Strong G3076λυπέω
to grieve
- Transliteration
- lupeō
- Pronunciation
- loo-peh'-o
- Morphology
- Greek Verb
Definition
From G3077; to distress; reflexively or passively to be sad: - cause grief grieve be in heaviness (be) sorrow (-ful) be (make) sorry.
Detailed definition
λυπέω, -ῶ
(λύπη), [in LXX for חָרָה, etc.;]
to distress, grieve, cause pain or grief: with accusative of person(s), 2Co.2:2 2:5 7:8; pass., Mat.14:9 17:23 18:31 19:22 26:22, Mrk.10:22 14:19, Jhn.16:20 21:17, Rom.14:15, 2Co.2:4, 1Th.4:13, 1Pe.1:6; λ. καὶ ἀδημονεῖν, Mat.26:37; opposite to χαίρειν, 2Co.6:10; κατὰ θεόν, 2Co.7:9 7:11; τ. πνεῦμα τ. ἅγιον, Eph.4:30 (cf. συν-λνπέω),†
SYN.: see: θρηνέω (AS)
(λύπη), [in LXX for חָרָה, etc.;]
to distress, grieve, cause pain or grief: with accusative of person(s), 2Co.2:2 2:5 7:8; pass., Mat.14:9 17:23 18:31 19:22 26:22, Mrk.10:22 14:19, Jhn.16:20 21:17, Rom.14:15, 2Co.2:4, 1Th.4:13, 1Pe.1:6; λ. καὶ ἀδημονεῖν, Mat.26:37; opposite to χαίρειν, 2Co.6:10; κατὰ θεόν, 2Co.7:9 7:11; τ. πνεῦμα τ. ἅγιον, Eph.4:30 (cf. συν-λνπέω),†
SYN.: see: θρηνέω (AS)
In the Bible
Strong G3076 appears in 21 verses of the KJV.
Translated in the KJV by
- be7
- grieve6
- sorry4
- make3
- sorrowful3
- sorrow3
- grief1
- hath1
- heaviness1
- that1
First verses
- Matthew 14:9And the king was sorry: nevertheless for the oath’s sake, and them which sat with him at meat, he commanded it to be given her.
- Matthew 17:23And they shall kill him, and the third day he shall be raised again. And they were exceeding sorry.
- Matthew 18:31So when his fellowservants saw what was done, they were very sorry, and came and told unto their lord all that was done.
- Matthew 19:22But when the young man heard that saying, he went away sorrowful: for he had great possessions.
- Matthew 26:22And they were exceeding sorrowful, and began every one of them to say unto him, Lord, is it I?
- Matthew 26:37And he took with him Peter and the two sons of Zebedee, and began to be sorrowful and very heavy.
- Mark 10:22And he was sad at that saying, and went away grieved: for he had great possessions.
- Mark 14:19And they began to be sorrowful, and to say unto him one by one, Is it I? and another said, Is it I?
- John 16:20Verily, 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.
- John 21:17He saith unto him the third time, Simon, son of Jonas, lovest thou me? Peter was grieved because he said unto him the third time, Lovest thou me? And he said unto him, Lord, thou knowest all things; thou knowest that I love thee. Jesus saith unto him, Feed my sheep.
- Romans 14:15But if thy brother be grieved with thy meat, now walkest thou not charitably. Destroy not him with thy meat, for whom Christ died.
- 2 Corinthians 2:2For if I make you sorry, who is he then that maketh me glad, but the same which is made sorry by me?
- 2 Corinthians 2:4For out of much affliction and anguish of heart I wrote unto you with many tears; not that ye should be grieved, but that ye might know the love which I have more abundantly unto you.
- 2 Corinthians 2:5But if any have caused grief, he hath not grieved me, but in part: that I may not overcharge you all.
- 2 Corinthians 6:10As sorrowful, yet alway rejoicing; as poor, yet making many rich; as having nothing, and yet possessing all things.
- 2 Corinthians 7:8For though I made you sorry with a letter, I do not repent, though I did repent: for I perceive that the same epistle hath made you sorry, though it were but for a season.
