Strong’s G85 · Greek

ἀδημονέω
adēmonéō

Definition

to be in distress (of mind)

Etymology

from a derivative of (to be sated to loathing);

Where the KJV renders it

  • be full of heaviness
  • be very heavy

Every distinct English word the King James Version uses to translate this Greek term. The variety shows what readers in English receive across many different surface words — the same underlying word, scattered across the English Bible under different names.

What the first audience heard

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