Words the Bible translates as adversity
English uses one word here. The Bible uses 2 words, and they do not mean the same thing. Each is listed with what it actually means, most frequent first.
- tsarahצָרָהdistress: the experience of being in a tight, threatening place, whether outward danger or inner anguish
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- a rival wife: a second wife who is felt as an adversary, the one who brings grief to the first
- laḥatsלַחַץoppression: the crushing weight a stronger party presses down on someone, and the hardship of living under it
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