ὀδυνάω
odynáō · G3600 · Greek · 4 occurrences
Meanings
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to suffer greatly, to be in great pain
To be in severe or great pain
ExamplesLuke 16:24 “And he cried out and said, ‘Father Abraham, have mercy on me and send Lazarus, so that he may dip the tip of his finger in water and cool off my tongue, for I am in agony in this flame.’
Luke 16:25 “But Abraham said, ‘Child, remember that during your life you received your good things, and likewise Lazarus bad things; but now he is being comforted here, and you are in agony.
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to be very much distressed, to be terribly worried
(Derivative of ὀδύνη ‘great distress,’) To experience great distress or anxiety
ExamplesLuke 2:48 When Joseph and Mary saw Him, they were bewildered; and His mother said to Him, “Son, why have You treated us this way? Behold, Your father and I have been anxiously looking for You!”
Acts 20:38 grieving especially over the word which he had spoken, that they would not see his face again. And they were accompanying him to the ship.
How it’s used In 4 roles
Every occurrence, grouped by the words it is grammatically related to.
the word studied the word it goes with
Who or what does itSubject
4 occurrences in 4 groups
- πατήρfather 1
- σύyou 1
- Not stated: I 1
- Not stated (participle) 1
What it acts on, or what is saidObject
1 occurrences in 1 groups
- σύyou 1
With prepositionsPrepositional phrases
2 occurrences in 2 groups
- ἐνin+ φλόξflame 1
- ἐπίon+ λόγοςword, saying, message 1
With adverbsAdverbs
1 occurrences in 1 groups
- μάλισταvery much 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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Semantic domains 2 entries
- To suffer greatly, to be in great pain24.92
- Describing Lazarus in torment, Luke 16:24 states the rich man cried out asking for water to cool his tongue, “for I am in agony in this flame,” where “am in agony” renders this verb of intense bodily suffering.
- To be very much distressed, to be terribly worried25.236
- Describing Mary and Joseph's search for the boy Jesus, Luke 2:48 states His mother said, “Son, why have You treated us this way? Behold, Your father and I have been anxiously looking for You,” where the underlying verb for their anxious searching renders this same word in its sense of emotional distress rather than physical pain.
Word family 16 words
Words formed from the same root. They share a form, not always a meaning.
Thayer's Greek-English Lexicon ὀδύνω: present indicative passive ὀδυνῶμαι; present indicative middle 2 person singular…
Thayer's Greek-English Lexicon of the New Testament (1889), public domain
Topical studies with this word 2 entries
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
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