verb
odunomō
Strong’sG3600
I am in anguish, suffer pain
stem odun-4 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.
ὀδυνάω, -ῶ
(< ὀδύνη), [in LXX: Za 9:5 (חִיל), 12:10 (מרר hi.), La 1:13 (דָּוֶה), Wi 14:24, al.;]
G. Abbott-Smith, A Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament, 1922 — public domain. References open in the reader.
Strong’s G3600 — the 1890 definition, and where the word comes from
Saidod-oo-nah'-o
to grieve
Fromfrom G3601;
King Jamessorrow, torment.
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
aorist ὀδυνῆσαι Refs 2nd c.AD+:—passive, Refs 1st c.BC+ O.; 2nd pers. singular ὀδυνᾶσαι NT: future ὀδυνηθήσομαι Refs 4th c.BC+.: aorist ὠδυνήθην Refs 5th c.BC+:— cause one pain or suffering, τὸ γὰρ ὀρθοῦσθαι γνώμαν ὀδυνᾷ Refs 5th c.BC+:—passive, feel pain, suffer pain, Refs 5th c.BC+the pains I suffered, Refs 5th c.BC+; Ionic dialectpresent ὀδυνέομαι Refs 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| odunomōὀδυνῶμαι | happening now · Ipresent middle or passive indicative 1st person singular | am in agony | 1× |
| odunosōὀδυνᾶσαι | happening now · youpresent middle or passive indicative 2nd person singular | are in agony | 1× |
| odunorōntoisὀδυνώμενοι | happening now · subjectpresent middle or passive participle nominative plural masculine | grieving | 2× |
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 54, by mood, including the ones the New Testament never uses
Statements — indicative mood, 2 occurrences
| Who person | happening now present | was happening imperfect | has happened perfect | had happened pluperfect |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| I 1st person singular | odunomō1×ὀδυνῶμαι | odunome | odunomē | odunomelē |
| you 2nd person singular | odunosō1×ὀδυνᾶσαι | odunose | odunosē | odunoselē |
| he/she/it 3rd person singular | odunotō | odunote | odunotē | odunotelē |
| we 1st person plural | odunonō | odunone | odunonē | odunonelē |
| ye 2nd person plural | odunovō | odunove | odunovē | odunovelē |
| they 3rd person plural | odunolō | odunole | odunolē | odunolelē |
May, might — subjunctive mood, no occurrences
| Who person | happening now present | has happened perfect |
|---|---|---|
| I 1st person singular | odunomeiō | odunomeiē |
| you 2nd person singular | odunoseiō | odunoseiē |
| he/she/it 3rd person singular | odunoteiō | odunoteiē |
| we 1st person plural | odunoneiō | odunoneiē |
| ye 2nd person plural | odunoveiō | odunoveiē |
| they 3rd person plural | odunoleiō | odunoleiē |
Commands — imperative mood, no occurrences
| Who person | happening now present | has happened perfect |
|---|---|---|
| you 2nd person singular | odunosōr | odunosēr |
| he/she/it 3rd person singular | odunotōr | odunotēr |
| ye 2nd person plural | odunovōr | odunovēr |
| they 3rd person plural | odunolōr | odunolēr |
Wishes — optative mood, no occurrences
| Who person | happening now present |
|---|---|
| I 1st person singular | odunomoiō |
| you 2nd person singular | odunosoiō |
| he/she/it 3rd person singular | odunotoiō |
| we 1st person plural | odunonoiō |
| ye 2nd person plural | odunovoiō |
| they 3rd person plural | odunoloiō |
The “to …” form — infinitive, no occurrences
| Who is acting voice | happening now present | will happen future | happened aorist | has happened perfect |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| acts on itself, or is acted on middle or passive voice | odunorō | odunorē |
Used as an adjective — participle, 2 occurrences
| Who is acting voice | happening now present | will happen future | happened aorist | has happened perfect |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| acts on itself, or is acted on middle or passive voice | odunorōntos2× | odunorēntos |
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
odun 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.
4 occurrences, every one of them listed
odunomō“am in agony”happening now · Ipresent middle or passive indicative 1st person singular1×
Luke 16:24… kai katapsuchateia tan glōssan mu, hoti odunomō en ta floga houta.… and cool my tongue. For I am in agony in this fire.’
odunosō“are in agony”happening now · youpresent middle or passive indicative 2nd person singular1×
Luke 16:25… nun de hōde parakalotō sis de odunosō.… he is comforted here, while you are in agony.
odunorōntois“grieving”happening now · subjectpresent middle or passive participle nominative plural masculine2×
Luke 2:48… idou tos patros su kai mis odunorōntois zētane sin.… Your father and I have been anxiously searching for You.”
Acts 20:38“grieving”odunorōntois malista epi to logo ho legatelē …… by his statement that they …