from a presumed derivative of G3806; something undergone, i.e. hardship or pain; subjectively, an emotion or influence:-- affection, affliction, motion, suffering.
that which one suffers or has suffered
externally, a suffering, misfortune, calamity, evil, affliction
of the sufferings of Christ
also the afflictions which Christians must undergo in behalf of the same cause which Christ patiently endured