Strong G5005ταλαίπωρος

wretched

Transliteration
talaipōros
Pronunciation
tal-ah'ee-po-ros
Morphology
Greek Adjective

Definition

From the base of G5007 and a derivative of the base of G3984; enduring trial that is miserable: - wretched.

Detailed definition

ταλαίωρος, -ον
[in LXX: Psa.137:8 (שָׁדַד), Isa.33:1 (ποιεῖν τ., שָׁדַד), Tob.13:10, Wis.3:11, al.;]
distressed, miserable, wretched: Rom.7:24, Rev.3:17.†
(AS)

In the Bible

Strong G5005 appears in 2 verses of the KJV.

Translated in the KJV by

  • wretched2

First verses

  1. Romans 7:24
    O wretched man that I am! who shall deliver me from the body of this death?
  2. Revelation 3:17
    Because thou sayest, I am rich, and increased with goods, and have need of nothing; and knowest not that thou art wretched, and miserable, and poor, and blind, and naked:
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Detailed Greek dictionary
τᾰλαίπωρος, ον,
suffering, distressed, miserable, Θῆβαι [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “Fragmenta.” 197; βροτοί 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Prometheus Vinctus” 233; ὦ ταλαίπωρ᾽ [prev. work] 317, compare 595 (Lyric poetry), 623, 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Oedipus Coloneus” 14, etc.; ἀνδρῶν γένος [prev. author] “fragment” 945; τ. ἄρα τις σύ γε 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Euthydemus” 302b)]; τὸ τ. hardihood, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Nubes” 414)]; a hard life, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Hippocrates Medicus)]“Aër.” 19. adverb -ρως[Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Ecclesiazusae” 54, 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 3.4.)]
2 of things, τ. βίος [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Oedipus Coloneus” 91; πράγματα 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Aves” 135; πάθος 2nd c.AD: Alexander Rhetor 144; ταλαιπωρότερον οὐδέν ἐστι.. τῆς γαστρός 4th-3rd c.BC: Diphilus Comicus 60.3.)]