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Strong G4036περίλυπος

sorrowful

Transliteration
perilupos
Pronunciation
per-il'-oo-pos
Morphology
Greek Adjective

Definition

From G4012 and G3077; grieved all around that is intensely sad: - exceeding (very) sorry (-owful).

Detailed definition

περί-λυπος, -ον
[in LXX: Psa.42:5, 11, I Est.8:69, al.;]
very sad, deeply grieved: Mat.26:38, Mrk.6:26 14:34, Luk.18:23.†
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In the Bible

Strong G4036 appears in 5 verses of the KJV.

Translated in the KJV by

  • exceed3
  • sorrowful2

First verses

  1. Matthew 26:38
    Then saith he unto them, My soul is exceeding sorrowful, even unto death: tarry ye here, and watch with me.
  2. Mark 6:26
    And the king was exceeding sorry; yet for his oath’s sake, and for their sakes which sat with him, he would not reject her.
  3. Mark 14:34
    And saith unto them, My soul is exceeding sorrowful unto death: tarry ye here, and watch.
  4. Luke 18:23
    And when he heard this, he was very sorrowful: for he was very rich.
  5. Luke 18:24
    And when Jesus saw that he was very sorrowful, he said, How hardly shall they that have riches enter into the kingdom of God!
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Detailed Greek dictionary
περίλῡπ-ος, ον,
very sad, deeply grieved, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Hippocrates Medicus “περὶ διαίτης ὀξέων” 42)]; opposed to περιχαρής, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Isocrates Orator 1.42, 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Ethica Nicomachea” 1124a16)]; στυγνὸς καὶ π. [LXX+4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Demades Orator 17, cf. LXX.Gen.4.6, +others)]