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Greek

3433. molis -- with difficulty
... with difficulty. Part of Speech: Adverb Transliteration: molis Phonetic Spelling:
(mol'-is) Short Definition: with difficulty, hardly Definition: with difficulty ...
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3424. mogilalos -- speaking with difficulty
... speaking with difficulty. Part of Speech: Adjective Transliteration: mogilalos Phonetic
Spelling: (mog-il-al'-os) Short Definition: one speaking with difficulty ...
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1423. duskolos -- with difficulty
... with difficulty. Part of Speech: Adverb Transliteration: duskolos Phonetic Spelling:
(doos-kol'-oce) Short Definition: with difficulty, hardly Definition: with ...
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4730. stenochoria -- narrowness of space, fig. difficulty
... difficulty. Part of Speech: Noun, Feminine Transliteration: stenochoria Phonetic
Spelling: (sten-okh-o-ree'-ah) Short Definition: a narrow space, great distress ...
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3425. mogis -- hardly.
... Part of Speech: Adverb Transliteration: mogis Phonetic Spelling: (mog'-is) Short
Definition: with difficulty, scarcely, hardly Definition: with difficulty ...
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1280. diaporeo -- to be greatly perplexed or at a loss
... a loss. Part of Speech: Verb Transliteration: diaporeo Phonetic Spelling:
(dee-ap-or-eh'-o) Short Definition: I am in trouble, doubt, difficulty Definition: ...
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917. bareos -- heavily
... heavily. Part of Speech: Adverb Transliteration: bareos Phonetic Spelling:
(bar-eh'-oce) Short Definition: heavily, with difficulty Definition: heavily, with ...
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4342. proskartereo -- to attend constantly
... [4342 means "to continue to do something with intense effort, with the possible
implication of despite difficulty -- 'to devote oneself to, to keep on, to ...
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3628. oiktirmos -- compassion, pity
... grace, mercy. 3628 -- properly, compassion (pity), ie deep feeling about
someone's difficulty or misfortune (, 1:159). 3628 ("visceral ...
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327. anazeteo -- to seek carefully
... anazeteo Phonetic Spelling: (an-ad-zay-teh'-o) Short Definition: I seek out, search
for Definition: I seek out, search for (implying the difficulty of the task ...
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Strong's Hebrew

3517. kebeduth -- heaviness
... heaviness. Transliteration: kebeduth Phonetic Spelling: (keb-ay-dooth') Short
Definition: difficulty. ... heavily. Feminine of kabed; difficulty -- X heavily. ...
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3811. laah -- to be weary or impatient
... root Definition to be weary or impatient NASB Word Usage become impatient (1),
exhausted (1), find difficulty (1), impatient (1), parched (1), tired (2), try ...
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7180. qishshuah -- a cucumber
... cucumber. From an unused root (meaning to be hard); a cucumber (from the difficulty
of digestion) -- cucumber. 7179, 7180. qishshuah. 7181 . Strong's Numbers
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Library

A Difficulty.
... Book X. Chapter II."A Difficulty. To this Niceta answered: "My lord Peter,
I say nothing against your right and good counsels; but ...
/.../unknown/recognitions of clement /chapter ii a difficulty.htm

And Thus Your Difficulty is Removed: Attraction or Drawing is ...
... [Way-3-20] And thus your difficulty is removed: attraction or drawing is
rightly ascribed to the desire� And thus your difficulty ...
/.../law/the way to divine knowledge/way-3-20 and thus your difficulty.htm

The Difficulty and Excellence of virginity; the Study Of
... Discourse I."Marcella. Chapter I."The Difficulty and Excellence of Virginity;
The Study of. Doctrine Necessary for Virgins. Virginity ...
/.../chapter i the difficulty and excellence.htm

A Difficulty Removed, which Lies in the Way of what Has Just Been ...
... Book XIV. Chapter 3."A Difficulty Removed, Which Lies in the Way of What
Has Just Been Said. But far be it from us to think, that ...
/.../augustine/on the holy trinity/chapter 3 a difficulty removed which.htm

The Resolution of the Difficulty Set Forth for Consideration is ...
... Book II. Chapter VII. The resolution of the difficulty set forth for
consideration is again taken in hand.� The resolution of ...
/.../ambrose/works and letters of st ambrose/chapter vii the resolution of.htm

Christian virtues; Or, the Difficulty of Conversion.
... first and third lines of the stanza. Hymn 2:161. Christian virtues; or,
The difficulty of conversion. 1 Strait is the way, the door ...
/.../watts/hymns and spiritual songs/hymn 0 195138889 christian virtues or.htm

Man's Difficulty Concerning Prayer.
... MAN'S DIFFICULTY CONCERNING PRAYER. '"and not to faint.'"Luke 18:1. 'How
should any design of the All-wise be altered in response ...
/.../macdonald/unspoken sermons/mans difficulty concerning prayer.htm

Of the Difficulty of Uniformity in Eating; and of the Gluttony of ...
... II. Second Conference of Abbot Moses. Chapter XXIV. Of the difficulty of
uniformity in eating; and of the gluttony of brother Benjamin. ...
/.../cassian/the works of john cassian /chapter xxiv of the difficulty.htm

Faustus Recurs to the Genealogical Difficulty and Insists that ...
... Book XXIII. Faustus recurs to the genealogical difficulty and insists that even
according to Matthew Jesus was not Son of God until His baptism. ...
/.../faustus recurs to the genealogical.htm

Difficulty of Judging.
... Homily XII. Chapter XXVIII."Difficulty of Judging. Then said Peter, "These
things are ordinary: now hear what is greater. There ...
/.../unknown/the clementine homilies/chapter xxviii difficulty of judging.htm

Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary

1. (n.) The state of being difficult, or hard to do; hardness; arduousness; -- opposed to easiness or facility; as, the difficulty of a task or enterprise; a work of difficulty.

