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The International Standard Bible Encyclopedia (ISBE) is an authoritative reference encyclopedia which explains every significant word, subject, place, person, and doctrine in the Bible and Apocrypha! In scope, the ISBE covers literature (apocalyptic, apocryphal, sub-apostolic, etc.), archeology, ethnology, geography, topography, biography, arts and crafts, manners and customs, family life,...

, pān (חוּל, ḥul, חִיל ḥīl, חֵבֶל, ḥēbhel, חָלָה, ḥālāh, חַלְחָלָה, ḥalḥālāh, כָּאֵב, kā’ēbh, כְּאֵב, ke’ēbh, מֵצַר, mēçar, מַכְאֹב, makh’ōbh, עָמָל, ʹāmāl, צִיר, çīr; (βασανίζω, basanízō, πόνος, pónos, ὠδίν, ōdín): These words signifying various forms of bodily or mental suffering are generally trd “pain”; 28 out of the 34 passages in which the word is used are in the poetical or prophetical books and refer to conditions of mental disquiet or dismay due to the punishment