Strong G2355θρῆνος
lamentation
- Transliteration
- thrēnos
- Pronunciation
- thray'-nos
- Morphology
- Greek Noun (Masculine)
Definition
From the base of G2360; wailing: - lamentation.
Detailed definition
θρῆνος, -ου, ὁ
[in LXX chiefly for קִינָה;]
a lamentation: Mat.2:18, Rec.†
(AS)
[in LXX chiefly for קִינָה;]
a lamentation: Mat.2:18, Rec.†
(AS)
In the Bible
Strong G2355 appears in 1 verse of the KJV.
Translated in the KJV by
- lamentation1
First verses
- Matthew 2:18In Rama was there a voice heard, lamentation, and weeping, and great mourning, Rachel weeping for her children, and would not be comforted, because they are not.
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Word family
Detailed Greek dictionary
θρῆνος, ὁ,
(θρέομαι) dirge, lament, [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 24.721, 7th-6th c.BC: Sappho Lyrica 136, 5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “I.” 8(7).64, 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 2.79, 85, etc.)]; θ. οὑμός for me, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Prometheus Vinctus” 390; εἰπεῖν.. θ. θέλω ἐμὸν τὸν αὐτῆς [prev. author] “Ag.” 1322.)]
2 complaint, sad strain, [Refs (hymnus ad Panem 18)]; Τοργόνων οὔλιον θ. [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “P.” 12.8; θρῆνοι καὶ ὀδυρμοί 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Respublica” 398d, etc.)]: plural, lamentations, θρήνων ᾠδάς [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Electra” 88 (Lyric poetry), etc.)]; title of poems by Pindar, [Refs 1st c.BC+ (5th c.AD: Stobaeus, Joannes 4.39.6, etc. (Distd. from ἐπικήδειον by 1st c.BC: Trypho Grammaticus cited in 1st-2nd c.AD: Ammonius Grammaticus “περὶ ὁμοίων καὶ διαφόρων λέξεων” p.54 V. (cf. Ptol.Asc. p.404H.), ἐπικήδειον τὸ ἐπὶ τῷ κήδει, θ. δὲ ἐν ᾡδήποτε χρόνῳ.))]
(θρέομαι) dirge, lament, [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 24.721, 7th-6th c.BC: Sappho Lyrica 136, 5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “I.” 8(7).64, 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 2.79, 85, etc.)]; θ. οὑμός for me, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Prometheus Vinctus” 390; εἰπεῖν.. θ. θέλω ἐμὸν τὸν αὐτῆς [prev. author] “Ag.” 1322.)]
2 complaint, sad strain, [Refs (hymnus ad Panem 18)]; Τοργόνων οὔλιον θ. [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “P.” 12.8; θρῆνοι καὶ ὀδυρμοί 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Respublica” 398d, etc.)]: plural, lamentations, θρήνων ᾠδάς [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Electra” 88 (Lyric poetry), etc.)]; title of poems by Pindar, [Refs 1st c.BC+ (5th c.AD: Stobaeus, Joannes 4.39.6, etc. (Distd. from ἐπικήδειον by 1st c.BC: Trypho Grammaticus cited in 1st-2nd c.AD: Ammonius Grammaticus “περὶ ὁμοίων καὶ διαφόρων λέξεων” p.54 V. (cf. Ptol.Asc. p.404H.), ἐπικήδειον τὸ ἐπὶ τῷ κήδει, θ. δὲ ἐν ᾡδήποτε χρόνῳ.))]