Vex as a verb (transitive): To annoy, irritate. Examples: "Billy's professor was vexed by his continued failure to improve his [[grade]]s." Vex as a verb (transitive): To cause (mental) suffering to; to distress. Vex as a verb (transitive, rare): To twist, to weave. Vex as a...
Yet Anya’s spirituality has a conge-niality for life and happiness beyond death. Gaev’s is irritated by Firs’s vexed effort to get him to go to sleep, “I’m going, I’m going, you go to bed [i.e. lie down].”“Right away, right away (seichas, seichas, literally this ...
Rachel vexed Leah; Peninnah vexed Hannah; the first pair were blood relations, the second were not; but under the present law the second marriage would in both cases have been equally forbidden, if the probability of the provocation had been foreseen. It follows that polygamy is not prohibit...
The woman is not only characterized by a quarrelsome spirit, but also anger—she is easily vexed (cf. NAB “vexatious”; NASB “vexing”; ASV, NRSV “fretful”). The translation “easily-provoked” conveys this idea well. Proverbs 21:20 tn The mention of “olive oil” (שֶׁמ...
verb-intransitiveTo be vexed or troubled; worry. See Synonyms at brood. from The American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 4th EditionTo be worn or eaten away; become corroded. from The American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 4th EditionTo gnaw with the teeth in the ...
And the man of God said, Let her alone; for her soul is vexed within her: and the LORD hath hid it from me, and hath not told me. Jump to PreviousAnguish Beer Bitter Destruction Distress Drink Hearts Heavy Life Perish Perishing Ready Soul Strong Wine Jump to NextAnguish Beer Bitter ...
Jdg 2:18 And when the LORD raised them up judges, then the LORD was with the judge, and delivered them out of the hand of their enemies all the days of the judge: for it repented the LORD because of their groanings by reason of them that oppressed them and vexed them. Jdg 2:22...
Whether false propositions can justify is a vexed matter, one into which I will not enter here. For my purposes it suffices to note that if one’s report “S said so” is false, this damages – though perhaps does not undermine – the epistemic support that this proposition can provide ...
18 And they that were vexed with unclean spirits: and they were healed. 19 And the whole multitude sought to touch him: for there went virtue out of him, and healed them all. 20 And he lifted up his eyes on his disciples, and said, Blessed be ye poor: for yours is the kingdom ...
for it was not the old man who vexed me, but his Evil Eye. And every morning, when the day broke, I went boldly into the chamber, and spoke courageously to him, calling him by name in a hearty tone, and inquiring how he has passed the night. So you see he would have been a ...