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Torment

מַעֲצֵבָהStrong’s H4620

maatsevah (ma-a-tse-vah)

Appears in 1 verse of the Old Testament

In short

Maatsevah is the Hebrew word usually translated “pain”. It appears in 1 verse of the Old Testament.

“Behold, all ye that kindle a fire, that compass yourselves about with sparks: walk in the light of your fire, and in the sparks that ye have kindled. This shall ye have of mine hand; ye shall lie down in sorrow.”
Isaiah 50:11 KJV
Meaning
  1. Place of pain, place of grief
  2. (TWOT) terror
How it's translated
  • to pain 1

Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.

Where it's used most
  • Isaiah 1

1 book in all.

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    Hebrew dictionary

    מַעֲצֵבָה maatsevah · torment

    1) place of pain, place of grief 2) (TWOT) terror

    From STEPBible’s Hebrew lexicon (based on Brown-Driver-Briggs).

    Webster's 1828 Dictionary

    How the English word “torment” was understood when the King James Version was still the common Bible of English readers.

    TOR'MENT, noun

    [Latin tormentum.; torqueo, torno; Eng. tour; that is, from twisting, straining.]

    1. Extreme pain; anguish; the utmost degree of misery, either of body or mind.“Lest they also come into this place of torment 14” Luke 16:28
    2. That which gives pain, vexation or misery.“They brought to him all sick people that were taken with divers diseases and torments” Matthew 4:24
    3. An engine for casting stones.
    All definitions and other forms of “torment”

      TORMENT', verb transitive

      To put to extreme pain or anguish; to inflict excruciating pain and misery, either of body or mind.

      1. “Art thou come hither to torment us before the time?” Matthew 8:29“He shall be tormented with fire and brimstone” Revelation 14:10
      2. To pain; to distress.“Lord, my servant lieth at home sick of the palsy, grievously tormented” Matthew 8:6
      3. To tease; to vex; to harass; as, to be tormented with importunities, or with petty annoyances.
      4. To put into great agitation.

      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 Hebrew, not from any one translation.