Vex To trouble; disturb. Then Job answered and said, How long will ye VEX my soul, and break me in pieces with words? (Job 19:1-2)

veks, vek-sa'-shun: "Vex," meaning originally to shake or toss in carrying, has a much more intensive meaning in Scripture than in common modern usage. It represents over a score of Hebrew and Greek words, most of them translated by this word only once, and many of them changed in the Revised Version (British and American) into other forms.

Vex: "to disturb, trouble," is used in the Passive Voice, of being "troubled" by evil spirits, Act 5:16. 2 Strong's Number: g928 Greek: basanizo Vex: "to torment," is translated "vexed" in 2Pe 2:8. See TORMENT.