lypē · grief, sorrow

What it means

lypē (λύπη) is a Greek word of the Bible that means “grief, sorrow”.

Sorrow, grief.

How to say it

Approximate pronunciation. Vowels sound as in Spanish (a as in father, e as in bed, i as in machine, o as in note, u as in rule); the syllable in bold is stressed. The voice is your device's.

Its senses in the Bible

1. Heartache, pain inside.

From Abbott-Smith (1922) · Thayer (1889)

How it is translated

The words this translation uses for it, most frequent first.

• sorrow ×11
• grief ×4
• sorrows ×1

Related words

Words of the same family, by Strong’s numbering.

Where it appears

• Luke×1
• John×4
• Romans×1
• 2 Corinthians×6
• Philippians×2
• Hebrews×1
• 1 Peter×1

• Luke 22:45

  And rising from prayer, he came to the disciples and found them sleeping from sorrow.

• John 16:6

  But because I have said these things to you, sorrow has filled your heart.

• John 16:20

  Truly, truly, I tell you, you will weep and lament, but the world will rejoice; you will be sorrowful, but your sorrow will turn into joy.

• John 16:21

  A woman, when she is giving birth, has sorrow, because her hour has come; but when she has borne the child, she no longer remembers the affliction because of the joy that a human being has been born into the world.

• John 16:22

  So you also have sorrow now; but I will see you again, and your heart will rejoice, and no one takes your joy from you.

• Romans 9:2

  that I have great sorrow and unceasing anguish in my heart.

• 2 Corinthians 2:1

  For I decided this for myself: not to come to you again in sorrow.

• 2 Corinthians 2:3

  And I wrote this very thing so that when I came I would not have sorrow from those in whom I ought to rejoice, being confident about all of you that my joy is the joy of all of you.

• 2 Corinthians 2:7

  so that on the contrary you should rather forgive and comfort him, lest somehow such a one be swallowed up by excessive sorrow.

• 2 Corinthians 7:10

  For grief according to God produces a change of mind leading to salvation, without regret; but the grief of the world produces death.

• 2 Corinthians 9:7

  Each one must give as he has decided in his heart, not out of grief or out of compulsion; for God loves a cheerful giver.

• Philippians 2:27

  For indeed he was sick, close to death; but God had mercy on him, and not on him only but also on me, so that I would not have sorrow upon sorrow.

• Hebrews 12:11

  Now no discipline for the present seems to be a cause of joy, but of grief; but later it yields the peaceful fruit of righteousness to those who have been trained by it.

• 1 Peter 2:19

  For this is grace, if because of conscience toward God someone endures sorrows while suffering unjustly.

And 2 more times.