Grievous

Grievous - (Webster's 1828 Dictionary)

GRIE'VOUS, a. [from grieve, or grief.] Heavy; oppressive; burdensome; as a grievous load of taxes.

1. Afflictive; painful; hard to be borne.

Correction is grievous to him that forsaketh the way. Prov 15.

2. Causing grief or sorrow.

The thing was very grievous in Abraham's sight, because of his son. Gen 21.

3. Distressing.

The famine was very grievous in the land. Gen 12.

4. Great; atrocious.

Because their sin is very grievous. Gen 18.

5. Expressing great uneasiness; as a grievous complaint.

6. Provoking; offensive; tending to irritate; as grievous words. Prov 15.

7. Hurtful; destructive; causing mischief; as grievous wolves. Acts 20.

Grievously - (Webster's 1828 Dictionary)

GRIE'VOUSLY, adv. With pain; painfully; with great pain or distress; as, to be grievously afflicted.

1. With discontent, ill will or grief.

2. Calamitously; miserably; greatly; with great uneasiness, distress or grief.

3. Atrociously; as, to sin or offend grievously.

grev'-us; grev'-us-li; grev'-us-nes: In addition to several of the words mentioned under GRIEF (which see), we have kabhedh ("heavy") 8 t, e.g. Ge 12:10, "The famine was grievous in the land," the Revised Version (British and American) "sore"; marats ("powerful"), "a grievous curse" (1Ki 2:8); cur, "to turn aside" (Jer 6:28), "grievous revolters"; qasheh, "to make sharp" (1Ki 12:4; 2Ch 10:4); tachalu'im (Jer 16:4), "They shall die grievous deaths," the Revised Version, margin "deaths of sicknesses"; `athaq (Ps 31:18), "which speak grievous things proudly," the Revised Version (British and American) "against the righteous insolently"; cheT, "sin" (La 1:8), "Jerus hath grievously sinned" (literally, "hath sinned a sin"); ma`al, "trespass" (Eze 14:13), "trespassing grievously" (literally, "trespassing a trespass") the Revised Version (British and American) "committing a trespass"; kobhedh, "weight" (Isa 21:15), "grievousness"; barus, "heavy," "grievous wolves" (Ac 20:29), "grievous charges" (Ac 25:7), "His commandments are not grievous" (1 Joh 5:3); okneros, the Revised Version (British and American) "irksome" (Php 3:1); poneros, "evil" (Re 16:2), "a grievous sore"; dusbastaktos, "grievous to be borne" (Mt 23:4; Lu 11:46); deinos, "greatly," "grievously tormented" (Mt 8:6); kakos, "badly," "grievously vexed" (Mt 15:22).

W. L. Walker