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1 Tribulation -- rank: 1000

Tribulation definitions Webster's 1828 Dictionary TRIBULA'TION, n. [L. tribulo ... denotes the troubles and distresses which proceed from persecution. When tribulation or persecution ariseth because of the word, he is offended. Matthew 13. In the world ye shall have tribulation. John 16. WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005) n 1: an ... full of tribulations"; "a visitation of the plague" [syn: trial, tribulation, visitation] Merriam Webster's noun Etymology: Middle English tribulacion, from Anglo-French, from Latin tribulation-, tribulatio, from tribulare to press, oppress, from tribulum drag used ... or oppression. 2 a cause of this (was a real tribulation to me). Etymology: ME f. OF f. eccl.L ...

2 Affliction -- rank: 551

... Job, especially in the speeches of Elihu, who insists that tribulation is intended as a method of instruction to save man ... as well as for the good). His followers would suffer tribulation even more than unbelievers, owing to the hostile reaction of ... things are meant for our good. (2) The thought that tribulation is of brief duration, in comparison with the Joy that ... 2:20), and even the spirit of positive joy in tribulation (Mt 5:11 f; Ro 5:3; 2Co 12:10 ... reverse, reverse of fortune. 2. Grief, sorrow, distress, woe, depression, tribulation, trial, plague, scourge, trouble, heartache, heartbreak, broken heart, heavy heart ... suffering, symptomatology, symptomology, symptoms, syndrome, the pip, thorn, torment, trial, tribulation, trouble, troubles, urogenital disease, vale of tears, vexation, vicissitude, ...

3 ESCHATOLOGY OF THE NEW TESTAMENT -- rank: 454

... earthquakes and famines, "the beginning of travail"; (2) the great tribulation; (3) commotions among the heavenly bodies; compare Re 6:2 ... What is related afterward, namely, "the abomination of desolation," great tribulation, false prophets and Christs, commotions in the heavens, the sign ... be included in what is there said of wars and tribulation. The prediction thus interpreted would have been literally fulfilled. The ... martyrs on the one hand with the brief season of tribulation passed here on earth, and on the other hand with ...

4 Trial -- rank: 392

... full of tribulations"; "a visitation of the plague" [syn: trial, tribulation, visitation] Merriam Webster's I. noun Etymology: Anglo-French, from ... touchstone, ordeal, assay. 6. Suffering, trouble, affliction, grief, sorrow, distress, tribulation, misery, woe, burden, pain, dolor, mortification, chagrin, heartache, unhappiness, wretchedness ... jury, trial run, trial-and-error, trials and tribulations, triangular, tribulation, trinal, trine, triple, triplex, tripos, triune, trouble, troubles, try, trying ...

5 Trouble -- rank: 309

... to. II. n. 1. Affliction, distress, dolor, suffering, calamity, grief, tribulation, adversity, misfortune, sorrow, woe, misery, pain. 2. Annoyance, perplexity, vexation ... thorn, throw, throw into confusion, to-do, torment, tormenter, trial, tribulation, troubles, troublesomeness, try, tumult, turbulence, turmoil, uneasiness, unhandiness, unpleasantness, unquietness ...

6 Persecution -- rank: 309

... of Asia. At Smyrna, there is suffering, imprisonment and prolonged tribulation; but the sufferers are cheered when they are told that ... after the death of the apostle John. The sufferings and tribulation predicted in Re 2:10, and in many other passages ...

7 Visitation -- rank: 309

... full of tribulations"; "a visitation of the plague" [syn: trial, tribulation, visitation] 2: any disaster or catastrophe; "a visitation of the ... epilepsy, tonic spasm, torment, torsion spasm, tragedy, traumatic epilepsy, trial, tribulation, trismus, ucinate epilepsy, vexation, visit, visiting, woe

8 Instant -- rank: 309

... 1. Pressing; urgent; importunate; earnest. Rejoicing in hope; patient in tribulation; continuing instant in prayer. Romans 12. 2. Immediate; without intervening ... 1. Pressing; urgent; importunate; earnest. Rejoicing in hope; patient in tribulation; continuing instant in prayer. --Rom. xii. 12. I am beginning ...

9 Misery -- rank: 309

... s Dictionary of English Synonyms n. 1. Distress, wretchedness, woe, tribulation, desolation, sorrow, grief, affliction, heartache, heavy heart, bleeding heart, broken ... sorrowing, sourpuss, spoilsport, squalor, stitch, suffering, suicidal despair, throe, trial, tribulation, trouble, twinge, uncheerfulness, unhappiness, unjoyfulness, unmirthfulness, wet blanket, woe, wretchedness

10 Grief -- rank: 309

... Dictionary of English Synonyms n. 1. Sorrow, regret, affliction, distress, tribulation, woe, dole, sadness, bitterness, anguish, misery, agony, heartache, heartbreak, heavy ... suicidal despair, tender spot, throes, torment, tragedy, trauma, travail, trial, tribulation, trouble, unhappiness, wistfulness, woe, woebegoneness, woefulness, worry, wound, wreck, wrench ...

11 Rigor -- rank: 196

... tensity, terrorism, textualism, the letter, tightness, toilsomeness, toughness, trenchancy, trial, tribulation, trouble, troubles, troublesomeness, unbendingness, uncompromisingness, ungentleness, unrelentingness, unyieldingness, vale of ...

12 Retribution -- rank: 196

... revenge, reward, salvage, satisfaction, scourge, smart money, solatium, squaring, trial, tribulation, vengeance, visitation, well-deserved punishment, wergild, what is due, what ...

13 Pressure -- rank: 196

... strong arm, the sword, thrust, tightening, torque, torsion, touching, trial, tribulation, trouble, troubles, tweak, upper hand, urge, urgency, urgent need, urging ...

14 Predicament -- rank: 196

... thin ice, threat, tight spot, tight squeeze, tightrope, title, trial, tribulation, tricky spot, trouble, troubles, unassuredness, unholy mess, upset, urgency, urgent ...

15 Plight -- rank: 196

... swear, thin ice, threat, tight spot, tight squeeze, tightrope, trial, tribulation, tricky spot, troth, trouble, troubles, unassuredness, underwrite, unholy mess, upset ...