lypeō · grieve

What it means

lypeō (λυπέω) is a Greek word of the Bible that means “grieve”.

Make sad; be sad, grieve.

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. To make someone sad, or be sad.

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

How it is translated

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

• grieved ×18
• grieve ×3
• grieving ×3
• has caused grief ×1
• will be sorrowful ×1

Related words

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

Where it appears

• Matthew×6
• Mark×2
• John×2
• Romans×1
• 2 Corinthians×12
• Ephesians×1
• 1 Thessalonians×1
• 1 Peter×1

• Matthew 14:9

  And the king was grieved, but because of the oaths and those reclining at table with him he ordered it to be given.

• Matthew 17:23

  and they will kill him, and on the third day he will be raised.” And they were deeply grieved.

• Matthew 18:31

  So when his fellow slaves saw what had happened, they were very grieved, and they went and reported to their master all that had happened.

• Matthew 19:22

  But when the young man heard the word, he went away grieving, for he had many possessions.

• Matthew 26:22

  And being deeply grieved, they began to say to him each one, “It is not I, is it, Lord?”

• Matthew 26:37

  And taking along Peter and the two sons of Zebedee, he began to be grieved and distressed.

• Mark 10:22

  But he, dismayed at the word, went away grieving, for he had many possessions.

• Mark 14:19

  They began to be grieved and to say to him one by one, “Surely not I?”

• 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 21:17

  He says to him the third time, “Simon, son of John, do you hold me dear?” Peter was grieved because he said to him the third time, “Do you hold me dear?” And he said to him, “Lord, you know all things; you know that I hold you dear.” Jesus says to him, “Feed my sheep.

• Romans 14:15

  For if because of food your brother is grieved, you are no longer walking according to love. Do not by your food destroy that one for whom the Messiah died.

• 2 Corinthians 2:2

  For if I grieve you, then who is the one who makes glad me except the one who is grieved by me?

• 2 Corinthians 2:4

  For out of much affliction and anguish of heart I wrote to you through many tears, not so that you would be grieved but so that you would know the love that I have especially for you.

• 2 Corinthians 2:5

  But if anyone has caused grief, he has grieved not me but in some measure —so that I do not lay it on too heavily— all of you.

• 2 Corinthians 6:10

  as grieving yet always rejoicing; as poor yet making many rich; as having nothing and yet possessing everything.

• 2 Corinthians 7:8

  For even if I grieved you by the letter, I do not regret it; even if I did regret it —I see that that letter grieved you, even if only for a while—

• 2 Corinthians 7:9

  now I rejoice, not that you were grieved, but that you were grieved into a change of mind; for you were grieved according to God, so that in nothing you might suffer loss from us.

• 2 Corinthians 7:11

  For look at this very thing, being grieved according to God: how much earnestness it produced in you, even defense, even indignation, even fear, even longing, even zeal, even punishment! In everything you showed yourselves to be pure in the matter.

• Ephesians 4:30

  And do not grieve the Holy Spirit of God, in whom you were sealed for the day of redemption.

• 1 Thessalonians 4:13

  But we do not want you to be ignorant, brothers, about those who are sleeping, so that you may not grieve as also the rest do who have no hope.

• 1 Peter 1:6

  In this you rejoice greatly, though now for a little while, if necessary, you have been grieved by various trials,

And 5 more times.