Travail
πόνοςStrong’s G4192ponos
Appears in 4 verses of the New Testament
In short
Ponos is the Greek word usually translated “labour”, “distress” and “distresses”. It appears in 4 verses of the New Testament.
“For I bear him record, that he hath a great zeal for you, and them that are in Laodicea, and them in Hierapolis.”
Meaning
Usually translated “labour”, “distress” and “distresses”. Open the dictionary entry below for the full range of meaning, with the verses it cites.
How it's translated
- labour 1
- distress 1
- distresses 1
- pain 1
Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.
Where it's used most
- Revelation 3
- Colossians 1
2 books in all.
Related words
Explore in Scripture
- Revelation 16:10And the fifth angel poured out his vial upon the seat of the beast; and his kingdom was full of darkness; and they gnawed their tongues for pain,
- Revelation 16:11And blasphemed the God of heaven because of their pains and their sores, and repented not of their deeds.
- Revelation 21:4And God shall wipe away all tears from their eyes; and there shall be no more death, neither sorrow, nor crying, neither shall there be any more pain: for the former things are passed away.
Greek dictionary
πόνος ponos · travail
πόνος, -ου, ὁ [in LXX for עָמָל, etc. ;] 1. labour, toil: Col.4:13 2. The consequence of toil, distress, suffering, pain (Xen., al., LXX): Rev.16:10-11 21:4.† SYN.: see: κόπος (AS)
From STEPBible’s Greek lexicon (based on Abbott-Smith).
Webster's 1828 Dictionary
How the English word “travail” was understood when the King James Version was still the common Bible of English readers.
TRAV'AIL, verb intransitive
[Latin trans, over, beyond, and mael, work; Eng. moil.]
- To labor with pain; to toil.
- To suffer the pangs of childbirth; to be in labor. Genesis 35:16
All definitions and other forms of “travail”
TRAV'AIL, verb transitive
To harass; to tire; as troubles sufficient to travail the realm. [Not in use.]
TRAV'AIL, noun
Labor with pain; severe toil.
- Labor in childbirth; as a severe travail; an easy travail
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.