Anguish
συνοχήStrong’s G4928sunochē
Appears in 2 verses of the New Testament
In short
Sunochē is the Greek word usually translated “distress” and “anguish”. It appears in 2 verses of the New Testament.
“And there shall be signs in the sun, and in the moon, and in the stars; and upon the earth distress of nations, with perplexity; the sea and the waves roaring;”
Meaning
Usually translated “distress” and “anguish”. Open the dictionary entry below for the full range of meaning, with the verses it cites.
How it's translated
- distress 1
- anguish 1
Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.
Where it's used most
- Luke 1
- 2 Corinthians 1
2 books in all.
Greek dictionary
συνοχή sunochē · anguish
συν-οχή, -ῆς, ή (συνέχω), [in LXX: Jdg.2:3 (?), Job.30:3 (שׁוֹא), Job.38:28 A; Mic.5:1 (4:14), Jer.52:5 (מָצוֹר) * ;] 1. a holding or being held together. 2. a narrow place (Hom., al.). Metaphorical, straits, distress: Luk.21:25; καρδίας, 2Co.2:4.† (AS)
From STEPBible’s Greek lexicon (based on Abbott-Smith).
Webster's 1828 Dictionary
How the English word “anguish” was understood when the King James Version was still the common Bible of English readers.
AN'GUISH, noun
[Latin angustia, narrowness, from pressure. See Anger.]
- “And they hearkened not to Moses, for anguish of spirit, and for cruel bondage” Exodus 6:9
All definitions and other forms of “anguish”
AN'GUISH, verb transitive
To distress with extreme pain or grief.
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.