Word

ὠδίν

ōdín · G5604 · Greek · 4 occurrences

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Meanings

to have birth pains, to suffer pain in connection with giving birth, birth pains

To experience pains associated with giving birth

Examples
1 Thessalonians 5:3 While they are saying, “Peace and safety!” then sudden destruction will come upon them like labor pains upon a pregnant woman, and they will not escape.
to suffer greatly, great pain

(Figurative extension of meaning of ὠδίν ‘to suffer birth pain,’) To suffer intensely (similar to birth pain)

Examples
Matthew 24:8 “But all these things are merely the beginning of birth pains.
Mark 13:8 “For nation will rise up against nation, and kingdom against kingdom; there will be earthquakes in various places; there will also be famines. These things are only the beginning of birth pains.
Acts 2:24 “But God raised Him from the dead, putting an end to the agony of death, since it was impossible for Him to be held in its power.

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

Whose, or of whatGenitive or possessive

1 occurrences in 1 groups

θάνατοςdeath 1

What is done to itIt is the object

1 occurrences in 1 groups

λύωto untie 1

In phrases “… of it”It is the genitive

2 occurrences in 1 groups

ἀρχήbeginning, ruler 2

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.

In the other Testament 3 words

חוּל chûwl · H2342 · to turn, to whirl, to rage: Hebrew חוּל encompasses a broader semantic range including writhing, twisting, and birth pangs, while Greek ὠδίν specifically denotes labor pains or childbirth throes; the terms align in contexts where חוּל's birthing/pain sense is activated.
מִשְׁבֵּר mishbêr · H4866 · mouth of the womb: Hebrew מִשְׁבֵּר denotes the breaking-forth moment of childbirth itself, while Greek ὠδίν emphasizes the labor pang or throe preceding/accompanying delivery; both reference the same childbirth event domain with complementary aspectual focus (breakthrough vs. pain).
חֶבֶל chebel · H2256 · rope, cord, noose: חֶבֶל (chebel, H2256) encompasses a broader semantic range including physical objects (rope, cord, line) and abstract concepts (lot, portion, region), with 'pain/pang/sorrow' as one specialized sense that overlaps with ὠδίν (ōdín, G5604)'s focused meaning of birth pangs; ὠδίν (ōdín, G5604) is semantically narrower, denoting specifically the throes/pangs of childbirth or metaphorically applied labor pains.

Semantic domains 2 entries

To have birth pains, to suffer pain in connection with giving birth, birth pains23.54: Matthew 24:8 has Jesus say, “all these things are merely the beginning of birth pains.”
To suffer greatly, great pain24.87: Acts 2:24 says, “God raised Him from the dead, putting an end to the agony of death, since it was impossible for Him to be held in its power.”

Word family 3 words

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

ὠδίνōdín · G5604ὠδίνω ōdínō · G5605 · to have birth pains, birth pains, to suffer greatly · 3×συνωδίνω synōdínō · G4944 · to suffer together · 1×

Thayer's Greek-English Lexicon (1 Thess 5:3; Isa 37:3) for ὠδίς (the earlier form; cf. Winer's Grammar, § 9, 2 e. N. 1),…

(1 Thess 5:3; Isa 37:3) for ὠδίς (the earlier form; cf. Winer's Grammar, § 9, 2 e. N. 1), ὠδινος, ἡ, from Homer, Iliad 11,271 down, the pain of childbirth, travail-pain, birth-pang: 1 Thess 5:3; plural ὠδῖνες ((pangs, throes, R. V. travail); German Wehen), equivalent to intolerable anguish, in reference to the dire calamities which the Jews supposed would precede the advent of the Messiah, and which were called הַמָּשִׁיחַ חֶבְלֵי (see the commentaries (especially Keil) on Matthew, the passage cited), Mt 24:8; Mk 13:8 (9); ὠδῖνες θανάτου (Tr marginal reading ᾅδου), the pangs of death, Acts 2:24, after the Sept. who translated the words מָוֶת חֶבְלֵי by ὠδῖνες θανάτου, deriving the word חֶבְלֵי not, as they ought, from חֶבֶל, i. e. σχοινίον 'cord', but from חֵבֶל, ὠδίς, Ps 17:5; Ps 114:3; 2 Sam 22:6.

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

Topical studies with this word 2 entries

Birth, Procreation1 occurrence Pain, Suffering3 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