Strong's Lexicon
G85 — ἀδημονέω
Greek entry for Bible study and original-language reference.
Definition / Gloss
| Strong's Number: | G85 |
|---|---|
| Word: | ἀδημονέω |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Etymology: | from a derivative of adeo "to be sated to loathing" |
| Language: | Greek |
| Occurrences: | 3 |
| Transliteration: | ademoneo |
| Phonetic Spelling/Pronunciation: | ad-ay-mon-eh'-o |
| Meaning: | 1. to be in distress (of mind) |
| KJV Renderings: | be full of heaviness, be very heavy |
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Thayer's Greek Lexicon
ἀδημονέω, (ῶ; (from the unused ἀδημων, and this from the alpha privative and δῆμος; accordingly, uncomfortable, as not at home, cf. german unheimisch, unheimlich; cf. Alexander Buttmann (1873) Lexil. ii. 136 (Fishlake’s trans, p. 29f. But Lob. (Pathol. Proleg., p. 238, cf., p. 160) and others connect it with ἀδήμων, ἀδῆσαι; see Lightfoot on Php 2:26)); to be troubled, distressed: Mat 26:37; Mar 14:33; Php 2:26. (Xenophon, Hell. 4, 4, 3 ἀδημονῆσαι τάς ψυχάς, and often in secular authors.)
Englishman's Greek Concordance
ἀδημονέω (be full of heaviness)
Matthew 26:37
- KJV: And he took with him Peter and the two sons of Zebedee and began to be sorrowful and very heavy
- GK: και παραλαβών τον Πέτρον και τους δύο υιούς Ζεβεδαίου ήρξατο λυπείσθαι και αδημονείν
Mark 14:33
- KJV: And he taketh with him Peter and James and John and began to be sore amazed and to be very heavy
- GK: και παραλαμβάνει τον Πέτρον και τον Ιάκωβον και Ιωάννην μεθ΄ εαυτού και ήρξατο εκθαμβείσθαι και αδημονείν
Philippians 2:26
- KJV: For he longed after you all and was full of heaviness because that ye had heard that he had been sick
- GK: επειδή επιποθών ην πάντας υμάς και αδημονών διότι ηκούσατε ότι ησθένησε