ὠδίνω
ōdinō · suffer birth pains
Greek word · Strong’s number G5605 · appears 3 times in the Bible
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ōdinō (ὠδίνω) is a Greek word of the Bible that means “suffer birth pains”.
Be in labor.
How to say it
ō·di·nō
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
- To agonize in childbearing; to agonize so over others until they are formed.
From Abbott-Smith (1922) · Thayer (1889)
How it is translated
The words this translation uses for it, most frequent first.
- labor ×2
- I suffer birth pains ×1
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Words of the same family, by Strong’s numbering.
Where it appears
- Galatians 4:19
My children, for whom again I suffer birth pains until the Messiah is formed in you,
- Galatians 4:27
For it is written: Rejoice, barren one who does not bear; break forth and shout, you who are not in labor; because many are the children of the desolate one, more than of her who has a husband.
- Revelation 12:2
and she was pregnant, and she cries out in labor pains and in agony to give birth.