Strong's Lexicon
G4944
G4944 — συνωδίνω
Greek entry for Bible study and original-language reference.
Definition / Gloss
| Strong's Number: | G4944 |
|---|---|
| Word: | συνωδίνω |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Etymology: | from G4862 and G5605 |
| Language: | Greek |
| Occurrences: | 1 |
| Transliteration: | sunodino |
| Phonetic Spelling/Pronunciation: | soon-o-dee'-no |
| Meaning: | 1. to have (parturition) pangs in company (concert, simultaneously) with 2. (figuratively) to sympathize (in expectation of relief from suffering) |
| KJV Renderings: | travail in pain together |
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Thayer's Greek Lexicon
συνωδίνω;
a. properly, to feel the pains of travail with, be in travail together: οἶδε ἐπί τῶν ζοωον τάς ὠδῖνας ὁ σύνοικος καί συνωδίνει γέ τά πολλά ὥσπερ καί ἀλεκτρυονες, Porphyry, de abstin. 3, 10; (cf. Aristotle, eth. Eud. 7, 6, p. 1240a, 36).
b. metaphorically, to undergo agony (like a woman in childbirth) along with: Rom 8:22 (where σύν refers to the several parts of which ἡ κτίσις consists, cf. Meyer at the passage); κακοῖς, Euripides, Hel. 727.
Englishman's Greek Concordance
συνωδίνω (travail in pain together)
Romans 8:22
- KJV: For we know that the whole creation groaneth and travaileth in pain together until now
- GK: οίδαμεν γαρ ότι πάσα η κτίσις συστενάζει και συνωδίνει άχρι του νυν