Nelson’s New Illustrated Bible Dictionary (Biblia.com)

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This completely revised and updated edition of Nelson’s Illustrated Bible Dictionary is the most comprehensive and up-to-date Bible dictionary available. Designed, written, and edited with the needs of general readers in mind. A wealth of background information is found in more than 7,000 encyclopedic entries on the people, places, things, and doctrines of the Bible. Written in plain language,...

— agony, affliction, or distress; intense pain or sorrow. Suffering has been part of the human experience since people fell into sin (Genesis 3). The Psalms, one-third of which are laments, include graphic descriptions of suffering (Psalm 22). A theme of the Book of Job is the problem of suffering and why God permits the righteous to suffer. The Bible makes it clear that some suffering is the result of evil action or sin in the world. This type of suffering came upon people after the FALL

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