40 occurrences

'Pain' in the Bible

Jabez was more honorable than his brothers; but his mother named him Jabez, saying, “Because I gave birth to him in pain.”

So they sat down on the ground with Job for seven days and seven nights and no one spoke a word to him, for they saw that his pain was very great.

Verse ConceptsGriefWeeksSeven DaysSitting In FellowshipIndividuals Being SilentLosing Friendsgrieving

“Then I would still have consolation,And I would jump for joy amid unsparing pain,That I have not denied or hidden the words of the Holy One.

Verse ConceptsGod, Holiness OfJoy, Of IsraelGod Is HolyPhysical PainDenying GodGod SpeakingPleasurablenessjoyfuldenialjoyfulness

“Man is also disciplined with pain on his bed,And with unceasing complaint in his bones,

Verse ConceptsChastisementPunishment, By GodSleeplessnessDiscipline From GodPhysical PainPleasurableness

Look upon my affliction and my trouble,And forgive all my sins.

Verse ConceptsGod Forgive!Assisted SuicideAfflictions

For I am ready to fall;My sorrow is continually before me.

Verse ConceptsPeople Stumbling

Panic seized them there,And pain, as that of a woman in childbirth.

Verse ConceptsChildbirthPunishment, Nature OfTravailLabour Pains

For they have persecuted him whom You have struck,And they tell of the pain of those whom You have pierced and wounded.

Verse ConceptsCharacter Of WickedPersecution, Nature OfGod Beating PeopleHurtharassment

For all his days his work is painful and sorrowful; even at night his mind does not rest. This too is vanity (worthless).

Verse ConceptsInsomnia, Causes OfUnrestUseless Endeavour

They [of Babylon] will be shocked and terrified,Pains and anguish will grip them;They will be in pain like a woman in childbirth.They will stare aghast and horrified at one another,Their faces aflame [from the effects of the unprecedented warfare].

Verse ConceptsChildbirthPunishment, Nature OfTravailLabour Pains

And it will be in the day when the Lord gives you rest from your pain and turmoil and from the harsh service in which you have been enslaved,

Verse ConceptsRest, PhysicalGod Giving RestSuccess And Hard Work

In the day that you plant it you carefully fence it in,And in the morning you bring your seed to blossom;Yet [promising as it is] the harvest will be a heap [of ruins that passes away]In the day of sickness and incurable pain.

Verse ConceptsReapingPlanting Seeds

As a woman with child approaches the time to give birth,She is in pain and struggles and cries out in her labor,So we were before You, O Lord.

Verse ConceptsWomen's Strengthchildbearing

We have been with child, we have twisted and struggled in labor;We gave birth, as it seems, only to wind.We could not accomplish salvation for the earth,Nor were inhabitants of the world born.

Verse ConceptsMission, Of IsraelWindBirth Not Being PossibleHaving A Babydeliverancechildbearing

“Indeed, My servants will shout for joy from a happy heart,But you will cry out with a heavy heart,And you shall wail and howl from a broken spirit.

Verse ConceptsAgony, In HeartPromised JoyOthers MourningA Broken Heart

“Before she (Zion) was in labor, she gave birth;Before her labor pain came, she gave birth to a boy.

Verse ConceptsChildbirthBeforechildbearing

My soul, my soul! I writhe in anguish and pain! Oh, the walls of my heart!My heart is pounding and throbbing within me;I cannot be silent,For you have heard, O my soul,The sound of the trumpet,The alarm of war.

Verse ConceptsAgony, In HeartAgony, God's JudgmentRenewed HeartBowelsTrumpets For BattleOther References To The HeartReady For WarWarTragedyheartbeat

“O inhabitant of [Jerusalem, whose palaces are made from the cedars of] Lebanon,You who nest in the cedars,How you will groan and how miserable you will be when pains come on you,Pain like a woman in childbirth!

Verse ConceptsCedarLabour Pains

‘Why do you cry out over your injury [since it is the natural result of your sin]?Your pain is incurable (deadly).Because your guilt is greatAnd your sins are glaring and innumerable,I have done these things to you.

Verse ConceptsAfflictions Of The WickedNo HealingAll Have SinnedSin Producing Afflictions

‘You said, “Woe is me! For the Lord has added sorrow to my pain; I am weary with my groaning and sighing and I find no rest.”’

Verse ConceptsdiscouragementSighingRest, PhysicalSelf PitySleeplessnessTirednessUnhappinessI Am Suffering

Babylon has suddenly fallen and is shattered!Wail for her [if you care to]!Get balm for her [incurable] pain;Perhaps she may be healed.

Verse ConceptsBalmsMedicineOintmentBabylon Destroyed

The land trembles and writhes [in pain and sorrow],For the purposes of the Lord against Babylon stand,To make the land of BabylonA desolation without inhabitants.

Verse ConceptsDivine PurposesEmpty Cities

For the inhabitant of Maroth (Bitterness)Writhes in pain [at its losses] and waits anxiously for good,Because a catastrophe has come down from the LordTo the gate of Jerusalem.

Verse ConceptsNothing GoodGod Harmed Them

“Writhe in pain and labor to give birth,O Daughter of Zion,Like a woman in childbirth;For now you shall go out of the city,Live in the field,And go to Babylon.There you will be rescued;There the Lord shall redeem youFrom the hand of your enemies.

