noun · neuter

pathem

Greekπάθος (pathos)

Strong’sG3806

suffering, emotion, depraved passion, lust

stem path-3 times in the New Testamentin 3 of 27 books1 of 6 forms occur

Translated as

passion2×passions1×

What it means

πάθος, -ους, τό

(< πάσχω), [in LXX: Jb 30:31 (אֵבֶל), Pr 25:20, and very freq. in IV Mac (1:1 ff., al.)*;] like πάθημα;

1. that which befalls one, that which one suffers.

2. a passive emotion or affection (esp. of violent emotion), a passion, passionate desire; in NT always in bad sense: Col 3:5; π. ἀτιμίας, Ro 1:26; π. ἐπιθυμίας, I Th 4:5.†

SYN.: π. = πάθημα, exc. that πάθημα is the more concrete and particular. In NT usage, π. represents the passive, ungoverned aspect of evil desire, as opp. to ἐπιθυμία, which is the active and also the more comprehensive term (v. Tr., Syn., lxxxvii); cf. also ὄρεξις.

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

Strong’s G3806 — the 1890 definition, and where the word comes from

Saidpath'-os

properly, suffering ("pathos"), i.e. (subjectively) a passion (especially concupiscence)

Fromfrom the alternate of G3958;

King James(inordinate) affection, lust.

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	pathem	patheim
of, belonging to genitive	patheu	patheiu
to, for dative	pathe1×πάθει	pathei

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

pathstem+egender+mu—its job in the sentence case+—ione · more than one number

pathe 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

3 occurrences, every one of them listed

pathe“passion”to, fordative singular1×

1 Thessalonians 4:5“passion”mē en pathe epithumiau kathaper kai teim ethneim teim mē oidarēteim ton theon,not in lustful passion like the Gentiles who do not know God;

patheim1×

Romans 1:26“passions”Dia houtem paradōata autoin tos theos eis patheim atimiau; tais tē gar thēluais autoiu metallassala tan fusikan chrēsian eis tan para fusian,For this reason God gave them over to dishonorable passions. Even their women exchanged natural relations for unnatural ones.

pathem1×

Colossians 3:5“passion”Nekravar oun teim meleim teim epi tau gēau, porneian, akatharsian, pathem, epithumian kakan, kai tan pleonexian hotinas atō eidōlolatrias,Put to death, therefore, the components of your earthly nature: sexual immorality, impurity, lust, evil desires, and greed, which is idolatry.