Strong G5604ὠδίν
labor
- Transliteration
- ōdin
- Pronunciation
- o-deen'
- Morphology
- Greek Noun (Feminine)
Definition
Akin to G3601; a pang or throe especially of childbirth: - pain sorrow travail.
Detailed definition
ὠδίν
(late form of ὠδίς), -ῖνος, ἡ [in LXX for חֵבֶל חֶבֶל (and wrongly for חֶבֶל חֶבֶל, cf. Ac, l.with), חִיל, etc.;]
a birth pang, travail pain: 1Th.5:3; metaphorically, of extreme suffering, Mat.24:8, Mrk.13:8; ὠδῖνες θανάτου (Psa.18:4 מָוֶת חֶבֶל), Act.2:24.†
(AS)
(late form of ὠδίς), -ῖνος, ἡ [in LXX for חֵבֶל חֶבֶל (and wrongly for חֶבֶל חֶבֶל, cf. Ac, l.with), חִיל, etc.;]
a birth pang, travail pain: 1Th.5:3; metaphorically, of extreme suffering, Mat.24:8, Mrk.13:8; ὠδῖνες θανάτου (Psa.18:4 מָוֶת חֶבֶל), Act.2:24.†
(AS)
In the Bible
Strong G5604 appears in 4 verses of the KJV.
Translated in the KJV by
- sorrow2
- pain1
- travail1
First verses
- Matthew 24:8All these are the beginning of sorrows.
- Mark 13:8For nation shall rise against nation, and kingdom against kingdom: and there shall be earthquakes in divers places, and there shall be famines and troubles: these are the beginnings of sorrows.
- Acts 2:24Whom God hath raised up, having loosed the pains of death: because it was not possible that he should be holden of it.
- 1 Thessalonians 5:3For when they shall say, Peace and safety; then sudden destruction cometh upon them, as travail upon a woman with child; and they shall not escape.
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Detailed Greek dictionary
Included with: ὠδίς
([Refs (4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Choephori” 211, 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Epistulae” 313a))], ῖνος, ἡ: Epic dialect dative plural ὠδίνεσσι [Refs 3rd c.BC+ (“hymnus ad Apollinem” 92, 3rd c.BC: Theocritus Poeta Bucolicus 17.61, etc.)]: later nominative ὠδίν [LXX+NT (LXX.Isa.37.3, NT.1Thes.5.3)]:— mostly in plural, pangs or throes of childbirth, πικρὰς ὠδῖνας ἔχουσαι [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 11.271)]; τέκε.. ἐν μόναις ὠδῖσιν.. διδύμων σθένος υἱῶν at a single birth, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “P.” 9.85; πόνους ἐνεγκοῦσ᾽ ἐν ὠδῖσι 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Supplices” 920 (Lyric poetry); ἐν ὠδίνων λοχίαις ἀνάγκαισι [prev. author] “Ba.” 89 (Lyric poetry), compare “Ion” 452 (Lyric poetry); αἱ δἰ ὠδίνων γοναί [prev. author] “Ph.” 355)]: also in singular, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “O.” 6.43, “N.” 1.36, 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Oedipus Coloneus” 533 (Lyric poetry); γυνὴ φεύγει πικρὰν ὠδῖνα παίδων [prev. author] “fragment” 932.)]
2 in singular also, that which is born amid throes, child, παῖδα, φιλτάτην ἐμοὶ ὠδῖνα [Refs 5th c.BC+ (4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Ag.” 1418, compare 5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “O.” 6.31, 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Ion” 45)]; θαλλὸν ἱερὸν ἐλαίας, Λατοῦς ὠδῖνα (perhaps ὠδῖνι) φίλαν [Refs ([prev. author] “IT” 1102 (Lyric poetry))]; ἄπτερον ὠδῖνα τέκνων, of young birds, [Refs ([prev. author] “HF” 1040)]: plural, children, [Refs 2nd c.AD+ (Anthologia Graeca 7.549 (Leon. 2nd c.AD: Alexander Rhetor))]; ὀρταλίχων ἁπαλὴ ὠδίς, of eggs, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (2nd c.BC: Nicander Epicus “Alexipharmaca” 165; τοῦ ᾠοῦ ἐν ὠδῖνι ὄντος 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Historia Animalium” 560b22)]; ὠ. Θαλάσσας, of Aphrodite, [Refs (“Anthologia Graeca” 9.386)]; ὠδὶς μελίσσης, of honey, [Refs 4th c.AD+ (4th-5th c.AD(?): Nonnus Epicus “Dionysiaca” 5.228, +others)]
II metaphorically, travail, anguish, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Choephori” 211, “Supp.” 770 (both _sing._))]: also in plural, of love, ἐμοὶ πικρὰς ὠδῖνας αὑτοῦ προσβαλὼν ἀποίχεται [NT+5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Trachiniae” 42, compare 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Respublica” 574a, “Phdr.” 251e: frequently in LXX, LXX.Exo.15.14, +others, NT.Matt.24.8.)]
