Be anguished
ὀδυνάωStrong’s G3600odunaō
Appears in 4 verses of the New Testament
In short
Odunaō is the Greek word usually translated “distressing”, “am suffering” and “are suffering”. It appears in 4 verses of the New Testament.
“And when they saw him, they were amazed: and his mother said unto him, Son, why hast thou thus dealt with us? behold, thy father and I have sought thee sorrowing.”
Meaning
Usually translated “distressing”, “am suffering” and “are suffering”. Open the dictionary entry below for the full range of meaning, with the verses it cites.
How it's translated
- distressing 1
- i am suffering 1
- are suffering 1
- sorrowing 1
Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.
Where it's used most
- Luke 3
- Acts 1
2 books in all.
Explore in Scripture
- Luke 16:24And he cried and said, Father Abraham, have mercy on me, and send Lazarus, that he may dip the tip of his finger in water, and cool my tongue; for I am tormented in this flame.
- Luke 16:25But Abraham said, Son, remember that thou in thy lifetime receivedst thy good things, and likewise Lazarus evil things: but now he is comforted, and thou art tormented.
- Acts 20:38Sorrowing most of all for the words which he spake, that they should see his face no more. And they accompanied him unto the ship.
Greek dictionary
ὀδυνάω odunaō · be anguished
ὀδυνάω, -ῶ (ὀδύνη), [in LXX: Zec.9:5 (חוּל), Zec.12:10 (מָרַר hi.), La 1:13 (דָּוֶה), Wis.14:24, al. ;] to cause pain or suffering; pass. and mid., to suffer pain, be tormented or greatly distressed: Luk.2:48 16:24-25 (ὀδυνᾶσαι, see M, Pr., 53 f.); before ἐπί, Act.20:38.† (AS)
From STEPBible’s Greek lexicon (based on Abbott-Smith).
Webster's 1828 Dictionary
How the English word “distress” was understood when the King James Version was still the common Bible of English readers.
DISTRESS, noun
[See Stress.]
- The act of distraining; the taking of any personal chattel from a wrong-doer, to answer a demand, or procure satisfaction for a wrong committed.
- The thing taken by distraining; that which is seized to procure satisfaction.
- Extreme pain; anguish of body or mind; as, to suffer great distress from the gout, or from the loss of near friends.
- Affliction; calamity; misery.“On earth distress of nations” Luke 21:25
All definitions and other forms of “distress”
- A state of danger; as a ship in distress from leaking, loss of spars, or want of provisions or water, etc.
DISTRESS, verb transitive
- To pain; to afflict with pain or anguish; applied to the body or the mind. [Literally, to press or strain.]
- To afflict greatly; to harass; to oppress with calamity; to make miserable.“DISTRESS not the Moabites” Deuteronomy 2:9“We are troubled on every side, but not distressed” 2 Corinthians 4:8
- To compel by pain or suffering.
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.