verb
ōdinamō
Strong’sG5605
I am in travail, suffer birth-pangs
stem ōdin-3 times in the New Testamentin 2 of 27 books3 forms occur
What it means
What the word means, in the words of the lexicons out of copyright — Abbott-Smith, Strong's, and Liddell-Scott-Jones, wherever each has an entry for it.
ὠδίνω
[in LXX chiefly for חוּל, also for חבל pi., etc.;]
G. Abbott-Smith, A Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament, 1922 — public domain. References open in the reader.
Strong’s G5605 — the 1890 definition, and where the word comes from
Saido-dee'-no
to experience the pains of parturition (literally or figuratively)
Fromfrom G5604;
King Jamestravail in (birth).
James Strong, Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible, 1890 — public domain. The numbers in it link to the entries here.
Liddell-Scott-Jones — the classical dictionary this word appears in
used by early writers only in present: future ὠδῑνήσω LXX: aorist ὤδῑνα LXX+3rd c.AD+aorist middle and passive, ὠδινησάμην, -ήθην, LXX+2nd c.AD+:—to have the pains of childbirth, be in travail, ὡς δ᾽ ὅταν ὠδίνουσαν ἔχῃ βέλος ὀξὺ γυναῖκα Refs 8th c.BC+
2 with accusative, to be in travail of a child, bring forth, LXX+5th c.BC+
II metaphorically of any great pain, to be in travail or anguish, of the Cyclops, στενάχων τε καὶ ὠδίνων ὀδύνῃσι Refs 8th c.BC+; labour painfully, ὠδίνουσι μέλισσαι Refs 1st c.BC+; of the mind, to be in the throes or agonies of thought, Refs 5th c.BC+; κυοῦμέν τε καὶ ὠ. περὶ ἐπιστήμης Refs 5th c.BC+; ὥστε μ᾽ ὠδίνειν τί φῄς what you mean, Refs 5th c.BC+; ὠδίνειν εἴς τι to long painfully for a thing, Refs 3rd c.AD+: with infinitive, Refs 3rd c.AD+
II.b worry, fuss, ὠδίνοντα μήποτε λήγειν περὶ τοῦ σώματος Refs 5th c.BC+
II.2 with accusative, to be in travail with, συμφορᾶς βάρος Refs 5th c.BC+
II.3 Causal, cause to quiver, as in travail, φωνὴ βροντῆς ὠδίνησε γῆν LXX+2nd c.AD+
H. G. Liddell, R. Scott, H. S. Jones, A Greek-English Lexicon (9th ed., 1925–1940) — digitised by the Perseus Digital Library and corrected and expanded by Tyndale House, Cambridge, via STEPBible-Data's TFLSJ table, CC BY 4.0. Covers all of Greek literature, not just the Bible.
Translated as
Every occurrence, sorted by the English it was actually given — the evidence for what the word means, not a gloss of it.
Berean Standard Bible (BSB), dedicated to the public domain — berean.bible.
Biblang forms
What the New Testament actually uses, first — the whole system this verb is built from is one click further down.
| Form and the Greek behind it | What it is | Usually | Times |
|---|---|---|---|
| ōdinamōὠδίνω | happening now · Ipresent active indicative 1st person singular | am … inthe pain of childbirth | 1× |
| ōdinarōntasὠδίνουσα | happening now · subjectpresent active participle nominative singular feminine | in labor | 1× |
| ōdinarōntarὠδίνουσα | happening now · direct addresspresent active participle vocative singular feminine | in labor | 1× |
Every form the New Testament uses, in paradigm order. What the system can build beyond them — the whole of this verb, whether the text happens to use it or not — is in the tables below.