II.2 fruit of the mind's travail, τῆς ἐμῆς ὠ. [Refs 2nd c.AD+ (2nd c.AD: Lucianus Sophista “Dem.Enc.” 25; λόγων ὠδῖνες 4th c.AD: Himerius Sophista “Orationes” 18.3; ἐπέων 3rd-4th c.AD: Tryphiodorus Epicus 117.)]
II.3 ὠδῖνες θανάτου, ᾅδου, the bonds of death, [LXX (LXX.2Ki.22.6, LXX.Psa.17(18).5, 6)] (due to confusion of Heb. [hudot]ēbel 'pang' with [hudot]èbel 'cord'),compare [NT (NT.Act.2.24.)]
([Refs (4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Choephori” 211, 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Epistulae” 313a))], ῖνος, ἡ: Epic dialect dative plural ὠδίνεσσι [Refs 3rd c.BC+ (“hymnus ad Apollinem” 92, 3rd c.BC: Theocritus Poeta Bucolicus 17.61, etc.)]: later nominative ὠδίν [LXX+NT (LXX.Isa.37.3, NT.1Thes.5.3)]:— mostly in plural, pangs or throes of childbirth, πικρὰς ὠδῖνας ἔχουσαι [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 11.271)]; τέκε.. ἐν μόναις ὠδῖσιν.. διδύμων σθένος υἱῶν at a single birth, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “P.” 9.85; πόνους ἐνεγκοῦσ᾽ ἐν ὠδῖσι 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Supplices” 920 (Lyric poetry); ἐν ὠδίνων λοχίαις ἀνάγκαισι [prev. author] “Ba.” 89 (Lyric poetry), compare “Ion” 452 (Lyric poetry); αἱ δἰ ὠδίνων γοναί [prev. author] “Ph.” 355)]: also in singular, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “O.” 6.43, “N.” 1.36, 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Oedipus Coloneus” 533 (Lyric poetry); γυνὴ φεύγει πικρὰν ὠδῖνα παίδων [prev. author] “fragment” 932.)]
2 in singular also, that which is born amid throes, child, παῖδα, φιλτάτην ἐμοὶ ὠδῖνα [Refs 5th c.BC+ (4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Ag.” 1418, compare 5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “O.” 6.31, 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Ion” 45)]; θαλλὸν ἱερὸν ἐλαίας, Λατοῦς ὠδῖνα (perhaps ὠδῖνι) φίλαν [Refs ([prev. author] “IT” 1102 (Lyric poetry))]; ἄπτερον ὠδῖνα τέκνων, of young birds, [Refs ([prev. author] “HF” 1040)]: plural, children, [Refs 2nd c.AD+ (Anthologia Graeca 7.549 (Leon. 2nd c.AD: Alexander Rhetor))]; ὀρταλίχων ἁπαλὴ ὠδίς, of eggs, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (2nd c.BC: Nicander Epicus “Alexipharmaca” 165; τοῦ ᾠοῦ ἐν ὠδῖνι ὄντος 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Historia Animalium” 560b22)]; ὠ. Θαλάσσας, of Aphrodite, [Refs (“Anthologia Graeca” 9.386)]; ὠδὶς μελίσσης, of honey, [Refs 4th c.AD+ (4th-5th c.AD(?): Nonnus Epicus “Dionysiaca” 5.228, +others)]
II metaphorically, travail, anguish, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Choephori” 211, “Supp.” 770 (both _sing._))]: also in plural, of love, ἐμοὶ πικρὰς ὠδῖνας αὑτοῦ προσβαλὼν ἀποίχεται [NT+5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Trachiniae” 42, compare 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Respublica” 574a, “Phdr.” 251e: frequently in LXX, LXX.Exo.15.14, +others, NT.Matt.24.8.)]
II.2 fruit of the mind's travail, τῆς ἐμῆς ὠ. [Refs 2nd c.AD+ (2nd c.AD: Lucianus Sophista “Dem.Enc.” 25; λόγων ὠδῖνες 4th c.AD: Himerius Sophista “Orationes” 18.3; ἐπέων 3rd-4th c.AD: Tryphiodorus Epicus 117.)]
II.3 ὠδῖνες θανάτου, ᾅδου, the bonds of death, [LXX (LXX.2Ki.22.6, LXX.Psa.17(18).5, 6)] (due to confusion of Heb. [hudot]ēbel 'pang' with [hudot]èbel 'cord'),compare [NT (NT.Act.2.24.)]