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Affliction

עֱנוּתStrong’s H6039

enut (e-nut)

Appears in 1 verse of the Old Testament

In short

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

“For he hath not despised nor abhorred the affliction of the afflicted; neither hath he hid his face from him; but when he cried unto him, he heard.”
Psalms 22:24 KJV
Meaning
  1. Affliction
How it's translated
  • affliction of 1

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

Where it's used most
  • Psalms 1

1 book in all.

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    Hebrew dictionary

    עֱנוּת enut · affliction

    affliction

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

    Webster's 1828 Dictionary

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

    AFFLIC'TION, noun

    1. The state of being afflicted; a state of pain, distress, or grief.
    2. The cause of continued pain of body or mind, as sickness, losses, calamity, adversity, persecution.“Many are the afflictions of the righteous” Psalms 34:19

    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.