πένθος
penthos · mourning
Greek word · Strong’s number G3997 · appears 5 times in the Bible
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penthos (πένθος) is a Greek word of the Bible that means “mourning”.
Grief.
How to say it
pen·thos
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
- Sorrow over a loss.
From Abbott-Smith (1922) · Thayer (1889)
How it is translated
The words this translation uses for it, most frequent first.
- grief ×4
- mourning ×1
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Words that come from it
Words of the same family, by Strong’s numbering.
Where it appears
- James 4:9
Be wretched and mourn and weep. Let your laughter be turned into mourning and your joy into gloom.
- Revelation 18:7
As much as she glorified herself and lived in luxury, so much torment and grief give her. Because in her heart she says, ‘I sit as queen, and I am not a widow, and I will never see grief.’
- Revelation 18:8
Therefore in one day her plagues will come, death and grief and famine, and she will be burned up with fire; for mighty is the Lord God who judged her.
- 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.”
And 1 more times.