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Strong’s G2726 · Greek

κατήφεια

katḗpheia · kat-ay'-fi-ah

Origin from a compound of κατά (G2596) and perhaps a derivative of the base of φαίνω (G5316) (meaning downcast in look);

Meaning demureness, i.e. (by implication) sadness

In the King James Version heaviness.

In 1 verse of the King James Version

  1. James 4:9Be afflicted, and mourn, and weep: let your laughter be turned to mourning, and your joy to heaviness.

From James Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible (1890): its Greek dictionary in the edition of Ulrik Petersen, its Hebrew and Chaldee dictionary in that of David Troidl and David Instone-Brewer; the King James words numbered as in the edition the site sets the King James Version from. Public domain.

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