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== Vine's Expository Dictionary of NT Words <ref name="term_79820" /> == | == Vine's Expository Dictionary of NT Words <ref name="term_79820" /> == | ||
<div> '''1: | <div> '''1: '''''Ὀχλέω''''' ''' (Strong'S #3791 — Verb — ochleo — okh-leh'-o ) </div> <p> "to disturb, trouble," is used in the Passive Voice, of being "troubled" by evil spirits, Acts 5:16 . </p> <div> '''2: '''''Βασανίζω''''' ''' (Strong'S #928 — Verb — basanizo — bas-an-id'-zo ) </div> <p> "to torment," is translated "vexed" in 2—Peter 2:8 . See Torment. </p> Luke 6:18[[Trouble]] 2—Peter 2:7 Acts 12:1[[Afflict]] Matthew 17:15[[Grievously]] | ||
== King James Dictionary <ref name="term_64099" /> == | == King James Dictionary <ref name="term_64099" /> == | ||
<p> [[Vex, | <p> [[Vex, L]] vexo. </p> 1. To irritate to make angry by little provocations a popular use of the word. 2. To plague to torment to harass to afflict. <p> Ten thousand torments vex my heart. </p> 3. To disturb to disquiet to agitate. <p> White curl the waves, and the vex'd ocean roars. </p> 4. To trouble to distress. <p> I will also vex the hearts of many people. Ezekiel 32 . </p> 5. To persecute. Acts 12 . 6. To stretch, as by hooks. Not in use. <p> VEX, To fret to be teased or irritated. </p> | ||
== Webster's Dictionary <ref name="term_192663" /> == | == Webster's Dictionary <ref name="term_192663" /> == | ||
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== Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature <ref name="term_65092" /> == | == Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature <ref name="term_65092" /> == | ||
<p> is used in the | <p> is used in the A. V. only in the old Lat. acceptation (from veho, to carry, hence to toss about), as a rendering of many Heb. and Greek words, in the sense of agitate or disturb greatly, especially to torment or afflict. </p> | ||
==References == | ==References == | ||
Latest revision as of 13:03, 14 October 2021
Vine's Expository Dictionary of NT Words [1]
"to disturb, trouble," is used in the Passive Voice, of being "troubled" by evil spirits, Acts 5:16 .
"to torment," is translated "vexed" in 2—Peter 2:8 . See Torment.
Luke 6:18Trouble 2—Peter 2:7 Acts 12:1Afflict Matthew 17:15Grievously
King James Dictionary [2]
Vex, L vexo.
1. To irritate to make angry by little provocations a popular use of the word. 2. To plague to torment to harass to afflict.
Ten thousand torments vex my heart.
3. To disturb to disquiet to agitate.
White curl the waves, and the vex'd ocean roars.
4. To trouble to distress.
I will also vex the hearts of many people. Ezekiel 32 .
5. To persecute. Acts 12 . 6. To stretch, as by hooks. Not in use.
VEX, To fret to be teased or irritated.
Webster's Dictionary [3]
(1): ( v. i.) To be irritated; to fret.
(2): ( v. t.) To twist; to weave.
(3): ( v. t.) To make angry or annoyed by little provocations; to irritate; to plague; to torment; to harass; to afflict; to trouble; to tease.
(4): ( v. t.) To to/s back and forth; to agitate; to disquiet.
Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature [4]
is used in the A. V. only in the old Lat. acceptation (from veho, to carry, hence to toss about), as a rendering of many Heb. and Greek words, in the sense of agitate or disturb greatly, especially to torment or afflict.
