Tribulation
noun
1.
grievous trouble; severe trial or suffering.
2.
an instance of this; an affliction, trouble, etc.
noun
1.
a cause of distress
2.
a state of suffering or distress
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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