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Greek

5004. talaiporia -- hard work, hardship, distress
... misery. From talaiporos; wretchedness, ie Calamity -- misery. see GREEK talaiporos.
(talaiporia) -- 1 Occurrence. (talaiporiais) -- 1 Occurrence. 5003, 5004. ...
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Strong's Hebrew

7463a. raah -- evil, misery, distress, injury
... situation (1), sorrow (1), trouble (9), troubles (1), very* (1), wicked (3), wicked
deeds (1), wickedly (1), wickedness (39), woe (1), wretchedness (1), wrong ...
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7451. ra' -- bad, evil
... mischief(-vous), misery, naught(-ty), noisome, + not please, sad(-ly), sore, sorrow,
trouble, vex, wicked(-ly, -ness, one), worse(-st), wretchedness, wrong. ...
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Library

He Deplores his Wretchedness, that Having Been Born Thirty-Two ...
... Book VIII. Chapter VII."He Deplores His Wretchedness, that Having Been Born
Thirty-Two Years, He Had Not Yet Found Out the Truth. 16. ...
/.../the confessions and letters of st/chapter vii he deplores his wretchedness.htm

A Short Proof against their Error that Say, that There is no ...
... CHAPTER A short proof against their error that say, that there is no perfecter cause
to be meeked under, than is the knowledge of a man's own wretchedness. ...
/.../anonymous/the cloud of unknowing/here beginneth the fifteenth chapter.htm

Letter civ. (AD 409. )
... of literature, that death terminates the experience of all evils, but that a life
of indigence only confers upon us an eternity of wretchedness." From which ...
/.../augustine/the confessions and letters of st/letter civ a d 409.htm

That by virtue of this Work a Sinner Truly Turned and Called to ...
... thee," it was not for her great sorrow, nor for the remembering of her sins, nor
yet for her meekness that she had in the beholding of her wretchedness only. ...
/.../anonymous/the cloud of unknowing/here beginneth the sixteenth chapter.htm

A Good Declaring of Certain Doubts that May Fall in this Word ...
... For he will sometime, me think, make me weep full heartily for pity of the Passion
of Christ, sometime for my wretchedness, and for many other reasons, that me ...
/.../anonymous/the cloud of unknowing/here beginneth the eighth chapter.htm

It is Said Then in the Psalms, "I Laid Me Down and Slept, and Rose ...
... then in the Psalms, "I laid me down and slept, and rose up again, because the Lord
sustained me." Again, in another place, "Because of the wretchedness of the ...
/.../30 it is said then.htm

The Fundamentals of the Christian Religion
... It is equally important to men to know both these points; and it is equally dangerous
for man to know God without knowing his own wretchedness, and to know his ...
//christianbookshelf.org/pascal/pensees/section viii the fundamentals of.htm

That Perfect Love Binds to God Without Loosing and Makes Man ...
... Beware that thy heart be not sundered from Him though thou be set in adversity or
wretchedness; for so shalt thou be worthy to have Him with joy, and to love ...
/...//christianbookshelf.org/rolle/the fire of love/chapter xi that perfect love.htm

Of Divers Friendships of Good and Ill, and if they Can be Loosed ...
... that they languish for their love, and nearly faint with great desire and strife
of thought; and so they lead them, light and unstable, to wretchedness in this ...
/.../rolle/the fire of love/chapter ix of divers friendships.htm

Book ii.
... things. And therefore if the knowledge of things is wretchedness, wretchedness
is everlasting. R. Now I see all which you desire. ...
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Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary

1. (n.) Utter misery or unhappiness.

2. (n.) A wretched object; anything despicable.

Thesaurus

Wretchedness (1 Occurrence)
... 1. (n.) Utter misery or unhappiness. 2. (n.) A wretched object; anything despicable.
Multi-Version Concordance Wretchedness (1 Occurrence). ...
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Wretched (14 Occurrences)

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Groan (32 Occurrences)
... It is also used in Job's description of the sufferings and wretchedness of the poor
(Job 24:12) as well as in his complaint concerning his own suffering when ...
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Wretches (1 Occurrence)

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Dealest (5 Occurrences)
... Numbers 11:15 And if thou dealest thus with me, kill me, I pray thee, out of hand,
if I have found favor in thy sight; and let me not see my wretchedness. ...
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Misery (38 Occurrences)
... Noah Webster's Dictionary 1. (n.) Great unhappiness; extreme pain of body or mind;
wretchedness; distress; woe. 2. (n.) Cause of misery; calamity; misfortune. ...
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Pitiable (2 Occurrences)
... Noah Webster's Dictionary (a.) Arousing pity or compassion; miserable; lamentable;
piteous; as, pitiable persons; a pitiable condition; pitiable wretchedness. ...
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Poor (276 Occurrences)
... also `anaw, "poor," "oppressed," from `anah, "to bend" or "bow down (Exodus 22:25,
etc.); `aneh, Aramaic (Daniel 4:27), chelekhah, "wretchedness" (AV Psalm 10:8 ...
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Bitter (203 Occurrences)
... bitterness describe emotions of sympathy;' the sorrow of childlessness and of penitence,
of disappointment; the feeling of misery and wretchedness, giving rise ...
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Bitterness (37 Occurrences)
... bitterness describe emotions of sympathy;' the sorrow of childlessness and of penitence,
of disappointment; the feeling of misery and wretchedness, giving rise ...
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Bible Concordance

Wretchedness (1 Occurrence)

Numbers 11:15 If you treat me this way, please kill me right now, if I have found favor in your sight; and don't let me see my wretchedness."
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Subtopics

Wretchedness

Related Terms

Wretched (14 Occurrences)

Groan (32 Occurrences)

Wretches (1 Occurrence)

Dealest (5 Occurrences)

Misery (38 Occurrences)

Pitiable (2 Occurrences)

Poor (276 Occurrences)

Bitter (203 Occurrences)

Bitterness (37 Occurrences)