ὠδίν
ōdin · birth pains
Greek word · Strong’s number G5604 · appears 4 times in the Bible
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ōdin (ὠδίν) is a Greek word of the Bible that means “birth pains”.
Labor pains.
How to say it
ō·din
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
- Sufferings in childbirth; very great anguish.
From Abbott-Smith (1922) · Thayer (1889)
How it is translated
The words this translation uses for it, most frequent first.
- birth pains ×2
- labor pains ×1
- pangs ×1
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Words that come from it
Words of the same family, by Strong’s numbering.
Where it appears
- Matthew 24:8
But all these things are the beginning of birth pains.
- Mark 13:8
For nation will rise against nation, and kingdom against kingdom; there will be earthquakes in various places; there will be famines. These things are the beginning of birth pains.
- Acts 2:24
Him God raised up, loosing the pangs of death, because it was not possible for him to be held by it.
- 1 Thessalonians 5:3
When they say, “Peace and security,” then sudden destruction comes upon them, like labor pains on a woman who is pregnant, and they will certainly not escape.