Word

λύπη

lýpē · G3077 · Greek · 16 occurrences

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Meanings

unhappiness, regret, sadness

A state of unhappiness marked by regret as a result of what has been done

Examples
2 Corinthians 7:10 For the sorrow that is according to the will of God produces a repentance without regret, leading to salvation, but the sorrow of the world produces death.
sadness, sorrow, distress

A state of mental pain and anxiety

Examples
Luke 22:45 When He rose from prayer, He came to the disciples and found them sleeping from sorrow,
John 16:6 “But because I have said these things to you, grief has filled your heart.
John 16:20 “Truly, truly I say to you that you will weep and mourn, but the world will rejoice; you will grieve, but your grief will be turned into joy!

How it’s used In 6 roles

Every occurrence, grouped by the words it is grammatically related to.

the word studied the word it goes with

Whose, or of whatGenitive or possessive

2 occurrences in 2 groups

κόσμοςworld 1
σύyou 1

Words describing itAdjectives, demonstratives, participles

1 occurrences in 1 groups

περισσότεροςmore superabundant 1

What it doesIt is the subject

3 occurrences in 3 groups

ἐργάζομαιto work 1
κατεργάζομαιto work out, to produce 1
πληρόωto fulfill, to fill 1

What is done to itIt is the object

6 occurrences in 4 groups

ἔχωto have 4
δοκέωto think, to suppose, to seem 1
ἔρχομαιto come 1
ὑποφέρωto endure 1

What it is said to bePredicate

2 occurrences in 2 groups

μέγαςgreat, large 1
χαράjoy 1

After prepositionsPrepositional phrases

4 occurrences in 4 groups

ἐνin 2
ἐπίon 2
ἀπόfrom 2
ἐκfrom 1

When two words share a role, as in “Paul and Barnabas said”, the verse appears under each, so a section’s counts can add up to more than the number of occurrences.

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Contrasting words 1 word

χαρά chará · G5479 · joy, gladness, great happiness: λύπη, 'sorrow, sadness,' and χαρά, 'joy, gladness,' represent a genuine lexical antonymy between opposed affective states, sitting in contrasting fields of sadness/distress versus joy/gladness within the vocabulary of emotion — a clear-cut opposite pair whose opposition is inherent to the words themselves rather than merely contextual or narrative.

Semantic domains 2 entries

Unhappiness, regret, sadness25.272: λύπη can name an ordinary unhappiness or regret, distinct from a deeper grief. 2 Corinthians 9:7 writes, “Each one must do just as he has decided in his heart, not reluctantly or under compulsion, for God loves a cheerful giver,” the negated ἐκ λύπης naming this reluctant regret to be avoided in giving.
Sadness, sorrow, distress25.273: λύπη can also name a deeper sorrow or distress of heart. John 16:22 records Jesus comforting His disciples before His death, “Therefore you too have grief now; but I will see you again, and your heart will rejoice, and no one is going to take your joy away from you,” the λύπην naming this present sorrow to be turned to joy.

Word family 5 words

Words formed from the same root. They share a form, not always a meaning.

λύπηlýpē · G3077λυπέω lypéō · G3076 · to make sad, to sadden, to be sad · 26×περίλυπος perílypos · G4036 · very sad, sorrowful · 4×ἀλυπότερος alypóteros · G253 · relieved of anxiety, no longer sorrowful · 1×συλλυπέω syllypéō · G4818 · to feel sorry for · 1×

Thayer's Greek-English Lexicon λύπης, ἡ (from Aeschylus and Herodotus down), sorrow, pain, grief: of persons mourning,…

λύπης, ἡ (from Aeschylus and Herodotus down), sorrow, pain, grief: of persons mourning, Jn 16:6; 2 Cor 2:7; opposed to χαρά, Jn 16:20; Heb 12:11; λύπην ἔχω (see ἔχω, 1. 2 g., p. 267a), Jn 16:21; Phm 2:27; with addition of ἀπό and genitive of person, 2 Cor 2:3; λύπη μοι ἐστιν, Rom 9:2; ἐν λύπη ἔρχεσθαι, of one who on coming both saddens and is made sad, 2 Cor 2:1 (cf. λυπῶ ὑμᾶς, 2 Cor 2:2; and λύπην ἔχω, 2 Cor 2:3); ἀπό τῆς λύπης, for sorrow, Lk 22:45; ἐκ λύπης, with a sour, reluctant mind (A. V. grudgingly) (opposed to ἱλαρός), 2 Cor 9:7; ἡ κατά Θεόν λύπη, sorrow acceptable to God, 2 Cor 7:10 (see λυπέω), and ἡ τοῦ κόσμου λύπη, the usual sorrow of men at the loss of their earthly possessions, ibid.; objectively, annoyance, affliction (Herodotus 7, 152): λύπας ὑποφέρειν (R. V. griefs), 1 Pet 2:19.

Thayer's Greek-English Lexicon of the New Testament (1889), public domain

Topical studies with this word 1 entry

Sorrow, Regret16 occurrences

Meanings adapted from the UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament, © United Bible Societies, CC BY-SA 4.0 and the UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew (from the Semantic Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew), © United Bible Societies, CC BY-SA 4.0; MACULA Greek Linguistic Datasets, available at https://github.com/Clear-Bible/macula-greek/, licensed CC BY 4.0; MACULA Hebrew Linguistic Datasets © 2022-2024 by Biblica, Inc., CC BY 4.0. Westminster Leningrad Codex (tanach.us). OpenScriptures Hebrew Bible morphology (hb.openscriptures.org), CC BY 4.0.

Sources

eRhema lexical overview, based on the UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew and the UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament (© United Bible Societies, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Macula Hebrew and Greek (Clear Bible, CC BY 4.0); released under CC BY-SA 4.0