Strong's Lexicon
G5605 — ὠδίν
Greek entry for Bible study and original-language reference.
Definition / Gloss
| Strong's Number: | G5605 |
|---|---|
| Word: | ὠδίν |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Etymology: | akin to G3601 |
| Language: | Greek |
| Occurrences: | 4 |
| Transliteration: | odin |
| Phonetic Spelling/Pronunciation: | o-deen' |
| Meaning: | 1. a pang or throe, especially of childbirth |
| KJV Renderings: | pain, sorrow, travail |
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Thayer's Greek Lexicon
ὠδίνω; from Homer down; the Sept. for çåÌì, thrice for çÄáÅÌì; to feel the pains of childbirth, to travail: Gal 4:27; Rev 12:2; in figurative discourse, Paul uses the phrase οὖς πάλιν ὠδίνω, i. e. whose souls I am striving with intense effort and anguish to conform to the mind of Christ, Gal 4:19. (Compare: συνωδίνω.)
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Englishman's Greek Concordance
ὠδίνω (travail in (birth))
Galatians 4:19
- KJV: My little children of whom I travail in birth again until Christ be formed in you
- GK: τεκνία μου ους πάλιν ωδίνω άχρις ου μορφωθή χριστός εν υμίν
Galatians 4:27
- KJV: For it is written Rejoice barren that bearest not break forth and cry thou that travailest not for the desolate hath many more children than she which hath an husband
- GK: γέγραπται γαρ ευφράνθητι στείρα η ου τίκτουσα ρήξον και βόησον η ουκ ωδίνουσα ότι πολλά τα τέκνα της ερήμου μάλλον η της εχούσης τον άνδρα
Revelation 12:2
- KJV: And she being with child cried travailing in birth and pained to be delivered
- GK: και εν γαστρί έχουσα έκραζεν ωδίνουσα και βασινιζομένη τεκείν
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