12 occurrences

'Sad' in the Bible

He asked Pharaoh’s officials who were with him in confinement in his master’s house, “Why are your faces so sad today?”

Verse ConceptsAsking Particular QuestionsOther Sad People

When the people heard this sad word, they went into mourning, and none of them put on his ornaments.

Verse ConceptsMourningPeople Stripping Off

Then Elkanah her husband said to her, “Hannah, why do you weep and why do you not eat and why is your heart sad? Am I not better to you than ten sons?”

Verse ConceptsUnhappinessWeepingHusbands Duty To WivesTen PeopleGood PeopleWhy Do You Do This?

She said, “Let your maidservant find favor in your sight.” So the woman went her way and ate, and her face was no longer sad.

Verse ConceptsPeople Eating

And it came about in the month Nisan, in the twentieth year of King Artaxerxes, that wine was before him, and I took up the wine and gave it to the king. Now I had not been sad in his presence.

Verse ConceptsCupbearerMonthButlersArtaxerxes The KingProviding Wine

So the king said to me, “Why is your face sad though you are not sick? This is nothing but sadness of heart.” Then I was very much afraid.

Verse ConceptsHuman EmotionHeart, HumanAnxiety And DepressionHeartacheDepression

I said to the king, “Let the king live forever. Why should my face not be sad when the city, the place of my fathers’ tombs, lies desolate and its gates have been consumed by fire?”

Verse ConceptsGatesArchaeologyCitizens, Christian DutiesDestruction Of JerusalemCity GatesBurning Jerusalem

“Though I say, ‘I will forget my complaint,I will leave off my sad countenance and be cheerful,’

Verse ConceptsComplaintsComplaining

But when he had heard these things, he became very sad, for he was extremely rich.

Verse ConceptsAffluenceEmotions, Kinds OfLove, Abuse OfUnhappinessOther Sad PeopleWealthy People

And He said to them, “What are these words that you are exchanging with one another as you are walking?” And they stood still, looking sad.

Verse ConceptsHealthSadnessUnhappinessWalkingMotionlessnessComing To RestConversationWhat Is The Matter?Other Sad People

Bible Theasaurus

Distressing (22 instances)
Lamentable (1 instance)
Pitiful (6 instances)
Sorry (33 instances)

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Strong's
Root Form
Definition
Usage
σκυθρωπός 
Skuthropos 
Usage: 0

Σαδδουκαῖος 
Saddoukaios 
Usage: 12

Σαδώκ 
Sadok 
Usage: 2

στυγνάζω 
Stugnazo 
lower , be sad
Usage: 1

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