πόνος

ponos · hard work, pain

Greek word · Strong’s number G4192 · appears 4 times in the Bible

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What it means

ponos (πόνος) is a Greek word of the Bible that means “hard work, pain”.

Hard work, toil; also pain.

How to say it

po·nos

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. Great, wearying effort for others.
  2. Bodily suffering.

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

How it is translated

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

  • pain ×2
  • labor ×1
  • pains ×1

Related words

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

Where it appears

  • Colossians 4:13

    For I testify about him that he has much labor for you and for those in Laodicea and those in Hierapolis.

  • Revelation 16:10

    And the fifth poured out his bowl on the throne of the beast, and its kingdom was plunged into darkness; and they gnawed their tongues because of the pain,

  • Revelation 16:11

    and they blasphemed the God of heaven because of their pains and because of their sores, and they did not change their minds about their works.

  • Revelation 21:4

    And he will wipe away every tear from their eyes, and death will be no more, nor grief nor crying nor pain will there be any longer; for the first things have passed away.”