noun · feminine

ōdinas

Greekὠδίν (ōdin)

Strong’sG5604

the pain of childbirth, severe agony

stem ōdin-4 times in the New Testamentin 4 of 27 books3 of 10 forms occur

Translated as

birth pains1×birth pangs1×labor pains1×pains1×

What it means

ὠδίν

(late form of ὠδίς), -ῖνος, ἡ [in LXX forחֶבֶל (and wrongly forחֶבֶל, cf. Ac, l.c.), חִיל, etc.;]

a birth pang, travail pain: I Th 5:3; metaph., of extreme suffering, Mt 24:8, Mk 13:8; ὠδῖνες θανάτου (Ps 17 (18):4 הֶבְלֵימָוֶת), Ac 2:24.†

G. Abbott-Smith, A Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament, 1922 — public domain. References open in the reader.

Strong’s G5604 — the 1890 definition, and where the word comes from

Saido-deen'

a pang or throe, especially of childbirth

Fromakin to G3601;

King Jamespain, sorrow, travail.

James Strong, Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible, 1890 — public domain. The numbers in it link to the entries here.

Every form

Job in the sentence case	one singular	more than one plural
subject nominative	ōdinas1×ὠδὶν	ōdinais
object accusative	ōdinan	ōdinain1×ὠδῖνας
direct address vocative	ōdinar	ōdinair
of, belonging to genitive	ōdinau	ōdinaiu2×ὠδίνων
to, for dative	ōdina	ōdinai

Tinted cells are forms the New Testament never uses, so there is no Greek to show against them — but they are still correct Biblang, built from the slots below like any other.

Why these forms, and no others — the slots that make them

ōdinstem+agender+snru—its job in the sentence case+—ione · more than one number

ōdina is this word in every one of its forms. The slots after it make all the rest.

same in every form varies — every value shown

Words built on the same stem

ōdinamō — ὠδίνω, I am in travail, suffer birth-pangs

Where it appears

4 occurrences, every one of them listed

ōdinas“labor pains”subjectnominative singular1×

1 Thessalonians 5:3“labor pains”hotan legaleiō; Eirēnas kai asfaleias, tote aifnidios autoi efistanetō olethros hōsper tas ōdinas ta en gastēra echarōta, kai ouk mē ekfeugaleia.While people are saying, “Peace and security,” destruction will come upon them suddenly, like labor pains on a pregnant woman, and they will not escape.

ōdinain“pains”objectaccusative plural1×

Acts 2:24“pains”hon tos theos anistanata luaratos tain ōdinain tou thanatou, kathoti ouk ate dunatem kratirō auton hupo autou;But God raised Him from the dead, releasing Him from the agony of death, because it was impossible for death to keep Him in its grip.

ōdinaiu“birth pangs”of, belonging togenitive plural2×

Matthew 24:8“birth pangs”panteim de houteim archas ōdinaiu.All these are the beginning of birth pains.

Mark 13:8“birth pains”egeiriti gar ethnem epi ethnem kai basileias epi basileian, eli seismois kata topoin, eli limois; archas ōdinaiu houteim.Nation will rise against nation, and kingdom against kingdom. There will be earthquakes in various places, as well as famines. These are the beginning of birth pains.