
(BBE)

Psalms 73:5 They are not in trouble as others are; they have no part in the unhappy fate of men.
(BBE)

Ecclesiastes 1:13 And I gave my heart to searching out in wisdom all things which are done under heaven: it is a hard thing which God has put on the sons of men to do.
(See RSV)

Ecclesiastes 4:8 It is one who is by himself, without a second, and without son or brother; but there is no end to all his work, and he has never enough of wealth. For whom, then, am I working and keeping myself from pleasure? This again is to no purpose, and a bitter work.
(See RSV)

Ecclesiastes 4:10 And if one has a fall, the other will give him a hand; but unhappy is the man who is by himself, because he has no helper.
(BBE)

Ecclesiastes 10:16 Unhappy is the land whose king is a boy, and whose rulers are feasting in the morning.
(BBE)

Isaiah 3:11 Unhappy is the sinner! for the reward of his evil doings will come on him.
(BBE)

Jeremiah 13:27 I have seen your disgusting acts, even your false behaviour and your cries of desire and your loose ways on the hills in the field. Unhappy are you, O Jerusalem, you have no desire to be made clean; how long will you be in turning back to me?
(BBE)

Subtopics

Unhappiness

Unhappiness in a Marriage

Unhappy

Related Terms

Necessary (75 Occurrences)

Laughing (38 Occurrences)

Sorrow (277 Occurrences)

Trouble (477 Occurrences)

Crying (247 Occurrences)

Unsuccessful (2 Occurrences)

Unharmed (4 Occurrences)