Lexical Definition

‎אֵיד‎ ʼêyd (ade) calamity ^H:N-M
from the same as ‎אוּד‎ (in the sense of bending down)

calamity, destruction.

• oppression
• by implication misfortune, ruin

1) distress, burden, calamity
1a) burden (of the righteous)
1b) calamity (of nation)
1c) disaster (of wicked)
1d) day of calamity

See Greek: ἄνθρωπος · ἀπόλλυμι · ἀπώλεια · δύσκολος · ἡμέρα · θλῖψις · κάκωσις · καταστροφή · νεφέλη · ὄλεθρος · πηγή · πονηρός · πονηρότερος · πόνος · πτῶμα

Brown-Driver-Briggs

‎אֵיד‎ noun masculine^{Job 18:12} distress, calamity (under which one bends, compare Arabic burdening) Bev^{Jphil. xxvi. 302} derives from Arabic be strong [also oppress, burden], whence (or ) calamity. — ‎׳‎‎א‎ Job 21:30 +; construct id. Job 31:23 +; ‎אֵידי‎ 2Sam 22:19 = Ps 18:19* etc.; — distress, calamity (in poetry chiefly Wisdom Literature & late); Prov 17:5; Prov 27:10.

1. national calam. of Israel (apostate) Jer 18:17; Ezek 35:5; Obad 1:13 (3 t. in verse); of Egypt Jer 46:21 Moab Jer 48:16 Edom (‎עֵשָׂו‎ ‎׳‎‎א‎) Jer 49:8 Hazor vJer 49:32.

2. of righteous sufferer 2Sam 22:19 = Ps 18:19* compare ‎אֵל‎ ‎׳‎‎א‎ i.e. from God Job 31:23 & ‎אָרְחוֺת אֵידָם‎ Job 30:12 their calamitous paths (suffix reference to bereavement, pain, etc.)

3. often of wicked Job 18:12; Job 21:17; Job 31:3; Prov 1:26; Prov 1:27 (wisd. mocks at; || ‎פַּחַד‎) Prov 6:15; Prov 24:22 also ‎׳‎‎יוֺם א‎ Deut 32:35; Job 21:30 (compare above 2Sam 22:19 = Ps 18:19*; Prov 27:10; Jer 18:17; Jer 46:21; Obad 1:13 (3 t. in verse) where || ‎יוֺם אֹבֶד יוֺם צָרה‎ vJer 46:12 vJer 46:14, compare ‎יוֺם יהוה‎ vJer 46:15).

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