Verse ConceptsGod, As RedeemerAgony, God's JudgmentBabylon, Israel Exiled ToHand Of GodLabour PainsThe CountrysideExile In Prospect

The mountains saw You and [they] trembled and writhed [as if in pain];The downpour of waters swept by [as a deluge].The deep uttered its voice and raged,It lifted its hands high.

Verse ConceptsFlowing WaterMountains QuakingLifting HandsDeep Seas

A woman, when she is in labor, has pain because her time [to give birth] has come; but when she has given birth to the child, she no longer remembers the anguish because of her joy that a child has come into the world.

Verse ConceptsAgony, Of BodyChild BearingChildbirthAnguish, CauseTravailLabour PainsBirthRejoicing In ProsperityHaving A Babybabyhurtingwomanhoodchildbearing

For if I cause you grief [by a well-deserved rebuke], who then provides me enjoyment but the very one whom I have made sad?

For I wrote to you out of great distress and with an anguished heart, and with many tears, not to cause you sorrow but to make you realize the [overflowing] love which I have especially for you.

Verse ConceptsAgony, In HeartAffection, ExpressingBeing Earnest For The ChurchdepthLove, For One AnotherPaul, Life OfWeepingAnguish, CauseI Am SadLove Exists Between PeopleFathers Loving CareGrieving With HopeNervousnesspressure

But if someone has caused [all this] sorrow, he has caused it not to me, but in some degree—not to put it too severely—[he has distressed and grieved] all of you.

Verse Conceptsgrieving

For even though I did grieve you with my letter, I do not regret it [now]; though I did regret it —for I see that the letter hurt you, though only for a little while—

Verse Conceptsdiscipline, divineA Short TimeShort Time For ActionRegrettingHurtSeasons Changinggrievinghurting

For [godly] sorrow that is in accord with the will of God produces a repentance without regret, leading to salvation; but worldly sorrow [the hopeless sorrow of those who do not believe] produces death.

Verse ConceptsContritionGuilt, Human Aspects OfRevelation, Responses ToSin, Accepting Forgiveness OfAttitudes Of RepentanceChanged HeartHow Death Is InevitableRepentanceSigns Of RepentanceThe Gospel Of SalvationRegrettingConvictionSin Producing Afflictionsgrieving

But women will be preserved (saved) through [the pain and dangers of] the bearing of children if they continue in faith and love and holiness with self-control and discretion.

Verse ConceptsBeing A WomenChild BearingSobernessAgape LoveBeing SavedRaising ChildrenGodly WomanWomen's RolesMotherhoodSanctificationHaving A Babywomanhoodchildbearing

For the one who has once entered His rest has also rested from [the weariness and pain of] his [human] labors, just as God rested from [those labors uniquely] His own.

Verse ConceptsWorks Of The LawstruggleRestStruggles

For this finds favor, if a person endures the sorrow of suffering unjustly because of an awareness of [the will of] God.

Verse ConceptsGriefInjurySuffering, Of BelieversSuffering, HardshipChrist's Disciples Will SufferEnduringSufferingFavorHardshipmindfulness

They were not permitted to kill anyone, but to torment and cause them extreme pain for five months; and their torment was like the torment from a scorpion when it stings a man.

Verse ConceptsAgony, Of BodyPoisonTortureFive Months And MoreScorpionsSnakebitesTroubling Groups Of Peoplebugs

Then the fifth angel poured out his bowl on the throne of the beast, and his kingdom was plunged into darkness; and people gnawed their tongues because of the pain [of their excruciating anguish and severe torment],

Verse ConceptsAgony, Of BodyBitingThroneTongueColors, BlackFractions, One FifthCosmic CreaturesPhysical PainThe Outer DarknessFifthOuter DarknessPleasurablenessBowl JudgmentsCatastrophic Events

Bible Theasaurus

Ache (1 instance)
Aching (5 instances)
Afflict (65 instances)
Anguish (103 instances)
Annoyance (4 instances)
Bother (22 instances)
Discomfort (2 instances)
Headache (1 instance)
Infliction (2 instances)

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Strong's
Root Form
Definition
Usage
חבל חבל 
Chebel 
Usage: 62

חיל חוּל 
Chuwl 
Usage: 57

חילה חיל 
Chiyl 
Usage: 7

חלה 
Chalah 
Usage: 76

חלחלה 
Chalchalah 
Usage: 4

כּאב 
Ka'ab 
Usage: 8

כּאב 
K@'eb 
Usage: 6

כּחל 
Kachal 
Usage: 1

מכאבה מכאוב מכאב 
Mak'ob 
Usage: 16

מצר 
metsar 
Usage: 3

משׁח 
Mashach 
Usage: 72

פּוּך 
Puwk 
Usage: 4

ציר 
Tsiyr 
Usage: 12

βασανίζω 
Basanizo 
Usage: 12

μόχθος 
Mochthos 
Usage: 3

πόνος 
Ponos 
Usage: 3

συνωδίνω 
sunodino 
Usage: 1

ὠδίν 
Odin 
Usage: 2