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Tribulation - Dictionary Definition and Overview |
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Tribulation : (noun)
1: an annoying or frustrating or catastrophic event; "his
mother-in-law's visits were a great trial for him"; "life
is full of tribulations"; "a visitation of the plague"
[syn: trial, visitation]
Based on WordNet 2.0
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Tribulation : \Trib`u*la"tion\, n. [OE. tribulacium, F.
tribulation, L. tribulatio, from tribulare to press, afflict,
fr. tribulum a thrashing sledge, akin to terere, tritum, to
rub. See Trite.]
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.
Based on Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
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Tribulation : 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.
Based on Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
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