Passion
πάθοςStrong’s G3806pathos
Appears in 3 verses of the New Testament
In short
Pathos is the Greek word usually translated “passion” and “passions”. It appears in 3 verses of the New Testament.
“For this cause God gave them up unto vile affections: for even their women did change the natural use into that which is against nature:”
Meaning
Usually translated “passion” and “passions”. Open the dictionary entry below for the full range of meaning, with the verses it cites.
How it's translated
- passion 2
- passions 1
Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.
Where it's used most
- Romans 1
- Colossians 1
- 1 Thessalonians 1
3 books in all.
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Greek dictionary
πάθος pathos · passion
πάθος, -ους, τό (πάιτχω), [in LXX: Job.30:31 (אֵבֶל), Pro.25:20, and very frequently in (4Ma.1:1 n, al.)* ;] like πάθημα; 1. that which befalls one, that which one suffers 2. a passive emotion or affection (esp. of violent emotion), a passion, passionate desire; in NT always in bad sense: Col.3:5; π. ἀτιμίας, Rom.1:26; π. ἐπιθυμίας, 1Th.4:5.† …
From STEPBible’s Greek lexicon (based on Abbott-Smith).
Webster's 1828 Dictionary
How the English word “passion” was understood when the King James Version was still the common Bible of English readers.
PAS'SION, noun
[Latin passio, from patior, to suffer.]
- The impression or effect of an external agent upon a body; that which is suffered or received.
- Susceptibility of impressions from external agents.
- Suffering; emphatically, the last suffering of the Savior.“To whom also he showed himself alive after his passion by many infallible proofs” Acts 1:3
- The feeling of the mind, or the sensible effect of impression; excitement, perturbation or agitation of mind; as desire, fear, hope, joy, grief, love, hatred.
All definitions and other forms of “passion”
- Violent agitation or excitement of mind, particularly such as is occasioned by an offense, injury or insult; hence, violent anger.
- Zeal; ardor; vehement desire.
- Love.
- Eager desire; as a violent passion for fine clothes.
PAS'SION, verb intransitive
To be extremely agitated. [Not used.]
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.