Vex

Vine's Expository Dictionary of NT Words

1: Ὀχλέω (Strong'S #3791 — Verb — ochleo — okh-leh'-o )

"to disturb, trouble," is used in the Passive Voice, of being "troubled" by evil spirits,  Acts 5:16 .

2: Βασανίζω (Strong'S #928 — Verb — basanizo — bas-an-id'-zo )

"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

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

(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

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.