2. (n.) Something difficult; a thing hard to do or to understand; that which occasions labor or perplexity, and requires skill and perseverance to overcome, solve, or achieve; a hard enterprise; an obstacle; an impediment; as, the difficulties of a science; difficulties in theology.

3. (n.) A controversy; a falling out; a disagreement; an objection; a cavil.

4. (n.) Embarrassment of affairs, especially financial affairs; -- usually in the plural; as, to be in difficulties.

Thesaurus

Difficulty (12 Occurrences)
... 1. (n.) The state of being difficult, or hard to do; hardness; arduousness; -- opposed
to easiness or facility; as, the difficulty of a task or enterprise; a ...
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Brethren (528 Occurrences)
... Even though each particular, taken separately, might, with some difficulty, be
explained otherwise, the force of the argument is cumulative. ...
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Nations (683 Occurrences)
... Then there is the difficulty of associating the physical phenomena with
any shaking of the nations occurring atthe first advent. ...
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Jehoahaz (22 Occurrences)
... 1. Chronology of Reign: Josephus was already aware (Ant., IX, viii, 5) of the
chronological difficulty involved in the cross-references in 2 Kings 13:1 and 10 ...
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All (60349 Occurrences)
... Then there is the difficulty of associating the physical phenomena with
any shaking of the nations occurring atthe first advent. ...
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Desire (565 Occurrences)
... Then there is the difficulty of associating the physical phenomena with
any shaking of the nations occurring atthe first advent. ...
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Wanderings (7 Occurrences)
... Description of the Arabah 5. Physical Condition of the Wilderness 6. Difficulties
Regarding the Numbers of Israel and Account of Tabernacle 7. Difficulty as to ...
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Anthropomorphism
... Twofold Nature of the Anthropomorphic Difficulty 13. ... 12. Twofold Nature of the
Anthropomorphic Difficulty: The anthropomorphic difficulty is a twofold one. ...
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Kenosis
... time of the Parousia. (2) An older exegesis felt only the last of these
passages as a real difficulty. A distinction constructed ...
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Crete (7 Occurrences)
... the imperial transport service. Leaving Myra they came opposite Cnidus
with difficulty, against a head-wind. The ordinary course ...
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Bible Concordance

Difficulty (12 Occurrences)

Matthew 19:23 Jesus said to his disciples, "Most certainly I say to you, a rich man will enter into the Kingdom of Heaven with difficulty.
(WEB WEY DBY WBS)

Mark 7:32 They brought to him one who was deaf and had an impediment in his speech. They begged him to lay his hand on him.
(See NAS)

Luke 9:39 and behold, a spirit takes him, and suddenly he cries out, and it tears him with foaming, and with difficulty departs from him after crushing him.
(DBY NAS)

Acts 14:18 Even with words like these they had difficulty in preventing the thronging crowd from offering sacrifices to them.
(WEY DBY NAS NIV)

Acts 27:7 When we had sailed slowly many days, and had come with difficulty opposite Cnidus, the wind not allowing us further, we sailed under the lee of Crete, opposite Salmone.
(WEB WEY ASV DBY YLT NAS RSV NIV)

Acts 27:8 With difficulty sailing along it we came to a certain place called Fair Havens, near the city of Lasea.
(WEB WEY ASV DBY NAS RSV NIV)

Acts 27:16 Running under the lee of a small island called Clauda, we were able, with difficulty, to secure the boat.
(WEB WEY ASV DBY RSV)

1 Peter 4:18 And if it is difficult even for a righteous man to be saved, what will become of irreligious men and sinners?
(See NAS)

Genesis 35:16 They traveled from Bethel. There was still some distance to come to Ephrath, and Rachel travailed. She had hard labor.
(See NIV)

Exodus 7:18 The fish that are in the river shall die, and the river shall become foul; and the Egyptians shall loathe to drink water from the river."'"
(See NAS)

Exodus 14:25 And he took off their chariot wheels, and caused them to drive with difficulty; and the Egyptians said, Let us flee before Israel, for Jehovah is fighting for them against the Egyptians!
(DBY YLT NAS NIV)

Joshua 19:47 The border of the children of Dan went out beyond them; for the children of Dan went up and fought against Leshem, and took it, and struck it with the edge of the sword, and possessed it, and lived therein, and called Leshem, Dan, after the name of Dan their father.
(See NIV)

Subtopics

Difficulty

Related Terms

Brethren (528 Occurrences)

Nations (683 Occurrences)

Jehoahaz (22 Occurrences)

All (60349 Occurrences)

Desire (565 Occurrences)

Wanderings (7 Occurrences)

Anthropomorphism

Kenosis

Crete (7 Occurrences)