Strong's Lexicon
G2354 — θρηνέω
Greek entry for Bible study and original-language reference.
Definition / Gloss
| Strong's Number: | G2354 |
|---|---|
| Word: | θρηνέω |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Etymology: | from G2355 |
| Language: | Greek |
| Occurrences: | 4 |
| Transliteration: | threneo |
| Phonetic Spelling/Pronunciation: | thray-neh'-o |
| Meaning: | 1. to bewail |
| KJV Renderings: | lament, mourn |
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Thayer's Greek Lexicon
θρηνέω, θρήνῳ: imperfect ἐθρήνουν; future θρηνήσω; 1 aorist ἐθρήνησα; (θρῆνος, which see); from Homer down; the Sept. for äÅéìÄéì, ÷åðÅï, etc.;
1. to lament, to mourn: Joh 16:20; of the singers of dirges (to wail), Mat 11:17; Luk 7:32.
2. to bewail, deplore: τινα, Luk 23:27. (On θρηνέω to lament, λόπτομαι to smite the breast in grief, λυπέομαι to be pained, saddened, πενθέω to mourn, cf. Trench, § 65, and see κλαίω at the end; yet note that in classic Greek λύπεσθαι is the most comprehensive word, designating every species of pain of body or soul; and that πενθέω expresses a self-contained grief, never violent in its manifestations; like our English word mourn it is associated by usage with the death of kindred, and like it used pregnantly to suggest that event. See Schmidt, vol. ii., chapter 83.)
Other Resources
Englishman's Greek Concordance
θρηνέω (lament)
Matthew 11:17
- KJV: And saying We have piped unto you and ye have not danced we have mourned unto you and ye have not lamented
- GK: και λέγουσιν ηυλήσαμεν υμίν και ουκ ωρχήσασθε εθρηνήσαμεν υμίν και ουκ εκόψασθε
Luke 7:32
- KJV: They are like unto children sitting in the marketplace and calling one to another and saying We have piped unto you and ye have not danced we have mourned to you and ye have not wept
- GK: όμοιοί εισι παιδίοις τοις εν αγορά καθημένοις και προσφωνούσιν αλλήλοις και λέγουσιν ηυλήσαμεν υμίν και ουκ ωρχήσασθε εθρηνήσαμεν υμίν και ουκ εκλαύσατε
Luke 23:27
- KJV: And there followed him a great company of people and of women which also bewailed and lamented him
- GK: ηκολούθει δε αυτώ πολύ πλήθος του λαού και γυναικών αι και εκόπτοντο και εθρήνουν αυτόν
John 16:20
- KJV: Verily verily I say unto you That ye shall weep and lament but the world shall rejoice and ye shall be sorrowful but your sorrow shall be turned into joy
- GK: αμήν αμήν λέγω υμίν ότι κλαύσετε και θρηνήσετε υμείς ο δε κόσμος χαρήσεται υμείς δε λυπηθήσεσθε αλλ΄ λύπη υμών εις χαράν γενήσεται
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