40 occurrences in 8 translations

'Vexed' in the Bible

Now do not be distressed or angry with yourselves because you sold me here, for God sent me ahead of you to save life and preserve our family.

Verse ConceptsAfflicted Saints, Examples OfKept Alive By GodIndividuals Saving OthersIdentitypreservation

and as they afflict it, so it multiplieth, and so it breaketh forth, and they are vexed because of the sons of Israel;

Verse ConceptsPeople MultiplyingFearing Other PeopleAfflictions Terminating In Goodoppressionpressure

How our fathers went down into Egypt, and we have dwelt in Egypt a long time; and the Egyptians vexed us, and our fathers:

Verse ConceptsPeople Actually Doing EvilStaying A Long Time

and Moab is exceedingly afraid of the presence of the people, for it is numerous; and Moab is vexed by the presence of the sons of Israel,

Verse ConceptsAnxiety, Examples OfFearing Other PeopleMany In Israel

And when the LORD raised them up judges, then the LORD was with the judge, and delivered them out of the hand of their enemies all the days of the judge: for it repented the LORD because of their groanings by reason of them that oppressed them and vexed them.

Verse ConceptsGod, As SaviorCruelty, God's attitude toGrace, In OtSensitivitySympathyGod Saving From EnemiesGod With Specific PeopleGod Showed Mercy

And that year they vexed and oppressed the children of Israel: eighteen years, all the children of Israel that were on the other side Jordan in the land of the Amorites, which is in Gilead.

Verse Conceptseast15 To 20 YearsBeyond Jordanharassment

And it came to pass, when she pressed him daily with her words, and urged him, so that his soul was vexed unto death;

Verse ConceptsAsceticism, TypesIrritationTroubling Individualsnagging

So Saul took the kingdom over Israel, and fought against all his enemies on every side, against Moab, and against the children of Ammon, and against Edom, and against the kings of Zobah, and against the Philistines: and whithersoever he turned himself, he vexed them.

Verse ConceptsAmalekitesharassment

And Amnon was so vexed, that he fell sick for his sister Tamar; for she was a virgin; and Amnon thought it hard for him to do any thing to her.

Verse ConceptsInfatuationSick IndividualsHard Tasks

And the king of Israel went to his house sullen and vexed, and came to Samaria.

Verse ConceptsAngry People

And Ahab came into his house sullen and vexed because of the word that Naboth the Jizreelite had spoken to him; for he had said, I will not give thee the inheritance of my fathers. And he lay down on his bed, and turned away his face, and ate no bread.

Verse ConceptsResentment, Against GodSadnessTemperUnhappinessAnger, Sinful ExamplesLying Down To RestAngry People

And when she came to the man of God to the hill, she caught him by the feet: but Gehazi came near to thrust her away. And the man of God said, Let her alone; for her soul is vexed within her: and the LORD hath hid it from me, and hath not told me.

Verse ConceptsGraspingLeave Them AloneGod's Things ConcealedMan Of God

Nation was crushed by nation, and city by city, for God troubled them with every kind of distress.

Verse ConceptsCivil StrifeTwo Hundred And Some

Do not forgive their wrongdoing and do not let their sin be wiped out before You, for they have offended the builders [and provoked You].

Verse ConceptsCoveringUnforgivenessGod Not ForgivingGuiltAnger And Forgiveness

Therefore thou deliveredst them into the hand of their enemies, who vexed them: and in the time of their trouble, when they cried unto thee, thou heardest them from heaven; and according to thy manifold mercies thou gavest them saviours, who saved them out of the hand of their enemies.

Verse ConceptsCruelty, God's attitude toAnswered PrayerRescueDeliverersGod Saving From EnemiesGod Paid Attention To ThemGod Answered Prayer

As God liveth, who hath taken away my judgment; and the Almighty, who hath vexed my soul;

Verse ConceptsTasteIs God Unjust?Bitterness

Let all mine enemies be ashamed and sore vexed: let them return and be ashamed suddenly.

Verse ConceptsdisgraceOvercoming EnemiesShame Will ComeBeing Overwhelmedoverwhelmed

The wicked man shall see it and be vexed; he shall gnash with his teeth, and melt away: the desire of the wicked shall perish.

Verse ConceptsFutilityBitingDecayRest, SpiritualTeethGnashing Of TeethThe Fate Of The WickedFrustration

All his days also he eateth in darkness, and he is sore vexed, and hath sickness and wrath.

Verse ConceptsSickness

For before the youth doth know To refuse evil, and to fix on good, Forsaken is the land thou art vexed with, because of her two kings.

