noun · neuter
pathēmem
Greekπάθημα (pathēma)
Strong’sG3804
suffering, passion
stem pathēm-16 times in the New Testamentin 8 of 27 books3 of 6 forms occur
Translated as
What it means
* πάθημα, -τος, τό
(< πάσχω), like πάθος,
SYN.: v.s. πάθος.
G. Abbott-Smith, A Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament, 1922 — public domain. References open in the reader.
Strong’s G3804 — the 1890 definition, and where the word comes from
Saidpath'-ay-mah
something undergone, i.e. hardship or pain; subjectively, an emotion or influence
Fromfrom a presumed derivative of G3806;
King Jamesaffection, affliction, motion, suffering.
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 or object direct | pathēmem | pathēmeim3×παθήματα |
| of, belonging to genitive | pathēmeu | pathēmeiu7×παθημάτων |
| to, for dative | pathēme | pathēmei4×παθήμασιν |
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
pathēme 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
Where it appears
16 occurrences, every one of them listed
pathēmeim“sufferings”subject or objectdirect plural3×
Romans 7:5“passions”hote gar ane en ta sarxa, teim pathēmeim taiu hamartaiu teim dia tou nomou energete en tei melei nu eis tem karpoforara to thanato;For when we lived according to the flesh, the sinful passions aroused by the law were at work in our bodies, bearing fruit for death.
Romans 8:18“sufferings”Logizemō gar hoti ouk axieim teim pathēmeim tou nun kairou pros tan mellarōtan doxan apokaluptira eis nin.I consider that our present sufferings are not comparable to the glory that will be revealed in us.
2 Corinthians 1:5“sufferings”hoti kathōs perisseuatō teim pathēmeim tou Christou eis nin, houtōs dia tou Christou perisseuatō kai tas paraklēsias nu.For just as the sufferings of Christ overflow to us, so also through Christ our comfort overflows.
pathēmeiu“sufferings”of, belonging togenitive plural7×
2 Corinthians 1:6“sufferings”eite de thlibinō, huper tau vu paraklēsiau kai sōtērēau; eite parakalinō, huper tau vu paraklēsiau tau energerōtau en hupomona teiu auteiu pathēmeiu heiu kai nis paschanō,If we are afflicted, it is for your comfort and salvation; if we are comforted, it is for your comfort, which accomplishes in you patient endurance of the same sufferings we experience.
2 Corinthians 1:7“sufferings”kai tas elpias nu bebaias huper vu; oidarētois hoti hōs koinōnois avō teiu pathēmeiu, houtōs kai tau paraklēsiau.And our hope for you is sure, because we know that just as you share in our sufferings, so also you will share in our comfort.
Philippians 3:10“sufferings”teu gnōskara auton kai tan dunamian tau anastasiau autou kai koinōnian pathēmeiu autou, summorfizirōtos to thanato autou,I want to know Christ and the power of His resurrection and the fellowship of His sufferings, being conformed to Him in His death,
Hebrews 2:10“sufferings”Prepate gar auto, dia hon teim panteim kai dia hou teim panteim, polloin huioin eis doxan agaraton ton archēgon tau sōtērēau autoiu dia pathēmeiu teleiara.In bringing many sons to glory, it was fitting for God, for whom and through whom all things exist, to make the author of their salvation perfect through suffering.
Hebrews 10:32“sufferings”Anamimnēskivōr de tain proterem hēmerain, en hai fōtiziratois pollan athlēsian hupomenava pathēmeiu,Remember the early days that you were in the light. In those days, you endured a great conflict in the face of suffering.
1 Peter 5:1“sufferings”Presbuteroin oun en vi parakalamō tos sumpresbuteros kai marturos teiu tou Christou pathēmeiu, tos kai tau mellarōtau apokaluptirō doxau koinōnos,As a fellow elder, a witness of Christ’s sufferings, and a partaker of the glory to be revealed, I appeal to the elders among you:
1 Peter 5:9“sufferings”ho anthistanavar stereois ta pistia, oidarētois teim auteim teiu pathēmeiu ta en to kosmo vu adelfota epitelirō.Resist him, standing firm in your faith and in the knowledge that your brothers throughout the world are undergoing the same kinds of suffering.
pathēmei“sufferings”to, fordative plural4×
Galatians 5:24“passions”tois de tou Christou tan sarxan staurala sun tei pathēmei kai tai epithumiai.Those who belong to Christ Jesus have crucified the flesh with its passions and desires.
Colossians 1:24“sufferings”Nun chairamō en tei pathēmei huper vu, kai antanaplēramō teim husterēmeim taiu thlipsiaiu tou Christou en ta sarxa mu huper teu sōmeu autou, hem atō tas ekklēsas,Now I rejoice in my sufferings for you, and I fill up in my flesh what is lacking in regard to Christ’s afflictions for the sake of His body, which is the church.
2 Timothy 3:11“sufferings”toi diōgmoi, tei pathēmei, hoieim mi gineta en Antiocheia, en Ikonie, en Lustrei, hoioin diōgmoin hupoferama; kai ek panteiu min rueta tos kurios.my persecutions, and the sufferings that came upon me in Antioch, Iconium, and Lystra. What persecutions I endured! Yet the Lord rescued me from all of them.
1 Peter 4:13“sufferings”alla katho koinōnavō tei tou Christou pathēmei chairavōr, hina kai en ta apokalupsia tau doxau autou chairiveia agallierōtois.But rejoice that you share in the sufferings of Christ, so that you may be overjoyed at the revelation of His glory.
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Hebrews 2:9“suffering”ton de brachu tinem para angeloin elattirēton blepanō Iēsun dia tem pathēmem tou thanatou doxa kai tima stefanirēton, hopōs chōris theou huper pantou geueteia thanatou.But we see Jesus, who was made a little lower than the angels, now crowned with glory and honor because He suffered death, so that by the grace of God He might taste death for everyone.
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1 Peter 1:11“sufferings”eraunarōtois eis tinon ē poion kairon dēlate tem en autoi pneumem Christou promarturerōtem teim eis Christon pathēmeim kai tain meta houteim doxain;trying to determine the time and setting to which the Spirit of Christ in them was pointing when He predicted the sufferings of Christ and the glories to follow.