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tribulation |
3 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Tribulation \Trib`u*la"tion\, n. [OE. tribulacium F. tribulation, L. tribulatio, from tribulare to press, afflict, fr tribulum a thrashing sledge, akin to terere, tritum to rub. See {Trite}.] That which occasions distress, trouble, or vexation; severe affliction. When tribulation or persecution ariseth because of the word by and by he is offended. --Matt. xiii. 21. In the world ye shall have tribulation. --John. xvi. 33. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: tribulation n : an annoying or frustrating event; "his mother-in-law's visits were a great trial for him"; "life is full of tribulations"; "a visitation of the plague" [syn: {trial}, {visitation}] From Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary [easton]: Tribulation trouble or affiction of any kind (Deut. 4:30; Matt. 13:21; 2 Cor. 7:4). In Rom. 2:9 "tribulation and anguish" are the penal sufferings that shall overtake the wicked. In Matt. 24:21, 29, the word denotes the calamities that were to attend the destruction of Jerusalem.
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