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Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary

1. (n.) Concern or solicitude respecting some thing or event, future or uncertain, which disturbs the mind, and keeps it in a state of painful uneasiness.

2. (n.) Eager desire.

3. (n.) A state of restlessness and agitation, often with general indisposition and a distressing sense of oppression at the epigastrium.

Greek

3308. merimna -- care, anxiety
... care, anxiety. Part of Speech: Noun, Feminine Transliteration: merimna Phonetic
Spelling: (mer'-im-nah) Short Definition: care, worry, anxiety Definition: care ...
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687. ara -- an untranslatable interrog. particle implying anxiety ...
... 686, 687. ara. 688 . an untranslatable interrog. particle implying anxiety
or impatience. ... particle implying anxiety or impatience. therefore. ...
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275. amerimnos -- free from care
... free from care. Part of Speech: Adjective Transliteration: amerimnos Phonetic Spelling:
(am-er'-im-nos) Short Definition: free from anxiety Definition: free ...
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640. aporia -- perplexity
... perplexity. Part of Speech: Noun, Feminine Transliteration: aporia Phonetic Spelling:
(ap-or-ee'-a) Short Definition: perplexity, anxiety Definition: perplexity ...
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4928. sunoche -- a holding together, fig. distress
... of Speech: Noun, Feminine Transliteration: sunoche Phonetic Spelling: (soon-okh-
ay') Short Definition: distress, anguish Definition: distress, anguish, anxiety ...
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73. agon -- a gathering, contest, struggle
... From ago; properly, a place of assembly (as if led), ie (by implication) a contest
(held there); figuratively, an effort or anxiety -- conflict, contention ...
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5412. phortizo -- to load
... From phortos; to load up (properly, as a vessel or animal), ie (figuratively) to
overburden with ceremony (or spiritual anxiety) -- lade, by heavy laden. ...
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3199. melo -- to be an object of care
... Transliteration: melo Phonetic Spelling: (mel'-o) Short Definition: it is a care,
it concerns Definition: it is a care, it is an object of anxiety, it concerns ...
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404. anapsucho -- to refresh
... with fresh air); (figuratively) bring much-needed (much-) , "causing someone to
recover a state of cheer or encouragement after a time of anxiety and trouble ...
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74. agonia -- a contest, great fear
... ag-o-nee'-ah) Short Definition: contest, agony Definition: (properly the feeling
of the athlete before a contest), great fear, terror, of death; anxiety, agony ...
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Topical Bible Verses

Matthew 6:25-34
Therefore I say to you, Take no thought for your life, what you shall eat, or what you shall drink; nor yet for your body, what you shall put on. Is not the life more than meat, and the body than raiment?
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1 Peter 5:7
Casting all your care on him; for he cares for you.
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Philippians 4:6-7
Be careful for nothing; but in every thing by prayer and supplication with thanksgiving let your requests be made known to God.
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Hebrews 13:6
So that we may boldly say, The Lord is my helper, and I will not fear what man shall do to me.
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1 Peter 5:6-7
Humble yourselves therefore under the mighty hand of God, that he may exalt you in due time:
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Strong's Hebrew

1674. deagah -- anxiety, anxious care
... 1673, 1674. deagah. 1675 . anxiety, anxious care. Transliteration: deagah
Phonetic Spelling: (deh-aw-gaw') Short Definition: anxiety. ...
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2731. charadah -- trembling, fear, anxiety
... charadah. 2732 . trembling, fear, anxiety. Transliteration: charadah Phonetic
Spelling: (khar-aw-daw') Short Definition: trembling. Word Origin fem. ...
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1079. bal -- the mind
... heart. (Aramaic) from bla'; properly, anxiety, ie (by implication) the heart (as
its seat) -- heart. see HEBREW bla'. 1078, 1079. bal. 1080 . Strong's Numbers
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1672. daag -- to be anxious or concerned, to fear
... root Definition to be anxious or concerned, to fear NASB Word Usage anxious (3),
become anxious (1), dread (1), full of anxiety (1), worried (1). ...
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2483. choli -- sickness
... disease, grief, is sickness. From chalah; malady, anxiety, calamity -- disease,
grief, (is) sick(-ness). see HEBREW chalah. 2482, 2483. choli. 2484 . ...
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2729. charad -- to tremble, be terrified
... A primitive root; to shudder with terror; hence, to fear; also to hasten (with anxiety)
-- be (make) afraid, be careful, discomfit, fray (away), quake, tremble ...
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6289. parur -- perhaps beauty
... blackness. From pa'ar; properly, illuminated, ie A glow; as noun, a flush (of anxiety) --
blackness. see HEBREW pa'ar. 6288, 6289. parur. 6290 . ...
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Library

