Words the Bible translates as distressed
English uses one word here. The Bible uses 6 words, and they do not mean the same thing. Each is listed with what it actually means, most frequent first.
- paroxunōπαροξύνωto be provoked: stirred, stung to a sharp feeling of anger or indignation
- basanizōβασανίζωto torment or be tormented; to inflict or undergo severe suffering in body, mind, or under judgment
- yatsarיָצַרto be too tight: of a space, too small for what must fit in it; of a person, squeezed into a corner and so hard pressed
- stenochōreōστενοχωρέωto be squeezed into a space too narrow to move in: hemmed in, with no room left
- ekthambeōἐκθαμβέωto be utterly overwhelmed: struck by a shock of awe fused with dread, far stronger than ordinary amazement
- adēmoneōἀδημονέωto be in acute, disorienting distress: anguished and thrown off one's inner balance, far beyond ordinary worry
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