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Miserable, Miserably, Misery
Vine's Expository Dictionary of NT Words
or "pitiable, miserable" (from eleos, "mercy, pity;" see MERCY), is used in Revelation 3:17 , in the Lord's description of the church at Laodicea; here the idea is probably that of a combination of "misery" and pitiableness.
Note: For the comparative degree eleeinoteros, rendered "most pitiable" in 1 Corinthians 15:19 , RV (AV, "most miserable") see PITIABLE."bad, evil," is translated "miserable" in Matthew 21:41 , RV (AV, "wicked"). See BAD.
"badly, ill," is translated "miserably" in Matthew 21:41 (see A, No. 2). Adhereing to the meaning "evil," and giving the designed stress, the sentence may be rendered, "evil (as they are) he will evilly destroy them."
"hardship, suffering, distress" (akin to talaiporos, "wretched," Romans 7:24; Revelation 3:17 , and to talaiporeo, in the Middle Voice, "to afflict oneself," in James 4:9 , "be afflicted"), is used as an abstract noun, "misery," in Romans 3:16; as a concrete noun, "miseries," in James 5:1 .
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Vines, W. E., M. A. Entry for 'Miserable, Miserably, Misery'. Vine's Expository Dictionary of NT Words. https://www.studylight.org/dictionaries/eng/ved/m/miserable-miserably-misery.html. 1940.
