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ad-vuÌ‚r´si-ti: In the Revised Version (British and American) exclusively an Old Testament term, expressing the various forms of distress and evil conveyed by four Hebrew words: צלע, cela‛, “a halting†or “fallâ€; צרה, caÌ„raÌ„h, “straits†“distress,†“afflictionâ€; צר, car, “straitness,†“afflictionâ€; רע, ra), “bad,†“evil,†“harmful.†These words cover the whole range of misfortunes caused by enemies, poverty, sorrow and trouble. “Adversity,†which occurs once in the King James Version in New Testament ( : κακουχουÌμενος, kakouchouÌmenos, “ill-treatedâ€) is displaced in the Revised Version (British and American) by the literal rendering which illustrates or interprets a common phase of adversity.