Verse ConceptsLand Becoming EmptyRejectionParents Being Wrongmanhood

The roads to Zion are in mourningBecause no one comes to the appointed feasts.All her gates are desolate;Her priests are groaning,Her virgins are grieved and suffering,And she suffers bitterly.

Verse ConceptsSighingPilgrimageRoadsTragedy On The StreetsFestivals DisregardedMourning Due To CatastropheNo One To Be Found

Those that be near, and those that be far from thee, shall mock thee, which art infamous and much vexed.

And I have vexed the heart of many peoples, In My bringing in thy destruction among nations, Unto lands that thou hast not known.

Verse ConceptsNot Knowing PeopleTroubling Groups Of People

And I destroyed three shepherds in one month; and my soul was vexed with them, and their soul also loathed me.

Verse ConceptsInadequate ShepherdingThree MenOne Month

The king was deeply vexed, yet because of his repeated oath and of the guests at his table he ordered it to be given her,

Verse ConceptsGuestsSwearing OathsOther Sad PeopleThe King's OrdersBirthdays Celebrated

And, behold, a woman of Canaan came out of the same coasts, and cried unto him, saying, Have mercy on me, O Lord, thou Son of David; my daughter is grievously vexed with a devil.

Verse ConceptsDemon PossessionMaternal LoveBeggarsMercy, Of Jesus ChristSonsSpiritsJesus As Son Of DavidDemons Harming IndividualsBe Merciful!Those DemonisedDemons Causing TormentBeing A Woman Of GodharassmentDemonic Influence

Lord, have mercy on my son: for he is lunatick, and sore vexed: for ofttimes he falleth into the fire, and oft into the water.

Verse ConceptsdiseasesSuffering, Nature OfCrying To JesusPeople TumblingConvulsionsBurning PeopleBe Merciful!Demons Causing TormentwaterfallsDemonic Influence

being extremely disturbed and thoroughly annoyed because they were teaching the people and proclaiming in [the case of] Jesus the resurrection of the dead.

Verse ConceptsHeraldTeachersTeachingTeaching The Way Of God

There came also a multitude out of the cities round about unto Jerusalem, bringing sick folks, and them which were vexed with unclean spirits: and they were healed every one.

Verse ConceptsDemon PossessionExorcismsDemons, Evil Work Ofdemons, Kinds ofCrowdsMiracles, Nature OfSpiritsDemons Harming IndividualsHealing Through DisciplesThose DemonisedDemons Causing TormentComing Togetherharassment

And delivered just Lot, vexed with the filthy conversation of the wicked:

Verse ConceptsPollutionsBad CompanyEvil Associations

(For that righteous man dwelling among them, in seeing and hearing, vexed his righteous soul from day to day with their unlawful deeds;)

Verse ConceptsLawlessnessPainUnceasingContinual Hardship

Bible Theasaurus

Annoy (3 instances)
Annoyed (7 instances)
Baffle (1 instance)
Bother (22 instances)
Chafe (1 instance)
Disturb (16 instances)
Gravel (3 instances)
Harassed (25 instances)
Irritate (3 instances)
Perplex (1 instance)
Pestered (2 instances)
Pose (1 instance)

Reverse Interlinear

Strong's
Root Form
Definition
Usage
בּהל 
Bahal 
Usage: 38

דּחק 
Dachaq 
Usage: 2

המם 
Hamam 
Usage: 13

זוּע 
Zuwa` 
Usage: 3

זועה 
Z@va`ah 
Usage: 1

יגה 
Yagah 
Usage: 8

ינה 
Yanah 
Usage: 19

יצר 
Yatsar 
distressed , be straitened , be in straits , vexed , be narrow
Usage: 8

כּעס 
Ka`ac 
Usage: 55

מהוּמה 
M@huwmah 
Usage: 12

מוּצק מוּצק 
Muwtsaq 
Usage: 3

מרר 
Marar 
Usage: 16

עצב 
`atsab 
Usage: 17

צרר 
Tsarar 
Usage: 54

קוּץ 
Quwts 
Usage: 8

רעוּת 
R@`uwth 
Usage: 7

רעיון 
Ra`yown 
Usage: 3

רעץ 
Ra`ats 
dash in pieces , vex
Usage: 2

רשׁע 
Rasha` 
Usage: 34

שׁבר שׁבר 
Sheber 
Usage: 44

βασανίζω 
Basanizo 
Usage: 12

δαιμονίζομαι 
Daimonizomai 
possessed with devils , possessed with the devil , of the devils , vexed with a devil , possessed with a devil , have a devil
Usage: 13

κακόω 
Kakoo 
Usage: 5

καταπονέω 
Kataponeo 
Usage: 2

ὀχλέω 
Ochleo 
vex
Usage: 2

πάσχω πάθω πένθω 
Pascho 
Usage: 32

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