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Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary

1. (a.) Very miserable; sunk in, or accompanied by, deep affliction or distress, as from want, anxiety, or grief; calamitous; woeful; very afflicting.

2. (a.) Worthless; paltry; very poor or mean; miserable; as, a wretched poem; a wretched cabin.

3. (a.) Hatefully contemptible; despicable; wicked.

Greek

5005. talaiporos -- distressed, miserable
... miserable. Part of Speech: Adjective Transliteration: talaiporos Phonetic Spelling:
(tal-ah'-ee-po-ros) Short Definition: wretched, afflicted, miserable ...
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1652. eleeinos -- pitiable
... merciful, pitiful, miserable. Cognate: 1652 (from 1656, , "mercy") -- pitiable,
wretched; in great need of mercy (because ). Word Origin ...
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2561. kakosis -- ill-treatment
... Cognate: 2561 -- ill-treatment, wretched misery. See 2556 (). Word Origin from kakoo
Definition ill-treatment NASB Word Usage oppression (1). affliction. ...
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2560. kakos -- badly
... Word Origin adverb from kakos Definition badly NASB Word Usage cruelly (1), evil
(1), ill* (5), sick (6), very (1), wretched (1), wrong motives (1), wrongly (1 ...
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5003. talaiporeo -- to suffer hardship or distress
... endure. From talaiporos; to be wretched, ie Realize one's own misery -- be afflicted.
see GREEK talaiporos. (talaiporesate) -- 1 Occurrence. 5002, 5003. ...
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2549. kakia -- wickedness
... if not . [2549 ("malice") shares the same essential meaning as 2556 ("wretched
evil," its adjectival cognate).]. Word Origin from ...
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Strong's Hebrew

7451a. ra -- bad, evil
... troubled (1), ugly (6), unpleasant (1), what is evil (2), what was evil (5), which
is evil (3), wicked (15), wicked women (1), wild (5), worst (1), wretched (1 ...
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6041. ani -- poor, afflicted, humble
... afflicted (42), afflicted one (1), humble (3), lowly (1), needy (2), needy and poor
(1), oppressed (1), poor (19), poor man (2), who is humble (1), wretched (1 ...
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8. obed -- destruction
... perish. Active of participle of 'abad; (concrete) wretched or (abstract) destructin --
perish. see HEBREW 'abad. 7, 8. obed. 9 . Strong's Numbers.
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Library

What Then did Wretched I So Love in Thee...
... Book II Chapter VI What then did wretched I so love in thee� What then
did wretched I so love in thee, thou theft of mine, thou ...
/.../augustine/the confessions of saint augustine/chapter vi what then did.htm

What Fruit had I Then Wretched Man! in those Things...
... Book II Chapter VIII What fruit had I then wretched man! ... What fruit had I then (wretched
man!) in those things, of the remembrance whereof I am now ashamed? ...
/.../augustine/the confessions of saint augustine/chapter viii what fruit had.htm

Petilianus Said: "If You Wretched Men Claim for Yourselves a Seat. ...
... Book II. Chapter 51. " 117. Petilianus said: "If you wretched men claim
for yourselves a seat� "117. Petilianus said: "If ...
/.../chapter 51 117 petilianus.htm

Petilianus Said: "O Wretched Traditors! Thus Indeed it was Fitting ...
... 165. Petilianus said: "O wretched traditors! Thus indeed it was fitting that
Scripture should� "165. Petilianus said: "O wretched traditors! ...
/.../chapter 75 165 petilianus.htm

It is a Wretched Slavery which Takes the Figurative Expressions of ...
... Book III. Chapter 5."It is a Wretched Slavery Which Takes the Figurative
Expressions of Scripture in a Literal Sense. 9. But the ...
/.../augustine/on christian doctrine in four books /chapter 5 it is a wretched.htm

"O Wretched Man that I Am!"
... "O WRETCHED MAN THAT I AM!". "O wretched man that I am! who shall deliver
me from the body of this death? ... "O wretched man that I am!". ...
//christianbookshelf.org/murray/absolute surrender/o wretched man that i.htm

Then Will the Evangelist Repeat this to the Wretched Beings...
... The Doubtful Letters Of Sulpitius Severus. Chapter VII. Then will the
Evangelist repeat this to the wretched beings� Then will ...
/.../severus/life and writings of sulpitius severus /chapter vii then will the.htm

Wherefore the Prophet Sent by the Lord Declared them to be ...
... Life of Antony. Section 26. Wherefore the prophet sent by the Lord declared
them to be wretched� 26. Wherefore the prophet sent ...
/.../athanasius/select works and letters or athanasius/life of antony section 26.htm

Petilianus Said: "On You, Yes You, You Wretched Men...
... Book II. Chapter 99. " 225. Petilianus said: "On you, yes you, you wretched
men� "225. Petilianus said: "On you, yes you, you ...
/.../chapter 99 225 petilianus.htm

