A-1 | Adjective | Strong's Number: g1652 | Greek: eleeinos |
Miserable, Miserably, Misery:
"pitiable, miserable" (from eleos, "mercy, pity;" see MERCY), is used in Rev 3:17, in the Lord's description of the church at Laodicea; here the idea is probably that of a combination of "misery" and pitiableness.
Note: For the comparative degree eleeinoteros, rendered "most pitiable" in 1Cr 15:19, RV (AV, "most miserable") see PITIABLE.
A-2 | Adjective | Strong's Number: g2556 | Greek: kakos |
Miserable, Miserably, Misery:
"bad, evil," is translated "miserable" in Mat 21:41, RV (AV, "wicked").
See BAD.
B-1 | Adverb | Strong's Number: g2556 | Greek: kakos |
Miserable, Miserably, Misery:
"badly, ill," is translated "miserably" in Mat 21:41 (see A, No. 2). Adhereing to the meaning "evil," and giving the designed stress, the sentence may be rendered, "evil (as they are) he will evilly destroy them."
C-1 | Noun | Strong's Number: g5004 | Greek: talaiporia |
Miserable, Miserably, Misery:
"hardship, suffering, distress" (akin to talaiporos, "wretched," Rom 7:24; Rev 3:17, and to talaiporeo, in the Middle Voice, "to afflict oneself," in Jam 4:9, "be afflicted"), is used as an abstract noun, "misery," in Rom 3:16; as a concrete noun, "miseries," in Jam 5:1.
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