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<p> '''''ka''''' -'''''lam´i''''' -'''''ti''''' ( איד , <i> ''''''ēdh''''' </i> , "a load" or "burden" under which one is crushed, hence, "misfortune"; היּה , <i> '''''hayyāh''''' </i> , הוּה , <i> '''''hawwāh''''' </i> , "fall," "ruin," the latter word used only in the plural; רע , <i> '''''ra‛''''' </i> , "evil in essence" hence, "adversity," once only, [[Psalm]] 141:5 , the Revised Version (British and American) "wickedness"): Purely an Old [[Testament]] term, signifying adversities - natural, but more often those that result from wickedness or moral evil. Various kinds: (1) <i> folly </i> , "a foolish son" ( Proverbs 19:13 ); (2) <i> disease </i> , <i> poverty </i> , <i> bereavement </i> , as in Job's experience ( Job 6:2; Job 30:13 ); (3) <i> persecution </i> ( 2 Samuel 22:19; Psalm 18:18 ); (4) <i> [[Divine]] retribution and judgment </i> ( Deuteronomy 32:35 ); compare ruin of the wicked ( Proverbs 1:26 , also 27 the Revised Version (British and American) for "destruction" the King James Version); (5) <i> the devastation of war </i> ( Jeremiah 46:21 (6) <i> adversities </i> of any kind ( Proverbs 27:10 ). </p> | |||
<p> '''''ka''''' -'''''lam´i''''' -'''''ti''''' ( איד , <i> ''''''ēdh''''' </i> , "a load" or "burden" under which one is crushed, hence, "misfortune"; היּה , <i> '''''hayyāh''''' </i> , הוּה , <i> '''''hawwāh''''' </i> , "fall," "ruin," the latter word used only in the plural; רע , <i> '''''ra‛''''' </i> , "evil in essence" hence, "adversity," once only, Psalm 141:5 , the Revised Version (British and American) "wickedness"): Purely an Old Testament term, signifying adversities - natural, but more often those that result from wickedness or moral evil. Various kinds: (1) <i> folly </i> , "a foolish son" ( Proverbs 19:13 ); (2) <i> disease </i> , <i> poverty </i> , <i> bereavement </i> , as in Job's experience ( Job 6:2; Job 30:13 ); (3) <i> persecution </i> ( 2 Samuel 22:19; Psalm 18:18 ); (4) <i> Divine retribution and judgment </i> ( Deuteronomy 32:35 ); compare ruin of the wicked ( Proverbs 1:26 , also 27 the Revised Version (British and American) for "destruction" the King James Version); (5) <i> the devastation of war </i> ( Jeremiah 46:21 (6) <i> adversities </i> of any kind ( Proverbs 27:10 ). </p | |||
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ka -lam´i -ti ( איד , 'ēdh , "a load" or "burden" under which one is crushed, hence, "misfortune"; היּה , hayyāh , הוּה , hawwāh , "fall," "ruin," the latter word used only in the plural; רע , ra‛ , "evil in essence" hence, "adversity," once only, Psalm 141:5 , the Revised Version (British and American) "wickedness"): Purely an Old Testament term, signifying adversities - natural, but more often those that result from wickedness or moral evil. Various kinds: (1) folly , "a foolish son" ( Proverbs 19:13 ); (2) disease , poverty , bereavement , as in Job's experience ( Job 6:2; Job 30:13 ); (3) persecution ( 2 Samuel 22:19; Psalm 18:18 ); (4) Divine retribution and judgment ( Deuteronomy 32:35 ); compare ruin of the wicked ( Proverbs 1:26 , also 27 the Revised Version (British and American) for "destruction" the King James Version); (5) the devastation of war ( Jeremiah 46:21 (6) adversities of any kind ( Proverbs 27:10 ).
