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Distress, Distressed
Vine's Expository Dictionary of NT Words
or denotes (a) "a necessity," imposed whether by external circumstances, e.g., Luke 23:17 , or inward pressure, e.g., 1 Corinthians 9:16; (b) "straits, distress," Luke 21:23 (in ver. 25 "distress" translates No. 3); 1 Corinthians 7:26; 1 Thessalonians 3:7; the last two refer to the lack of material things. See NECESSARY , NECESSITY , NEEDS.
see ANGUISH.
see ANGUISH.
see AFFLICTION , B, No. 5.
properly signifies "to test by rubbing on the touchstone" (basanos, "a touchstone"), then, "to question by applying torture;" hence "to vex, torment;" in the Passive Voice, "to be harassed, distressed;" it is said of men struggling in a boat against wind and waves, Matthew 14:24 , RV, "distressed" (AV, "tossed"); Mark 6:48 , RV, "distressed" (AV, "toiling"). See PAIN , TOIL , TORMENT , VEX.
primarily signifies "to skin, to fly;" then "to rend, mangle;" hence, "to vex, trouble, annoy;" it is found in the most authentic mss. in Matthew 9:36 , RV, "distressed" (of the multitudes who applied to the Lord for healing); AV, "fainted," translating the alternative reading, ekluo, lit., "to loosen out." It is also used in Mark 5:35; Luke 7:6; 8:49 . See TROUBLE.
see ANGUISH.
primarily, "to tire down with toil, exhaust with labor" (kata, "down," ponos, "labor"), hence signifies "to afflict, oppress;" in the Passive Voice, "to be oppressed, much distressed;" it is translated "oppressed" in Acts 7:24 , and "sore distressed" in 2 Peter 2:7 , RV, (AV, "vexed"). See OPPRESS , VEX.
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Vines, W. E., M. A. Entry for 'Distress, Distressed'. Vine's Expository Dictionary of NT Words. https://www.studylight.org/dictionaries/eng/ved/d/distress-distressed.html. 1940.