Every form the system can build — all 86, by mood, including the ones the New Testament never uses
Statements — indicative mood, 1 occurrence
| Who person | happening now present | was happening imperfect | will happen future | happened aorist | has happened perfect | had happened pluperfect |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| I 1st person singular | ōdinamō1×ὠδίνω | ōdiname | ōdinami | ōdinama | ōdinamē | ōdinamelē |
| you 2nd person singular | ōdinasō | ōdinase | ōdinasi | ōdinasa | ōdinasē | ōdinaselē |
| he/she/it 3rd person singular | ōdinatō | ōdinate | ōdinati | ōdinata | ōdinatē | ōdinatelē |
| we 1st person plural | ōdinanō | ōdinane | ōdinani | ōdinana | ōdinanē | ōdinanelē |
| ye 2nd person plural | ōdinavō | ōdinave | ōdinavi | ōdinava | ōdinavē | ōdinavelē |
| they 3rd person plural | ōdinalō | ōdinale | ōdinali | ōdinala | ōdinalē | ōdinalelē |
May, might — subjunctive mood, no occurrences
| Who person | happening now present | happened aorist | has happened perfect |
|---|---|---|---|
| I 1st person singular | ōdinameiō | ōdinameia | ōdinameiē |
| you 2nd person singular | ōdinaseiō | ōdinaseia | ōdinaseiē |
| he/she/it 3rd person singular | ōdinateiō | ōdinateia | ōdinateiē |
| we 1st person plural | ōdinaneiō | ōdinaneia | ōdinaneiē |
| ye 2nd person plural | ōdinaveiō | ōdinaveia | ōdinaveiē |
| they 3rd person plural | ōdinaleiō | ōdinaleia | ōdinaleiē |
Commands — imperative mood, no occurrences
| Who person | happening now present | happened aorist | has happened perfect |
|---|---|---|---|
| you 2nd person singular | ōdinasōr | ōdinasar | ōdinasēr |
| he/she/it 3rd person singular | ōdinatōr | ōdinatar | ōdinatēr |
| ye 2nd person plural | ōdinavōr | ōdinavar | ōdinavēr |
| they 3rd person plural | ōdinalōr | ōdinalar | ōdinalēr |
Wishes — optative mood, no occurrences
| Who person | happening now present | happened aorist |
|---|---|---|
| I 1st person singular | ōdinamoiō | ōdinamoia |
| you 2nd person singular | ōdinasoiō | ōdinasoia |
| he/she/it 3rd person singular | ōdinatoiō | ōdinatoia |
| we 1st person plural | ōdinanoiō | ōdinanoia |
| ye 2nd person plural | ōdinavoiō | ōdinavoia |
| they 3rd person plural | ōdinaloiō | ōdinaloia |
The “to …” form — infinitive, no occurrences
| Who is acting voice | happening now present | will happen future | happened aorist | has happened perfect |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| the subject acts active voice | ōdinarō | ōdinari | ōdinara | ōdinarē |
Used as an adjective — participle, 2 occurrences
| Who is acting voice | happening now present | will happen future | happened aorist | has happened perfect |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| the subject acts active voice | ōdinarōntos2× | ōdinarintos | ōdinarantos | ōdinarēntos |
Each is given in the form it takes as a subject. From there a participle carries the ordinary noun endings, in every case, number and gender — so these four columns are the whole of what the verb contributes.
How every form is built — the slots that make them
ōdin 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
Other words sharing the exact same stem — not merely related in meaning.
Where it appears
Every verse the word appears in, filed under the form it takes there.
3 occurrences, every one of them listed
ōdinamō“am … inthe pain of childbirth”happening now · Ipresent active indicative 1st person singular1×
Galatians 4:19tekneim mu, hoin palin ōdinamō mechris hou morfiteia Christos en vi;My children, for whom I am again in the pains of childbirth …
ōdinarōntas“in labor”happening now · subjectpresent active participle nominative singular feminine1×
Revelation 12:2“in labor”kai en gastra echarōntas; kai krazatō ōdinarōntas kai basanizorōntas tiktara.… was pregnant and crying out in the pain and agony of giving …
ōdinarōntar“in labor”happening now · direct addresspresent active participle vocative singular feminine1×
Galatians 4:27“in labor”… tiktarōntar, rēgasar kai boasar, tas ouk ōdinarōntar; hoti polleim teim tekneim tau erēmau …… no children; break forth and cry aloud, you who have never travailed; because more are the children of the desolate woman than …