Word

στενάζω

stenázō · G4727 · Greek · 6 occurrences

See all 6 in Search

Meanings

to groan, to sigh, groan, sigh

To groan or sigh as the result of deep concern or stress

Examples
Mark 7:34 and looking up to heaven with a deep sigh, He said to him, “Ephphatha!” that is, “Be opened!”
Romans 8:23 And not only that, but also we ourselves, having the first fruits of the Spirit, even we ourselves groan within ourselves, waiting eagerly for our adoption as sons and daughters, the redemption of our body.
2 Corinthians 5:2 For indeed, in this tent we groan, longing to be clothed with our dwelling from heaven,
to complain strongly

(A figurative extension of meaning of στενάζω ‘to groan, to sigh,’) To complain in an intensive and excessive manner

Examples
James 5:9 Do not complain, brothers and sisters, against one another, so that you may not be judged; behold, the Judge is standing right at the door.

How it’s used In 3 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

6 occurrences in 6 groups

εἰμίto be 1
αὐτόςhe, she, it, same 1
Not stated: we 1
Not stated: you (more than one) 1
Not stated: he, she or it 1
Not stated (participle) 1

With prepositionsPrepositional phrases

3 occurrences in 3 groups

ἐνin+ ἑαυτοῦhimself, herself, itself 1
ἐπίon+ θέλωto want, to wish, to desire 1
κατάaccording to, against, down+ ἀλλήλωνeach other, one another 1

With adverbsAdverbs

3 occurrences in 2 groups

μήnot 2
καίand 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.

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.

Semantic domains 2 entries

To groan, to sigh, groan, sigh25.143: The verb describes an inarticulate expression of distress or longing. Paul writes that believers, “having the first fruits of the Spirit, even we ourselves groan within ourselves, waiting eagerly for our adoption as sons” (Romans 8:23).
To complain strongly33.384: The same verb also describes voicing a grievance against another person. James instructs, “Do not complain, brothers and sisters, against one another, so that you may not be judged” (James 5:9).

Word family 7 words

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

στενός stenós · G4728 · narrow · 3×στενάζωstenázō · G4727στενοχωρία stenochōría · G4730 · distress, difficulty · 4×στενοχωρέω stenochōréō · G4729 · to live under restrictions, to be restricted, to be confined · 3×στεναγμός stenagmós · G4726 · groan, sigh · 2×ἀναστενάζω anastenázō · G389 · to groan deeply, to sigh deeply · 1×συστενάζω systenázō · G4959 · to groan together, to sigh together · 1×

Thayer's Greek-English Lexicon 1 aorist ἐστέναξα; (στένω, akin is German stohnen (cf. stentorian; Vanicek, p. 1141; Fick…

1 aorist ἐστέναξα; (στένω, akin is German stohnen (cf. stentorian; Vanicek, p. 1141; Fick Part i. 249)); to sigh, to gross: 2 Cor 5:2, 2 Cor 5:4,(cf. Winer's Grammar, 353 (331)); Heb 13:17; ἐν ἑαυτοῖς, within ourselves, i. e. in our souls, inwardly, Rom 8:23; to pray sighing, Mk 7:34; κατά τίνος, Jas 5:9 (here R. V. murmur). (The Sept.; Tragg., Demosthenes, Plutarch, others) [COMPARE: ἀναστενάζω, σὑν᾿στενάζω. SYNONYM: cf. κλαίω, at the end.]

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

Topical studies with this word 2 entries

Laugh, Cry, Groan5 occurrences Complain1 occurrence

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