Strong's Lexicon
G3997 — πένθος
Greek entry for Bible study and original-language reference.
Definition / Gloss
| Strong's Number: | G3997 |
|---|---|
| Word: | πένθος |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Etymology: | strengthened from the alternate of G3958 |
| Language: | Greek |
| Occurrences: | 5 |
| Transliteration: | penthos |
| Phonetic Spelling/Pronunciation: | pen'-thos |
| Meaning: | 1. grief |
| KJV Renderings: | mourning, sorrow |
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Thayer's Greek Lexicon
πένθος, πένθους, τό (πένθω ((?); akin, rather, to πάθος, πένομαι (cf. πένης); see Curtius, p. 53; Vanicek, p. 1165)), from Homer down, the Sept. for àÅáÆì, mourning: Jas 4:9; Rev 18:7; Rev 21:4.
Englishman's Greek Concordance
πένθος (mourning)
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 18:7
- KJV: How much she hath glorified herself and lived deliciously so much torment and sorrow give her for she saith in her heart I sit a queen and am no widow and shall see no sorrow
- GK: όσα εδόξασεν εαυτήν και εστρηνίασε τοσούτον δότε αυτή βασανισμόν και πένθος ότι εν τη καρδία αυτής λέγει ότι κάθημαι βασίλισσα και χήρα ουκ ειμί και πένθος ου ίδω
Revelation 18:8
- KJV: Therefore shall her plagues come in one day death and mourning and famine and she shall be utterly burned with fire for strong the Lord God who judgeth her
- GK: διά τούτο εν μιά ημέρα ήξουσιν αι πληγαί αυτής θάνατος και πένθος και λιμός και εν πυρί κατακαυθήσεται ότι ισχυρός κύριος ο θεός ο κρίνας αυτήν
Revelation 21:4
- KJV: And God shall wipe away all tears from their eyes and there shall be no more death neither sorrow nor crying neither shall there be any more pain for the former things are passed away
- GK: και εξαλείψει παν δάκρυον από των οφθαλμών αυτών και ο θάνατος ουκ έσται έτι ούτε πένθος ούτε κραυγή ούτε πόνος ουκ έσται έτι ότι τα πρώτα απήλθον
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