Penthos πένθος
From God's Wiki, the Bible topic encyclopedia
| πένθος | |
|---|---|
| Transliteration | penthos |
| Strong's number | G3997 |
| Language | Greek |
| Part of speech | neuter noun |
| Gloss | grief |
| Occurrences | 5 in 4 verses |
| Most frequent in | Revelation (3) |
Penthos (Greek πένθος, Strong's G3997) is a Greek neuter noun meaning “grief”. It occurs 5 times in 4 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
| KJV | sorrow (3), mourning (2) |
|---|---|
| BSB | grief (3), mourning (2) |
Verses
Every verse with Penthos, with the English words that translate it highlighted (KJV or BSB; other translations show the KJV here).
James
- James 4:9Be afflicted, and mourn, and weep: let your laughter be turned to mourning, and your joy to heaviness.Grieve, mourn, and weep. Turn your laughter to mourning, and your joy to gloom.
Revelation
- Revelation 18:7How much she hath glorified herself, and lived deliciously, so much torment and sorrow give her: for she saith in her heart, I sit a queen, and am no widow, and shall see no sorrow.As much as she has glorified herself and lived in luxury, give her the same measure of torment and grief. In her heart she says, ‘I sit as queen; I am not a widow and will never see grief.’
- Revelation 18:8Therefore shall her plagues come in one day, death, and mourning, and famine; and she shall be utterly burned with fire: for strong is the Lord God who judgeth her.Therefore her plagues will come in one day— death and grief and famine— and she will be consumed by fire, for mighty is the Lord God who judges her.”
- Revelation 21:4And God shall wipe away all tears from their eyes; and there shall be no more death, neither sorrow, nor crying, neither shall there be any more pain: for the former things are passed away.‘He will wipe away every tear from their eyes,’ and there will be no more death or mourning or crying or pain, for the former things have passed away.”
Notes
- 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.
- English renderings from the public-domain KJV with Strong's numbers (eBible.org) and the Berean Standard Bible interlinear (public domain).