That Anxiety of Heart is Made Worse Rather than Better by ...
... The Conferences of John Cassian. Chapter V. That anxiety of heart is made
worse rather than better by restlessness of body. Nor ...
/.../cassian/the conferences of john cassian/chapter v that anxiety of.htm

Of the Anxiety of Abbot Germanus at the Recollection of Our ...
... The Conferences of John Cassian. Chapter II. Of the anxiety of Abbot Germanus
at the recollection of our promise. What are we doing? said he. ...
/.../cassian/the conferences of john cassian/chapter ii of the anxiety.htm

His Continual Anxiety for Peace.
... Book II. Chapter LXV."His Continual Anxiety for Peace. "My design then
was, first, to bring the diverse judgments formed by all ...
/.../pamphilius/the life of constantine/chapter lxv his continual anxiety for.htm

Lii. Concerning Hypocrisy, Worldly Anxiety, Watchfulness, and his ...
... From Second Passover Until Third.(Time: One Year.) LII. Concerning Hypocrisy, Worldly
Anxiety, Watchfulness, and His Approaching Passion. (Galilee.) ...
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Out of the Deep of Fear and Anxiety.
... III. OUT OF THE DEEP OF FEAR AND ANXIETY. My heart is disquieted within me. Tearfulness ...
morrow. To- day is quite full enough of anxiety and care. ...
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But Since He Reproaches us with Too Great an Anxiety About the ...
... Chapter L. But since he reproaches us with too great an anxiety about the
body� But since he reproaches us with too great an anxiety ...
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Abbot Joseph's Question and Our Answer on the Origin of Our ...
... The Conferences of John Cassian. Chapter IV. Abbot Joseph's question and
our answer on the origin of our anxiety. Then the venerable ...
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What the History of Sallust Reveals Regarding the Life of the ...
... Book II. Chapter 18."What the History of Sallust Reveals Regarding the Life of the
Romans, Either When Straitened by Anxiety or Relaxed in Security. ...
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Concerning Fear.
... Book II. Chapter XV."Concerning Fear. Fear is divided into six varieties: viz.,
shrinking [1825] , shame, disgrace, consternation, panic, anxiety [1826] . ...
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Anxious About Earth, or Earnest About the Kingdom
... foregoing teachings. The warnings against anxiety are another application
of the prohibition of laying up treasure for self. Torturing ...
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Thesaurus

Anxiety (24 Occurrences)
...Anxiety (24 Occurrences). ... (YLT). Matthew 28:14 And if this should come to the hearing
of the governor, we will persuade him, and save you from all anxiety. ...
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Care (466 Occurrences)
... 1. (n.) A burdensome sense of responsibility; trouble caused by onerous duties;
anxiety; concern; solicitude. ... I. In the Sense of Anxiety, Solicitude. ...
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Careful (130 Occurrences)
... 2. (a.) Filling with care or solicitude; exposing to concern, anxiety, or
trouble; painful. ... I. In the Sense of Anxiety, Solicitude. ...
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Carefulness (6 Occurrences)
... We can treat the subject best by keeping separate, as far as possible,
these two senses. I. In the Sense of Anxiety, Solicitude. ...
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Worry (14 Occurrences)
... 2. (vt) To harass or beset with importunity, or with care an anxiety; to vex;
to annoy; to torment; to tease; to fret; to trouble; to plague. ...
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Anxieties (5 Occurrences)
... Noah Webster's Dictionary (n.) Plural of Anxiety. ... 1 Peter 5:7 Throw the whole of
your anxiety upon Him, because He Himself cares for you. (See RSV). ...
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Anxious (40 Occurrences)
... 1. (a.) Greatly concerned about something future or unknown; distressed; Solicitous;
Full of anxiety or disquietude; being in painful suspense; -- applied to ...
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Fear (970 Occurrences)
... 2. (n.) A painful emotion or passion excited by the expectation of evil, or the
apprehension of impending danger; apprehension; anxiety; solicitude; alarm ...
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Tears (58 Occurrences)
... distress metaphorically as feeding on the bread of tears and having tears to drink
(Psalm 80:5; Psalm 42:3). Tears in the figurative sense of anxiety for the ...
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Careless (10 Occurrences)
... 1. (a.) Free from care or anxiety. ... kar'-les, kar'-les-li: These words always mean,
"without anxiety," the confidence springing from a sense of security. ...
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Bible Concordance

