πάσχω

paschō · suffer

Greek word · Strong’s number G3958 · appears 42 times in the Bible

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What it means

paschō (πάσχω) is a Greek word of the Bible that means “suffer”.

Undergo.

How to say it

pas·chō

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. To endure pain, persecution or death.

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

How it is translated

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

  • suffer ×23
  • suffered ×14
  • suffering ×3
  • suffers ×2

Related words

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

Where it appears

  • Matthew 16:21

    From that time Jesus began to show his disciples that he must go away to Jerusalem and suffer many things from the elders and high priests and scribes, and be killed, and on the third day be raised.

  • Matthew 17:12

    But I tell you that Elijah has already come, and they did not recognize him, but did to him whatever they wanted. So also the Son of Man is going to suffer by them.”

  • Matthew 17:15

    and saying, “Lord, have mercy on my son, because he is moonstruck and suffers terribly; for often he falls into the fire and often into the water.

  • Matthew 27:19

    And while he was sitting on the judgment seat, his wife sent to him, saying, “Let there be nothing between you and that righteous man; for I have suffered much today in a dream because of him.”

  • Mark 5:26

    and who had suffered much under many doctors, and had spent all that she had, and had not been helped at all, but rather had grown worse,

  • Mark 8:31

    And he began to teach them that the Son of Man must suffer many things and be rejected by the elders and the high priests and the scribes and be killed and after three days rise.

  • Mark 9:12

    And he said to them, “Elijah does come first and restores all things. And how is it written about the Son of Man that he should suffer many things and be treated with contempt?

  • Luke 9:22

    saying, “The Son of Man must suffer many things and be rejected by the elders and high priests and scribes, and be killed, and on the third day be raised.”

  • Luke 13:2

    And he answered and said to them, “Do you think that these Galileans were sinners more than all the other Galileans because they have suffered these things?

  • Luke 17:25

    But first he must suffer many things and be rejected by this generation.

  • Luke 22:15

    And he said to them, “With desire I have desired to eat this Passover with you before I suffer.

  • Luke 24:26

    Was it not necessary for the Messiah to suffer these things and to enter into his glory?”

  • Luke 24:46

    And he said to them, “Thus it is written, that the Messiah should suffer and rise from the dead on the third day,

  • Acts 1:3

    to them he also presented himself alive after his suffering by many convincing proofs, appearing to them over forty days and speaking of the things concerning the kingdom of God.

  • Acts 3:18

    But God fulfilled in this way what he announced beforehand by the mouth of all the prophets, that his Messiah would suffer.

  • Acts 9:16

    For I will show him how much he must suffer for the sake of my name.”

  • Acts 17:3

    explaining and demonstrating that the Messiah had to suffer and to rise from the dead, and saying, “This Jesus, whom I proclaim to you, is the Messiah.”

  • Acts 28:5

    However, he shook off the creature into the fire and suffered no harm.

  • 1 Corinthians 12:26

    And if one member suffers, all the members suffer with it; if a member is glorified, all the members rejoice with it.

  • 2 Corinthians 1:6

    If we are afflicted, it is for your comfort and salvation; if we are comforted, it is for your comfort, which is at work in perseverance in the same sufferings that we also suffer.

  • Galatians 3:4

    Did you suffer so many things in vain? —if indeed it was really in vain.

  • Philippians 1:29

    For to you it was granted, on behalf of the Messiah, not only to believe in him but also to suffer on behalf of him,

  • 1 Thessalonians 2:14

    For you became imitators, brothers, of the assemblies of God that are in Judea in the Messiah Jesus, because you also suffered the same things from your own countrymen just as they also did from the Jews,

  • 2 Thessalonians 1:5

    This is evidence of the righteous judgment of God, so that you may be considered worthy of the kingdom of God, for which you are also suffering,

  • 2 Timothy 1:12

    for which reason I also suffer these things; but I am not ashamed, for I know whom I have believed, and I am convinced that he is able to guard what I have entrusted to him until that day.

  • Hebrews 2:18

    For because he himself has suffered when tested, he is able to help those who are being tested.

  • Hebrews 5:8

    Although he was a Son, he learned obedience from what he suffered;

  • Hebrews 9:26

    for then it would have been necessary for him to suffer many times since the foundation of the world; but now once at the end of the ages he has been revealed for the setting aside of sin by his sacrifice.

  • Hebrews 13:12

    Therefore Jesus also, in order to sanctify the people through his own blood, suffered outside the gate.

  • 1 Peter 2:19

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

  • 1 Peter 2:20

    For what credit is there if, when you sin and are beaten, you endure it? But if when you do good and suffer you endure it, this is grace before God.

  • 1 Peter 2:21

    For to this you were called, because the Messiah also suffered for you, leaving you an example, so that you might follow in his steps,

  • 1 Peter 2:23

    who, when he was insulted, did not insult in return; when he suffered, did not threaten, but entrusted himself to the one who judges justly;

  • 1 Peter 3:14

    But even if you should suffer for the sake of righteousness, you would be happy. And do not be afraid of them nor be troubled,

  • 1 Peter 3:17

    For it is better, if the will of God should will it, to suffer for doing good than for doing evil.

  • 1 Peter 3:18

    Because the Messiah also suffered once for sins, the righteous for the unrighteous, so that he might bring you to God, put to death in the flesh but made alive in the spirit,

  • 1 Peter 4:1

    Since the Messiah then suffered in the flesh, you also arm yourselves with the same way of thinking, because the one who has suffered in the flesh has finished with sin,

  • 1 Peter 4:15

    For let none of you suffer as a murderer or a thief or an evildoer or as a meddler.

  • 1 Peter 4:19

    So also let those who suffer according to the will of God entrust their souls to a faithful Creator in doing good.

  • 1 Peter 5:10

    And the God of all grace, who called you to his eternal glory in the Messiah, after you have suffered a little, will himself equip, make firm, strengthen, and establish you.

And 2 more times.