Misery
ταλαιπωρίαStrong’s G5004talaipōria
Appears in 2 verses of the New Testament
In short
Talaipōria is the Greek word usually translated “misery” and “miseries”. It appears in 2 verses of the New Testament.
“Destruction and misery are in their ways:”
Meaning
Usually translated “misery” and “miseries”. Open the dictionary entry below for the full range of meaning, with the verses it cites.
How it's translated
- misery 1
- miseries 1
Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.
Where it's used most
- Romans 1
- James 1
2 books in all.
Related words
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Greek dictionary
ταλαιπωρία talaipōria · misery
ταλαιπωρία, -ας, ἡ (ταλαίπωρος) [in LXX chiefly for שֹׁד ;] 1. hard work (Hippocr.). 2. hardship, suffering, distress: Rom.3:16 (LXX) pl., Jas.5:1 (see B1., § 32, 6; WM, 220; Swete, Mk., 153). (Hdt., Thuc., al.; and cf. MM, xxiv.)† (AS)
From STEPBible’s Greek lexicon (based on Abbott-Smith).
Webster's 1828 Dictionary
How the English word “misery” was understood when the King James Version was still the common Bible of English readers.
MIS'ERY, noun
s as z. [Latin miseria.]
- Great unhappiness; extreme pain of body or mind.
- Calamity; misfortune; natural evils which are the cause of misery
- Covetousness. [Not used.]
Noah Webster, An American Dictionary of the English Language (1828). Verse references are checked against the KJV. Read the full entry.
Verses are from the King James Version. Word meanings come from the original Greek, not from any one translation.