Anxiety (24 Occurrences)

Matthew 10:19 But when they have delivered you up, have no anxiety as to how you shall speak or what you shall say; for at that very time it shall be given you what to say;
(WEY)

Matthew 13:22 And that sown toward the thorns, this is he who is hearing the word, and the anxiety of this age, and the deceitfulness of the riches, do choke the word, and it becometh unfruitful.
(YLT)

Matthew 28:14 And if this should come to the hearing of the governor, we will persuade him, and save you from all anxiety.
(DBY YLT)

Luke 12:29 And ye, seek not what ye shall eat or what ye shall drink, and be not in anxiety;
(DBY)

Luke 21:25 There will be signs in the sun, moon, and stars; and on the earth anxiety of nations, in perplexity for the roaring of the sea and the waves;
(WEB)

1 Corinthians 2:3 And so far as I myself was concerned, I came to you in conscious feebleness and in fear and in deep anxiety.
(WEY)

1 Corinthians 7:32 And I would have you free from worldly anxiety. An unmarried man concerns himself with the Lord's business--how he shall please the Lord;
(WEY YLT)

1 Corinthians 12:25 that there may be no division in the body, but that the members may have the same anxiety for one another,
(YLT)

2 Corinthians 5:4 For indeed we who are in this tent do groan, being burdened; not that we desire to be unclothed, but that we desire to be clothed, that what is mortal may be swallowed up by life.
(See RSV)

2 Corinthians 7:15 And his strong and tender affection is all the more drawn out towards you when he recalls to mind the obedience which all of you manifested by the timidity and nervous anxiety with which you welcomed him.
(WEY)

2 Corinthians 11:28 Besides those things that are outside, there is that which presses on me daily, anxiety for all the assemblies.
(WEB WEY ASV RSV)

Ephesians 6:5 Slaves, be obedient to your earthly masters, with respect and eager anxiety to please and with simplicity of motive as if you were obeying Christ.
(WEY)

Philippians 2:28 I have sent him therefore the more diligently, that, when you see him again, you may rejoice, and that I may be the less sorrowful.
(See NIV)

Philippians 4:6 for nothing be anxious, but in everything by prayer, and by supplication, with thanksgiving, let your requests be made known unto God;
(See RSV)

1 Peter 5:7 Throw the whole of your anxiety upon Him, because He Himself cares for you.
(WEY ASV NAS NIV)

Joshua 22:24 and if we have not rather out of carefulness done this, and of purpose, saying, In time to come your children might speak unto our children, saying, What have ye to do with Jehovah, the God of Israel?
(See JPS)

1 Samuel 1:16 Don't count your handmaid for a wicked woman; for I have been speaking out of the abundance of my complaint and my provocation."
(See RSV)

Psalms 38:18 For I will declare my iniquity. I will be sorry for my sin.
(See NAS)

Proverbs 12:25 Anxiety in a man's heart weighs it down, but a kind word makes it glad.
(WEB NAS RSV)

Ecclesiastes 11:10 So put away trouble from your heart, and sorrow from your flesh; because the early years and the best years are to no purpose.
(See NIV)

Jeremiah 49:23 Of Damascus. Hamath is confounded, and Arpad; for they have heard evil news, they are melted away: there is sorrow on the sea; it can't be quiet.
(See NAS)

Ezekiel 4:16 And he said unto me, Son of man, behold, I break the staff of bread in Jerusalem; and they shall eat bread by weight, and with anxiety; and they shall drink water by measure, and with astonishment:
(DBY JPS NAS NIV)

Ezekiel 12:18 Son of man, eat thy bread with quaking, and drink thy water with trembling and with anxiety;
(DBY JPS NAS)

Ezekiel 12:19 and say unto the people of the land, Thus saith the Lord Jehovah concerning the inhabitants of Jerusalem, in the land of Israel: They shall eat their bread with anxiety, and drink their water with astonishment, because her land shall be left desolate of all that is in it, for the violence of all them that dwell therein.
(DBY JPS NAS NIV)

Subtopics

Anxiety

Related Terms

Care (466 Occurrences)

Careful (130 Occurrences)

Carefulness (6 Occurrences)

Worry (14 Occurrences)

Anxieties (5 Occurrences)

Anxious (40 Occurrences)

Fear (970 Occurrences)

Tears (58 Occurrences)

Careless (10 Occurrences)