Sorrowful
περίλυποςStrong’s G4036perilupos
Appears in 5 verses of the New Testament
In short
Perilupos is the Greek word usually translated “very sorrowful”, “encompassingly sorrowful” and “sorrowful”. It appears in 5 verses of the New Testament.
“Then saith he unto them, My soul is exceeding sorrowful, even unto death: tarry ye here, and watch with me.”
Meaning
Usually translated “very sorrowful”, “encompassingly sorrowful” and “sorrowful”. Open the dictionary entry below for the full range of meaning, with the verses it cites.
How it's translated
- very sorrowful 3
- encompassingly sorrowful 1
- sorrowful 1
Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.
Where it's used most
- Mark 2
- Luke 2
- Matthew 1
3 books in all.
Explore in Scripture
- Mark 6:26And the king was exceeding sorry; yet for his oath’s sake, and for their sakes which sat with him, he would not reject her.
- Mark 14:34And saith unto them, My soul is exceeding sorrowful unto death: tarry ye here, and watch.
- Luke 18:23And when he heard this, he was very sorrowful: for he was very rich.
- Luke 18:24And when Jesus saw that he was very sorrowful, he said, How hardly shall they that have riches enter into the kingdom of God!
Greek dictionary
περίλυπος perilupos · sorrowful
περί-λυπος, -ον [in LXX: Psa.42:5, 11, I Est.8:69, al. ;] very sad, deeply grieved: Mat.26:38, Mrk.6:26 14:34, Luk.18:23.† (AS)
From STEPBible’s Greek lexicon (based on Abbott-Smith).
Webster's 1828 Dictionary
How the English word “sorrowful” was understood when the King James Version was still the common Bible of English readers.
SOR'ROWFUL, adjective
- Sad; grieving for the loss of some good, or on account of some expected evil.
- Deeply serious; depressed; dejected.
- Producing sorrow; exciting grief; mournful; as a sorrowful accident.
- Expressing grief; accompanied with grief; as sorrowful meat. Job 6:7
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.