- 2 Corinthians 7:9Now I rejoice, not that ye were made sorry, but that ye sorrowed to repentance: for ye were made sorry after a godly manner, that ye might receive damage by us in nothing.
- 2 Corinthians 7:11For behold this selfsame thing, that ye sorrowed after a godly sort, what carefulness it wrought in you, yea, what clearing of yourselves, yea, what indignation, yea, what fear, yea, what vehement desire, yea, what zeal, yea, what revenge! In all things ye have approved yourselves to be clear in this matter.
- Ephesians 4:30And grieve not the holy Spirit of God, whereby ye are sealed unto the day of redemption.
- 1 Thessalonians 4:13But I would not have you to be ignorant, brethren, concerning them which are asleep, that ye sorrow not, even as others which have no hope.
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Detailed Greek dictionary
λῡπ-έω,
(λύπη) grieve, vex, whether in body or mind, τινα [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th-7th c.BC: Hesiodus Epicus “Opera et Dies” 401, 7th-6th c.BC: Sappho Lyrica “Papyrus fragments” in E. Diehl, 2.4, etc.)]; opposed to εὐφραίνειν, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Alcestis” 239 (_anapaest meter_))]; [ὁ θώραξ] λυπεῖ distresses by its weight, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Memorabilia” 3.10.15)]: c.neuter adjective, λυπεῖν μηδὲν αὑτόν [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Cyclops” 338, compare 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 8.144, 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Institutio Cyri (Cyropaedia)” 3.3.50; ταὐτὰ ταῦτα λυποῦντες, ἅπερ ἐγὼ ὑμᾶς ἐλύπουν 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Apologia” 41e)]: with participle, ἐλύπει αὐτὸν ἡ χώρα πορθουμένη [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Anabasis” 7.7.12; οὐ σκοπεῖς ὅ τι μὴ λυπήσεις τοὺς ἄλλους ποιῶν 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 21.135: followed by _interrogative_, καί μ᾽ ἦμαρ.. λυπεῖ, τί πράσσει 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Oedipus Tyrannus” 74, compare “El.” 59)]; οὐδὲν ἐλύπησεν [αὐτό], ὥστε μή.. does no harm.., [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Cratylus” 393e)]; οὐδένα λυπήσας or -ασα, as formula in epitaphs, [Refs (“IG” 14.1857, 2.1868.)]
2 absolutely, cause pain or grief, ἄγαν γε λυπεῖς [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Ajax” 589, “Ant.” 573, compare “OT” 1231; τὸ λυποῦν 4th c.BC: Antiphanes Comicus 107, 4th-3rd c.BC: Menander Comicus 410.)]
3 in historical writers, of cavalry and light troops, harass, annoy an army by constant attacks, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 9.40, compare 61, 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 6.66, 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Historia Graeca (Hellenica)” 6.3.14, “An.” 2.3.23, etc.; λῃσταὶ.. τὴν Λακωνικὴν ἧσσον ἐλύπουν 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 4.53, compare 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Aves” 1427.)]
II passive with future middle [Refs 5th c.BC+ ((5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Medea” 474, etc.))], to be grieved, distressed, λυπεῖσθαι φρένα [Refs 6th c.BC+ (6th c.BC: Theognis Elegiacus 593 codices; τῷ μήτε χαίρειν μήτε λυπεῖσθαι βροτούς 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Fragmenta - American Journal of Philology” 266, compare 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Ajax” 555, etc.)]; μήτε λυπέο μήτε.. be not distressed, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 8.100; ὑπὸ θεραπαίνης ἐπίτηδες λ. 5th c.BC: Lysias Orator 1.11: with _accusative_ _cognate_, τὰς ἐσχάτας λ. λύπας 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Gorgias” 494a, compare “Phd.” 85a; also διπλῇ τινι λύπῃ λ. [prev. author] “Phlb.” 36a)]: also with accusative of things, grieve about a thing, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Ajax” 1086; πρὸς τὰς ξυμφοράς 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 2.64; διά τι 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Philebus” 52b; ἐπί τινι 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Memorabilia” 3.9.8)]: with participle, λυπῇ.. ἐστερημένη [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Medea” 286; ταῦτ᾽ ἐλυπεῖθ᾽ ὁρῶν 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 18.217)]: absolutely, feel pain, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Ion” 632, etc.; τὸ -ούμενον τῆς ψυχῆς 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Leges” 689b; τὸ -εῖσθαι [prev. author] “Prt.” 354d.)]
