Category:Tribulation

Trib`u*la"tion, n. Etym: [oe. tribulacium, f. tribulation, l. Tribulatio, from tribulare to press, afflict, fr. tribulum a Thrashing sledge, akin to terere, tritum, to rub. See trite.]

Defn: 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.

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Tribulation - Trouble or affliction of any kind (Deuteronomy 4:30; Matthew 13:21; 2 Corinthians 7:4). In Romans 2:9 "tribulation and anguish" are the penal sufferings that shall overtake the wicked. In Matthew 24:21, Matthew 24:29, the word denotes the calamities that were to attend the destruction of Jerusalem.