Strong G85ἀδημονέω

be distressed

Transliteration
adēmoneō
Pronunciation
ad-ay-mon-eh'-o
Morphology
Greek Verb

Definition

From a derivative of ἀδέω adeō (to be sated to loathing); to be in distress (of mind): - be full of heaviness be very heavy.

Detailed definition

ἀδημονέω, -ῶ (on the derivation, see MM, VGT, see word), [in Aq.: Job.18:20; Sm.: Psa.60 (61):3 115:2 (116:11), Ecc.7:17(16), Eze.3:15 *;]
to be troubled, distressed (MM, l.with): Mat.26:37, Mrk.14:33, Php.2:26.†
(AS)

In the Bible

Strong G85 appears in 3 verses of the KJV.

Translated in the KJV by

  • be1
  • heaviness1
  • heavy1

First verses

  1. Matthew 26:37
    And he took with him Peter and the two sons of Zebedee, and began to be sorrowful and very heavy.
  2. Mark 14:33
    And he taketh with him Peter and James and John, and began to be sore amazed, and to be very heavy;
  3. Philippians 2:26
    For he longed after you all, and was full of heaviness, because that ye had heard that he had been sick.
See every occurrence

Occurrences by book

Detailed Greek dictionary
ἀδημονέω,
to be sorely troubled or dismayed, be in anguish, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Hippocrates Medicus “περὶ παρθενίων” 1; ἀδημονῶν τε καὶ ἀπορῶν 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Theaetetus” 175d, compare 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 19.197; ἀδημονῆσαι τὰς ψυχάς 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Historia Graeca (Hellenica)” 4.4.3: with _dative_ _of things_, ἀδημονεῖ τᾗ ἀτοπίᾳ τοῦ πάθους 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Phaedrus” 251d)]; ὑπό τινος to be puzzled by.., [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th-3rd c.BC: Epicurus Philosophus “De rerum natura - Wien. Stud.” 11.8; ἐπί τινι 1st c.BC: Dionysius Halicarnassensis 3.70; χάριν τινός “POxy.” 298.45 (1st c.AD). (12th c.AD: Eustathius Episcopus Thessalonicensis, 833.15, derives it from ἀδήμων)], which is found only as variant in [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Hippocrates Medicus “ἐπιδημίαι” 1.18 (compare 2nd c.AD: Galenus Medicus 17 (1).177), and is itself of doubtful derivation.) [ᾰδ- 2nd c.BC: Nicander Epicus “fragment” 16.])]