Grief
λύπηStrong’s G3077lupē
Appears in 14 verses of the New Testament
In short
Lupē is the Greek word usually translated “grief”, “sorrow” and “pain”. It appears in 14 verses of the New Testament.
“And when he rose up from prayer, and was come to his disciples, he found them sleeping for sorrow,”
Meaning
Usually translated “grief”, “sorrow” and “pain”. Open the dictionary entry below for the full range of meaning, with the verses it cites.
How it's translated
- grief 8
- sorrow 4
- pain 1
- regret 1
- of grief 1
- griefs 1
Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.
Where it's used most
- 2 Corinthians 5
- John 4
- Luke 1
- Romans 1
- Philippians 1
- Hebrews 1
7 books in all.
Explore in Scripture
- John 16:6But because I have said these things unto you, sorrow hath filled your heart.
- 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 16:21A woman when she is in travail hath sorrow, because her hour is come: but as soon as she is delivered of the child, she remembereth no more the anguish, for joy that a man is born into the world.
- John 16:22And ye now therefore have sorrow: but I will see you again, and your heart shall rejoice, and your joy no man taketh from you.
- Romans 9:2That I have great heaviness and continual sorrow in my heart.
- 2 Corinthians 2:1But I determined this with myself, that I would not come again to you in heaviness.
Greek dictionary
λύπη lupē · grief
λύπη, -ης, ἡ [in LXX for עֶצֶב and cogn. forms, etc. ;] pain of body or mind, grief, sorrow: Jhn.16:6, 2Co.2:7; opposite to χαρά, Jhn.16:20, Heb.12:11; ἀπὸ τῆς λ., Luk.22:45; ἐκ λ., 2Co.9:7; ἡ κατὰ θεὸν λ., opposite to ἡ τ. κόσ-μου λ., 2Co.7:10; λ. μοι ἐστιν, Rom.9:2; λ. ἔχω, Jhn.16:21-22; id. before ἀπό, 2Co.2:3; λ. ἐπὶ λ. ἔχω, Php.2:27; ἐν λ. ἐλθεῖν, 2Co.2:1 (to come sad and cause sadness); pl. (cf. Gen.3:16, Pro.15:13, al.), 1Pe.2:19.† (AS)
From STEPBible’s Greek lexicon (based on Abbott-Smith).
Webster's 1828 Dictionary
How the English word “grief” was understood when the King James Version was still the common Bible of English readers.
GRIEF,noun
[Latin gravis.]
- The pain of mind produced by loss, misfortune, injury or evils of any kind; sorrow; regret.
- The pain of mind occasioned by our own misconduct; sorrow or regret that we have done wrong; pain accompanying repentance.
- Cause of sorrow; that which afflicts.“Who were a grief of mind to Isaac and Rebekah” Genesis 26:35“A foolish son is a grief to his father” Proverbs 17:25
Noah Webster, An American Dictionary of the English Language (1828). Verse references are checked against the KJV. Read the full entry.
Verses are from the King James Version. Word meanings come from the original Greek, not from any one translation.