(λύπη) grieve, vex, whether in body or mind, τινα [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th-7th c.BC: Hesiodus Epicus “Opera et Dies” 401, 7th-6th c.BC: Sappho Lyrica “Papyrus fragments” in E. Diehl, 2.4, etc.)]; opposed to εὐφραίνειν, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Alcestis” 239 (_anapaest meter_))]; [ὁ θώραξ] λυπεῖ distresses by its weight, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Memorabilia” 3.10.15)]: c.neuter adjective, λυπεῖν μηδὲν αὑτόν [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Cyclops” 338, compare 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 8.144, 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Institutio Cyri (Cyropaedia)” 3.3.50; ταὐτὰ ταῦτα λυποῦντες, ἅπερ ἐγὼ ὑμᾶς ἐλύπουν 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Apologia” 41e)]: with participle, ἐλύπει αὐτὸν ἡ χώρα πορθουμένη [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Anabasis” 7.7.12; οὐ σκοπεῖς ὅ τι μὴ λυπήσεις τοὺς ἄλλους ποιῶν 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 21.135: followed by _interrogative_, καί μ᾽ ἦμαρ.. λυπεῖ, τί πράσσει 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Oedipus Tyrannus” 74, compare “El.” 59)]; οὐδὲν ἐλύπησεν [αὐτό], ὥστε μή.. does no harm.., [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Cratylus” 393e)]; οὐδένα λυπήσας or -ασα, as formula in epitaphs, [Refs (“IG” 14.1857, 2.1868.)]
2 absolutely, cause pain or grief, ἄγαν γε λυπεῖς [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Ajax” 589, “Ant.” 573, compare “OT” 1231; τὸ λυποῦν 4th c.BC: Antiphanes Comicus 107, 4th-3rd c.BC: Menander Comicus 410.)]
3 in historical writers, of cavalry and light troops, harass, annoy an army by constant attacks, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 9.40, compare 61, 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 6.66, 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Historia Graeca (Hellenica)” 6.3.14, “An.” 2.3.23, etc.; λῃσταὶ.. τὴν Λακωνικὴν ἧσσον ἐλύπουν 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 4.53, compare 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Aves” 1427.)]
II passive with future middle [Refs 5th c.BC+ ((5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Medea” 474, etc.))], to be grieved, distressed, λυπεῖσθαι φρένα [Refs 6th c.BC+ (6th c.BC: Theognis Elegiacus 593 codices; τῷ μήτε χαίρειν μήτε λυπεῖσθαι βροτούς 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Fragmenta - American Journal of Philology” 266, compare 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Ajax” 555, etc.)]; μήτε λυπέο μήτε.. be not distressed, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 8.100; ὑπὸ θεραπαίνης ἐπίτηδες λ. 5th c.BC: Lysias Orator 1.11: with _accusative_ _cognate_, τὰς ἐσχάτας λ. λύπας 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Gorgias” 494a, compare “Phd.” 85a; also διπλῇ τινι λύπῃ λ. [prev. author] “Phlb.” 36a)]: also with accusative of things, grieve about a thing, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Ajax” 1086; πρὸς τὰς ξυμφοράς 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 2.64; διά τι 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Philebus” 52b; ἐπί τινι 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Memorabilia” 3.9.8)]: with participle, λυπῇ.. ἐστερημένη [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Medea” 286; ταῦτ᾽ ἐλυπεῖθ᾽ ὁρῶν 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 18.217)]: absolutely, feel pain, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Ion” 632, etc.; τὸ -ούμενον τῆς ψυχῆς 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Leges” 689b; τὸ -εῖσθαι [prev. author] “Prt.” 354d.)]