noun · feminine
sunochas
Greekσυνοχή (sunochē)
Strong’sG4928
distress, anguish
stem sunoch-2 times in the New Testamentin 2 of 27 books2 of 10 forms occur
Translated as
What it means
συν-οχή, -ῆς, ή
(< συνέχω), [in LXX: Jg 2:3 (?), Jb 30:3 (שׁוֺאָה), ib. 38:28 A; Mi 5:1 (4:14), Je 52:5 (מָצוֹר) *;]
G. Abbott-Smith, A Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament, 1922 — public domain. References open in the reader.
Strong’s G4928 — the 1890 definition, and where the word comes from
Saidsoon-okh-ay'
restraint, i.e. (figuratively) anxiety
Fromfrom G4912;
King Jamesanguish, distress.
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 | sunochas1×συνοχὴ | sunochais |
| object accusative | sunochan | sunochain |
| direct address vocative | sunochar | sunochair |
| of, belonging to genitive | sunochau1×συνοχῆς | sunochaiu |
| to, for dative | sunocha | sunochai |
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
sunocha 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
2 occurrences, every one of them listed
sunochas“distress”subjectnominative singular1×
Luke 21:25“distress”Kai eli sēmeim en hēlio kai selēna kai astrei, kai epi tau gēau sunochas ethneiu en aporia ēcheu thalassau kai salou,There will be signs in the sun and moon and stars, and on the earth dismay among the nations, bewildered by the roaring of the sea and the surging of the waves.
sunochau“anguish”of, belonging togenitive singular1×
2 Corinthians 2:4“anguish”ek gar pollau thlipsiau kai sunochau kardiau grafama vi dia polleiu dakrueiu, ouk hina lupiveia, alla tan agapan hina gnōskaveia han echamō perissoterōs eis vin.For through many tears I wrote you out of great distress and anguish of heart, not to grieve you but to let you know how much I love you.