Enochleo describes causing distress or being afflicted, whether by bitterness or unclean spirits.

The two verses show enochleo in situations of distress: a bitterness root is warned against as it springs up and affects many, while people afflicted by unclean spirits come for healing.

1. Causing or undergoing distress · dominant

   In Hebrews 12:15, the present active subjunctive occurs in the warning that a root of bitterness may spring up and affect many; the APB renders the clause “causes trouble.” In Luke 6:18, the present passive participle identifies people afflicted by unclean spirits who came to be healed; the APB renders them as “troubled by unclean spirits.”

   Hebrews 12:15Luke 6:18

In the Anselm Project Bible: The APB presents the term with “causes trouble” in Hebrews 12:15 and “troubled by unclean spirits” in Luke 6:18. These renderings confirm the verses’ distress contexts rather than fixing a separate English equivalent for each form.