6 occurrences in 12 translations

'Sorry' in the Bible

For if I make you sorry, who is he then that maketh me glad, but the same which is made sorry by me?

for out of much tribulation and pressure of heart I wrote to you through many tears, not that ye might be made sorry, but that ye might know the love that I have more abundantly toward 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

And not only by his arrival, but also by [his account of] the encouragement which he received in regard to you. He told us about your longing [for us], your mourning [over sin], and how eagerly you took my part and supported me, so that I rejoiced even more.

Verse ConceptsAffection, ExpressingJoy, Of The ChurchMourning In RegretRight Desires

For though I made you sorry with a letter, I do not repent, though I did repent: for I perceive that the same epistle hath made you sorry, though it were but for a season.

Verse Conceptsdiscipline, divineA Short TimeShort Time For ActionRegrettingHurtSeasons Changinggrievinghurting

Now I rejoice, not that ye were made sorry, but that ye sorrowed to repentance: for ye were made sorry after a godly manner, that ye might receive damage by us in nothing.

Verse ConceptsRepentanceNo Loss

for, lo, this same thing -- your being made sorry toward God -- how much diligence it doth work in you! but defence, but displeasure, but fear, but longing desire, but zeal, but revenge; in every thing ye did approve yourselves to be pure in the matter.

Verse ConceptsAffection, ExpressingeagernessPlea Of Innocence

Bible Theasaurus

Dismal (2 instances)
Distressing (22 instances)
Dreary (1 instance)
Gloomy (18 instances)
Good-For-Nothing (2 instances)
Lamentable (1 instance)
Pitiful (6 instances)
Pitying (6 instances)
Regretful (1 instance)
Sorry (33 instances)

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Strong's
Root Form
Definition
Usage
λυπέω 
Lupeo 
Usage: 24

περίλυπος 
Perilupos 
Usage: 3

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