Heaviness
King James Dictionary [1]
HEAV'INESS, n. hev'iness. Weight ponderousness gravity the quality of being heavy as the heaviness of a body.
1. Sadness sorrow dejection of mind depression of spirits.
Heaviness in the heart of man maketh it stoop. Proverbs 12
Ye greatly rejoice, though now for a season ye are in heaviness, through manifold temptations. 1 Peter 1
2. Sluggishness torpidness dullness of spirit languidness languor lassitude.
What means this heaviness that hangs upon me?
3. Weight burden oppression as, the heaviness of taxes. 4. That which it requires great strength to move or overcome that which creates labor and difficulty as the heaviness of a draught. 5. Thickness moistness deepness as the heaviness of ground or soil. 6. Thickness moistness as of air.
Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible [2]
HEAVINESS . The Eng. word ‘heaviness’ is used in AV [Note: Authorized Version.] in the sense of ‘grief,’ and in no other sense. Thus Proverbs 10:1 ‘A wise son maketh a glad father: but a foolish son is the heaviness of his mother.’ Compare Coverdale’s tr. [Note: translate or translation.] of Psalms 30:5 ‘hevynesse maye well endure for a night, but joye commeth in the mornynge,’ whence the Prayer Bk. version ‘heaviness may endure for a night.’
Webster's Dictionary [3]
(n.) The state or quality of being heavy in its various senses; weight; sadness; sluggishness; oppression; thickness.
