Strong's Lexicon
G3996 — πενθέω
Greek entry for Bible study and original-language reference.
Definition / Gloss
| Strong's Number: | G3996 |
|---|---|
| Word: | πενθέω |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Etymology: | from G3997 |
| Language: | Greek |
| Occurrences: | 10 |
| Transliteration: | pentheo |
| Phonetic Spelling/Pronunciation: | pen-theh'-o |
| Meaning: | 1. to grieve (the feeling or the act) |
| KJV Renderings: | mourn, (be-)wail |
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Thayer's Greek Lexicon
πενθέω, πένθω; future πενθήσω; 1 aorist ἐπένθησα (πένθος); from Homer down; the Sept. chiefly for àÈáÇì; to mourn;
a. intransitive: Mat 5:4 (); ; 1Co 5:2; πενθεῖν καί κλαίειν, Mar 16:10; Luk 6:25; Jas 4:9; Rev 18:15; Rev 18:19; ἐπί τίνι, over one, Rev 18:11 R G L (Isa 66:10); ἐπί τινα, ibid. T Tr WH (2Sa 13:37; 2Ch 35:24, etc.).
b. transitive, to mourn for, lament, one: 2Co 12:21 (cf. Winers Grammar, 635f (590); Buttmann, § 131, 4. Synonym: see θρηνέω, at the end.)
Englishman's Greek Concordance
πενθέω (mourn)
Matthew 5:4
- KJV: Blessed they that mourn for they shall be comforted
- GK: μακάριοι οι πενθούντες ότι αυτοί παρακληθήσονται
Matthew 9:15
- KJV: And Jesus said unto them Can the children of the bridechamber mourn as long as the bridegroom is with them but the days will come when the bridegroom shall be taken from them and then shall they fast
- GK: και είπεν αυτοίς ο Ιησούς μη δύνανται οι υιοί του νυμφώνος πενθείν εφ΄ όσον μετ΄ αυτών εστιν ο νυμφίος ελεύσονται δε ημέραι όταν απαρθή απ΄ αυτών ο νυμφίος και τότε νηστεύσουσιν
Mark 16:10
- KJV: she went and told them that had been with him as they mourned and wept
- GK: εκείνη πορευθείσα απήγγειλε τοις μετ΄ αυτού γενομένοις πενθούσι και κλαίουσι
Luke 6:25
- KJV: Woe unto you that are full for ye shall hunger Woe unto you that laugh now for ye shall mourn and weep
- GK: ουαί υμίν οι εμπεπλησμένοι ότι πεινάσετε ουαί υμίν οι γελώντες νυν ότι πενθήσετε και κλαύσετε
1 Corinthians 5:2
- KJV: And ye are puffed up and have not rather mourned that he that hath done this deed might be taken away from among you
- GK: και υμείς πεφυσιωμένοι εστέ και ουχί μάλλον επενθήσατε ίνα εξαρθή εκ μέσου υμών ο το έργον τούτο ποιήσας
2 Corinthians 12:21
- KJV: lest when I come again my God will humble me among you and I shall bewail many which have sinned already and have not repented of the uncleanness and fornication and lasciviousness which they have committed
- GK: μη πάλιν ελθόντα με ταπεινώση ο θεός μου προς υμάς και πενθήσω πολλούς των προημαρτηκότων και μη μετανοησάντων επί τη ακαθαρσία και πορνεία και ασελγεία η έπραξαν
James 4:9
- KJV: Be afflicted and mourn and weep let your laughter be turned to mourning and joy to heaviness
- GK: ταλαιπωρήσατε και πενθήσατε και κλαύσατε ο γέλως υμών εις πένθος μεταστραφήτω και η χαρά εις κατήφειαν
Revelation 18:11
- KJV: And the merchants of the earth shall weep and mourn over her for no man buyeth their merchandise any more
- GK: και οι έμποροι της γης κλαίουσι και πενθούσιν επ΄ αυήν ότι τον γόμον αυτών ουδείς αγοράζει ουκέτι
Revelation 18:15
- KJV: The merchants of these things which were made rich by her shall stand afar off for the fear of her torment weeping and wailing
- GK: οι έμποροι τούτων οι πλουτήσαντες απ΄ αυτής από μακρόθεν στήσονται διά τον φόβον του βασανισμού αυτής κλαίοντες και πενθούντες