That, According to Plotinus, Men, Whose Body is Mortal, are Less ...
... Book IX. Chapter 10."That, According to Plotinus, Men, Whose Body is Mortal,
are Less Wretched Than Demons, Whose Body is Eternal. ...
/.../augustine/city of god/chapter 10 that according to plotinus.htm

Thesaurus

Wretched (14 Occurrences)
... 2. (a.) Worthless; paltry; very poor or mean; miserable; as, a wretched poem; a
wretched cabin. ... Multi-Version Concordance Wretched (14 Occurrences). ...
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Calamitous (1 Occurrence)
... 1. (a.) Suffering calamity; wretched; miserable. 2. (a.) Producing, or attended
with distress and misery; making wretched; wretched; unhappy. ...
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Wretchedness (1 Occurrence)
... Noah Webster's Dictionary 1. (n.) Utter misery or unhappiness. 2. (n.) A wretched
object; anything despicable. Multi-Version Concordance ...
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Miserable (11 Occurrences)
... Noah Webster's Dictionary 1. (a.) Very unhappy; wretched. 2. (a.) Causing
unhappiness or misery. 3. (a.) Worthless; mean; despicable ...
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Pitiful (5 Occurrences)
... Noah Webster's Dictionary 1. (a.) Arousing pity or contempt; wretched. 2.
(a.) Piteous; lamentable; eliciting compassion. 3. (v.) To ...
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Vine-dressers (18 Occurrences)
... Matthew 21:41 "He will put the wretches to a wretched death," was the reply, "and
will entrust the vineyard to other vine-dressers who will render the produce ...
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Vintage (14 Occurrences)
... Matthew 21:41 "He will put the wretches to a wretched death," was the reply, "and
will entrust the vineyard to other vine-dressers who will render the produce ...
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Unhappy (17 Occurrences)
... 2. (a.) In a degree miserable or wretched; not happy; sad; sorrowful; as,
children render their parents unhappy by misconduct. 3 ...
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Lebonah (1 Occurrence)
... It is a wretched village lying on the slope of a hill, with many rock tombs in
the vicinity. Multi-Version Concordance Lebonah (1 Occurrence). ...
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Gloating (1 Occurrence)
... warriors with their own spears. They came as a whirlwind to scatter me,
gloating as if to devour the wretched in secret. (WEB NIV). ...
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Bible Concordance

Wretched (14 Occurrences)

Matthew 21:41 "He will put the wretches to a wretched death," was the reply, "and will entrust the vineyard to other vine-dressers who will render the produce to him at the vintage season."
(WEY NAS NIV)

Romans 7:24 What a wretched man I am! Who will deliver me out of the body of this death?
(WEB KJV WEY BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV)

James 4:9 Be wretched, and mourn, and weep: let your laughter be turned to mourning, and your joy to heaviness.
(DBY RSV)

Revelation 3:17 Because you say,'I am rich, and have gotten riches, and have need of nothing;' and don't know that you are the wretched one, miserable, poor, blind, and naked;
(WEB KJV WEY ASV DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)

Numbers 20:5 Why have you made us to come up out of Egypt, to bring us in to this evil place? It is no place of seed, or of figs, or of vines, or of pomegranates; neither is there any water to drink."
(See NAS)

Judges 11:35 It happened, when he saw her, that he tore his clothes, and said, "Alas, my daughter! You have brought me very low, and you are one of those who trouble me; for I have opened my mouth to Yahweh, and I can't go back."
(See NIV)

Job 20:22 In the fulness of his sufficiency he shall be in straits; every hand of the wretched shall come upon him.
(DBY)

Psalms 10:8 He sitteth in the lurking-places of the villages; in the secret places doth he slay the innocent: his eyes watch for the wretched.
(DBY)

Psalms 10:10 He croucheth, he boweth down, that the wretched may fall by his strong ones.
(DBY)

Psalms 10:14 Thou hast seen it, for thou thyself beholdest trouble and vexation, to requite by thy hand. The wretched committeth himself unto thee; thou hast been the helper of the fatherless.
(DBY)

Proverbs 15:15 All the days of the afflicted are wretched, but one who has a cheerful heart enjoys a continual feast.
(WEB NIV)

Isaiah 10:30 Give a loud cry, daughter of Gallim; let Laishah give ear; let Anathoth give answer to her.
(See NAS)

Jeremiah 5:4 And I said, Surely these are the wretched ones, they are foolish; for they know not the way of Jehovah, the judgment of their God.
(DBY)

Habakkuk 3:14 You pierced the heads of his warriors with their own spears. They came as a whirlwind to scatter me, gloating as if to devour the wretched in secret.
(WEB NIV)

Subtopics

Wretched

Related Terms

Calamitous (1 Occurrence)

Wretchedness (1 Occurrence)

Miserable (11 Occurrences)

Pitiful (5 Occurrences)

Vine-dressers (18 Occurrences)

Vintage (14 Occurrences)

Unhappy (17 Occurrences)

Lebonah (1 Occurrence)

Gloating (1 Occurrence)