Lupē λύπη

Lupē (Greek λύπη, Strong's G3077) is a Greek feminine noun meaning “grief”. It occurs 16 times in 14 verses of the New Testament.

Definition

From the STEPBible Brief Lexicon of Greek (based on Abbott-Smith), STEPBible.org, CC BY 4.0.

Translated as

Topics

• Grief

Verses

Every verse with Lupē, with the English words that translate it highlighted (KJV or BSB; other translations show the KJV here).

Luke

• Luke 22:45
  And when he rose up from prayer, and was come to his disciples, he found them sleeping for sorrow,When Jesus rose from prayer and returned to the disciples, He found them asleep, exhausted from sorrow.

John

• John 16:6
  But because I have said these things unto you, sorrow hath filled your heart.Instead, your hearts are filled with sorrow because I have told you these things.
• John 16:20
  Verily, verily, I say unto you, That ye shall weep and lament, but the world shall rejoice: and ye shall be sorrowful, but your sorrow shall be turned into joy.Truly, truly, I tell you, you will weep and wail while the world rejoices. You will grieve, but your grief will turn to joy.
• John 16:21
  A woman when she is in travail hath sorrow, because her hour is come: but as soon as she is delivered of the child, she remembereth no more the anguish, for joy that a man is born into the world.A woman has pain in childbirth because her time has come; but when she brings forth her child, she forgets her anguish because of her joy that a child has been born into the world.
• John 16:22
  And ye now therefore have sorrow: but I will see you again, and your heart shall rejoice, and your joy no man taketh from you.So also you have sorrow now, but I will see you again and your hearts will rejoice, and no one will take away your joy.

Romans

• Romans 9:2
  That I have great heaviness and continual sorrow in my heart.I have deep sorrow and unceasing anguish in my heart.

2 Corinthians

• 2 Corinthians 2:1
  But I determined this with myself, that I would not come again to you in heaviness.So I made up my mind not to make another painful visit to you.
• 2 Corinthians 2:3
  And I wrote this same unto you, lest, when I came, I should have sorrow from them of whom I ought to rejoice; having confidence in you all, that my joy is the joy of you all.I wrote as I did so that on my arrival I would not be saddened by those who ought to make me rejoice. I had confidence in all of you, that you would share my joy.
• 2 Corinthians 2:7
  So that contrariwise ye ought rather to forgive him, and comfort him, lest perhaps such a one should be swallowed up with overmuch sorrow.So instead, you ought to forgive and comfort him, so that he will not be overwhelmed by excessive sorrow.
• 2 Corinthians 7:10
  For godly sorrow worketh repentance to salvation not to be repented of: but the sorrow of the world worketh death.Godly sorrow brings repentance that leads to salvation without regret, but worldly sorrow brings death.
• 2 Corinthians 9:7
  Every man according as he purposeth in his heart, so let him give; not grudgingly, or of necessity: for God loveth a cheerful giver.Each one should give what he has decided in his heart to give, not out of regret or compulsion. For God loves a cheerful giver.

Philippians

• Philippians 2:27
  For indeed he was sick nigh unto death: but God had mercy on him; and not on him only, but on me also, lest I should have sorrow upon sorrow.He was sick indeed, nearly unto death. But God had mercy on him, and not only on him but also on me, to spare me sorrow upon sorrow.

Hebrews

• Hebrews 12:11
  Now no chastening for the present seemeth to be joyous, but grievous: nevertheless afterward it yieldeth the peaceable fruit of righteousness unto them which are exercised thereby.No discipline seems enjoyable at the time, but painful. Later on, however, it yields a harvest of righteousness and peace to those who have been trained by it.

1 Peter

• 1 Peter 2:19
  For this is thankworthy, if a man for conscience toward God endure grief, suffering wrongfully.For if anyone endures the pain of unjust suffering because he is conscious of God, this is to be commended.

Notes

1. Definition and verse list from STEPBible's tagged Hebrew Old Testament (TAHOT) and Greek New Testament (TAGNT) and Brief Lexicons, STEPBible.org, CC BY 4.0.
2. English renderings from the public-domain KJV with Strong's numbers (eBible.org) and the Berean Standard Bible interlinear (public domain).