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Strong Concordance	Lu 11:46	And [1161] he said [2036], Woe [3759] unto you [5213] also [2532], ye lawyers [3544]! for [3754] ye lade [5412] men [444] with burdens [5413] grievous to be borne [1419], and [2532] ye yourselves [846] touch [4379] not [3756] the burdens [5413] with one [1520] of your [5216] fingers [1147].

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Word	King James Dictionary - Definition
LADE	To burden; to load.

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Word	American Tract Society - Definition
LAWYERS	Men who devoted themselves to the study and explanation of the Jewish law, particularly of the traditionary or oral law. They belonged mostly to the sect of the Pharisees, and fell under the reproof of our Savior for having taken from the people the key of knowledge. They were as the blind leading the blind, Mt 28:20 Lu 10:25 11:52. See SCRIBES.

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WOE

Is sometimes used in our Bibles where a softer expression would be at least equally proper: "Woe to such a one!" is in our language a threat or imprecation of some calamity, natural or judicial, to befall a person; but this is not always the meaning of the word in Scripture. We find the expression, "Woe is me!" that is, Alas for my sufferings! And, "Woe to the women with child, and those who give suck!" that is, Alas for their redoubled sufferings in times of distress! If in the denunciatory language of Christ, we should read, "Alas for thee, Chorazin! Alas for thee, Bethsaida!" we should do not injustice to the general sentiments of the passage.

Yet in many cases the word woe is used in a fuller and more awful sense, expressing an inspired denunciation and foreshadowing of God's wrath upon sinners; as when we read, "Woe to those who build houses by unrighteousness, and cities by blood;" woe to those who are "rebellious against God," etc., in numerous passages, especially of the Old Testament, Hab 2:6,9,12,15,19 Zep 3:1.

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Word	King James Dictionary - Definition
WOE	An expression of grief or indignation.

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