tribulation

Definition

The term "tribulation" refers to time of hardship, suffering, and distress.

The New Testament says that Christians will endure times of persecution and other kinds of tribulation because they live in a world that is opposed to Jesus' teachings.
The Bible uses the term "the great tribulation" to describe a period of time before Jesus' second coming when God's wrath will be poured out on the earth for several years.
The term "tribulation" could also be translated as, "time of great suffering" or "deep distress" or "severe difficulties."