Affliction
Easton’s Bible Dictionary & Webster’s 1828 Dictionary · Matthew George Easton, Noah Webster
Affliction - (Webster's 1828 Dictionary)
AFFLIC'TION, n.
1. The state of being afflicted; a state of pain, distress, or grief.
Some virtues are seen only in affliction.
2. The cause of continued pain of body or mind, as sickness, losses, calamity, adversity, persecution.
Many are the afflictions of the righteous. Psa 34.
In other dictionaries
Read “Afflict” in the 12 dictionaries- AfflictEaston’s Bible Dictionary & Webster’s 1828 Dictionary
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- DistressEaston’s Bible Dictionary & Webster’s 1828 Dictionary
- TribulationEaston’s Bible Dictionary & Webster’s 1828 Dictionary
- TroubleEaston’s Bible Dictionary & Webster’s 1828 Dictionary
- AfflictionInternational Standard Bible Encyclopedia
- CalamityInternational Standard Bible Encyclopedia
- TribulationInternational Standard Bible Encyclopedia
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Source of the article
Matthew George Easton, Easton’s Bible Dictionary; Noah Webster, American Dictionary of the English Language (1828)
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