en_tw/bible/other/afflict.md

# afflict

## Related Ideas:

affliction, difficulty

## Definition:

The term "afflict" means to cause someone distress or suffering. An "affliction" is the disease, emotional grief, or other disaster that results from this.

* God afflicted his people with sickness or other hardships in order to cause them to repent of their sins and turn back to him.
* God caused afflictions or plagues to come on the people of Egypt because their king refused to obey God.
* To "be afflicted with" means to be suffering some kind of distress, such as a disease, persecution, or emotional grief.

## Translation Suggestions:

* To afflict someone could be translated as "cause someone to experience troubles" or "cause someone to suffer" or "cause suffering to come."
* In certain contexts "afflict" could be translated as "happen to" or "come to" or "bring suffering."
* A phrase like "afflict someone with leprosy" could be translated as "cause someone to be sick with leprosy."
* When a disease or disaster is sent to "afflict" people or animals, this could be translated as "cause suffering to."
* Depending on the context, the term "affliction" could be translated as "calamity" or "sickness" or "suffering" or "great distress."
* The phrase "afflicted with" could also be translated as "suffering from" or "sick with."

(See also: [leprosy](../other/leprosy.md), [plague](../other/plague.md), [suffer](../other/suffer.md))

## Bible References:

* [2 Thessalonians 01:06](rc://en/tn/help/2th/01/06)
* [Amos 05:12](rc://en/tn/help/amo/05/12)
* [Colossians 01:24](rc://en/tn/help/col/01/24)
* [Exodus 22:22-24](rc://en/tn/help/exo/22/22)
* [Genesis 12:17-20](rc://en/tn/help/gen/12/17)
* [Genesis 15:12-13](rc://en/tn/help/gen/15/12)
* [Genesis 29:32](rc://en/tn/help/gen/29/32)

## Word Data:

* Strong's: H205, H3013, H3905, H3906, H5221, H6031, H6039, H6040, H6041, H6862, H6869, H6887, H7451, H7489, G1453, G2346, G2347, G2852, G3804, G4912

## Forms Found in the English ULB:

afflict, afflicted, afflicting, affliction, afflictions, difficulties
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			`* God afflicted his people with sickness or other hardships in order to cause them to repent of their sins and turn back to him.`
added version 2 2017-04-15 17:23:27 +00:00			`* God caused afflictions or plagues to come on the people of Egypt because their king refused to obey God.`
added version 3 2017-04-15 17:23:59 +00:00			`* To "be afflicted with" means to be suffering some kind of distress, such as a disease, persecution, or emotional grief.`
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added version 2 2017-04-15 17:23:27 +00:00			`* To afflict someone could be translated as "cause someone to experience troubles" or "cause someone to suffer" or "cause suffering to come."`
			`* In certain contexts "afflict" could be translated as "happen to" or "come to" or "bring suffering."`
added master from April 12, 2017 2017-04-15 17:25:45 +00:00			`* A phrase like "afflict someone with leprosy" could be translated as "cause someone to be sick with leprosy."`
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			`* [Colossians 01:24](rc://en/tn/help/col/01/24)`
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			`* [Genesis 12:17-20](rc://en/tn/help/gen/12/17)`
			`* [Genesis 15:12-13](rc://en/tn/help/gen/15/12)`
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			`afflict, afflicted, afflicting, affliction, afflictions, difficulties`