28 occurrences

'Grievous' in the Bible

And Jehovah said, Because the cry of Sodom and Gomorrah is great, and because their sin is very grievous;

Verse ConceptsUnhappinessOutcry

And the thing was very grievous in Abraham's sight on account of his son.

And God said unto Abraham, Let it not be grievous in thy sight because of the lad, and because of thy handmaid. In all that Sarah saith unto thee, hearken unto her voice. For in Isaac shall thy seed be called.

Verse ConceptsAbrahamProphecies Concerning ChristPay Attention To People!sarah

and the plenty shall not be known in the land by reason of that famine which followeth; for it shall be very grievous.

And when the inhabitants of the land, the Canaanites, saw the mourning in the floor of Atad, they said, This is a grievous mourning to the Egyptians: wherefore the name of it was called Abel-mizraim, which is beyond the Jordan.

Verse ConceptsMourningMourning DeathBeyond Jordan

And Jehovah did so; and there came grievous swarms of flies into the house of Pharaoh, and into his servants houses: and in all the land of Egypt the land was corrupted by reason of the swarms of flies.

Verse ConceptsInsectsFliesHouses Under Attackbugs

behold, the hand of Jehovah is upon thy cattle which are in the field, upon the horses, upon the asses, upon the camels, upon the herds, and upon the flocks: there shall be a very grievous murrain.

Verse ConceptsSheepAnger Of God, Examples OfPower Of God, Expressed

Behold, to-morrow about this time I will cause it to rain a very grievous hail, such as hath not been in Egypt since the day it was founded even until now.

Verse ConceptsGod's Action TomorrowFoundations Of NationsUnique Things

So there was hail, and fire mingled with the hail, very grievous, such as had not been in all the land of Egypt since it became a nation.

Verse ConceptsFireStormsUnique Things

And the locusts went up over all the land of Egypt, and rested in all the borders of Egypt; very grievous were they; before them there were no such locusts as they, neither after them shall be such.

Verse ConceptsInvasionsUnique CreaturesMany Creatures

And, behold, there is with thee Shimei the son of Gera, the Benjamite, of Bahurim, who cursed me with a grievous curse in the day when I went to Mahanaim; but he came down to meet me at the Jordan, and I sware to him by Jehovah, saying, I will not put thee to death with the sword.

Verse ConceptsCursing The Ungodly

Thy father made our yoke grievous: now therefore make thou the grievous service of thy father, and his heavy yoke which he put upon us, lighter, and we will serve thee.

Verse ConceptsLeaders, PoliticalMastersWork, And The FallYokesRemoving BurdensLight YokeEasy Burdens

Thy father made our yoke grievous: now therefore make thou the grievous service of thy father, and his heavy yoke which he put upon us, lighter, and we will serve thee.

Verse ConceptsYokesApproval To Kill Oneself

There is grievous correction for him that forsaketh the way; And he that hateth reproof shall die.

Verse ConceptsGod's WaysLife, Of FaithRebukeReproofDeath For Other ReasonsRejecting Reprooffate

So I hated life, because the work that is wrought under the sun was grievous unto me; for all is vanity and a striving after wind.

Verse ConceptsWeariness Of LifeUseless EndeavourUnder The Sunfootball

There is a grievous evil which I have seen under the sun, namely , riches kept by the owner thereof to his hurt:

Verse ConceptsBad SituationsMisersHoardingStoring Treasure On EarthUnder The SunTragedy

And this also is a grievous evil, that in all points as he came, so shall he go: and what profit hath he that he laboreth for the wind?

Verse ConceptsBad SituationsPhysical LabourLife And DeathTragedy

A grievous vision is declared unto me; the treacherous man dealeth treacherously, and the destroyer destroyeth. Go up, O Elam; besiege, O Media; all the sighing thereof have I made to cease.

Verse ConceptsProphetic Visionstraitors

They are all grievous revolters, going about with slanders; they are brass and iron: they all of them deal corruptly.

Verse ConceptsBackbitingRebellion, Of IsraelWicked Described AsSpreading StoriesThings Like Bronzeapostasy

Woe is me because of my hurt! my wound is grievous: but I said, Truly this is my grief, and I must bear it.

Verse ConceptsInjurySorrowWoeWoundsEnduringNo HealingMental IllnessSickness

And thou shalt say this word unto them, Let mine eyes run down with tears night and day, and let them not cease; for the virgin daughter of my people is broken with a great breach, with a very grievous wound.

Verse ConceptsdaughtersAffliction Day And NightNightI Mourn Catastrophe

They shall die grievous deaths: they shall not be lamented, neither shall they be buried; they shall be as dung upon the face of the ground; and they shall be consumed by the sword, and by famine; and their dead bodies shall be food for the birds of the heavens, and for the beasts of the earth.

Verse ConceptsDead bodiesdirtUnburied BodiesAnimals Eating PeopleDefecationNearness Of DeathEating CorpsesNo BurialsWild Animals DevouringFamine KillingDeath Looms NearNot MourningLack Of A Proper Burial

Arise ye, and depart; for this is not your resting-place; because of uncleanness that destroyeth, even with a grievous destruction.

Verse ConceptsDeparturesDestructionGet Up!Unclean ThingsDefilementRestcorruption

Therefore I also have smitten thee with a grievous wound; I have made thee desolate because of thy sins.

Verse ConceptsSin Brings Sickness

There is no assuaging of thy hurt: thy wound is grievous: all that hear the report of thee clap their hands over thee; for upon whom hath not thy wickedness passed continually?

Verse ConceptsClappingApplauseWoundsIn One AnotherPeople Actually Doing EvilBruisesHope And Healing

Bible Theasaurus

Atrocious (2 instances)
Dangerous (24 instances)
Distressing (22 instances)
Grievous (70 instances)
Heinous (5 instances)
Monstrous (3 instances)
Serious (65 instances)
Severe (97 instances)
Weighty (10 instances)

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Strong's
Root Form
Definition
Usage
חיל חוּל 
Chuwl 
Usage: 57

חטא 
Chet' 
Usage: 33

חלה 
Chalah 
Usage: 76

ירע 
Yara` 
Usage: 8

כּבד 
Kobed 
Usage: 4

כּבד 
Kabed 
Usage: 40

מעל 
Ma`al 
Usage: 28

מרץ 
Marats 
Usage: 4

עצב 
`etseb 
Usage: 7

עתק 
`athaq 
Usage: 4

קשׁה 
Qashah 
Usage: 28

קשׁה 
Qasheh 
Usage: 36

רעה רע 
Ra` 
Usage: 669

תּחלא תּחלוּא 
Tachaluw' 
Usage: 5

βαρύς 
Barus 
Usage: 4

δεινῶς 
Deinos 
Usage: 2

δυσβάστακτος 
Dusbastaktos 
grievous to be borne
Usage: 0

κακῶς 
Kakos 
be sick 9 , be diseased 9 , evil , grievously , sore , miserable , amiss , sick people 9
Usage: 12

λύπη 
Lupe 
Usage: 12

ὀκνηρός 
Okneros 
Usage: 2

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