verb
sunōdinamō
Strong’sG4944
I am in travail together
stem sunōdin-once in the New Testament1 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.
* συν-ωδίνω
G. Abbott-Smith, A Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament, 1922 — public domain. References open in the reader.
Strong’s G4944 — the 1890 definition, and where the word comes from
Saidsoon-o-dee'-no
to have (parturition) pangs in company (concert, simultaneously) with, i.e. (figuratively) to sympathize (in expectation of relief from suffering)
King Jamestravail in pain together.
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
to be in travail together, σ. κακοῖς share in the agony of woes, Refs 5th c.BC+; οἱ ἄρρενες ταῖς θηλείαις σ. Refs 2nd c.AD+:—passive, στεροπῇσι συνωδίνοντο κεραυνοί Refs 4th 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| sunōdinatōσυνωδίνει | happening now · he/she/itpresent active indicative 3rd person singular | in … painsof childbirth | 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 | sunōdinamō | sunōdiname | sunōdinami | sunōdinama | sunōdinamē | sunōdinamelē |
| you 2nd person singular | sunōdinasō | sunōdinase | sunōdinasi | sunōdinasa | sunōdinasē | sunōdinaselē |
| he/she/it 3rd person singular | sunōdinatō1×συνωδίνει | sunōdinate | sunōdinati | sunōdinata | sunōdinatē | sunōdinatelē |
| we 1st person plural | sunōdinanō | sunōdinane | sunōdinani | sunōdinana | sunōdinanē | sunōdinanelē |
| ye 2nd person plural | sunōdinavō | sunōdinave | sunōdinavi | sunōdinava | sunōdinavē | sunōdinavelē |
| they 3rd person plural | sunōdinalō | sunōdinale | sunōdinali | sunōdinala | sunōdinalē | sunōdinalelē |
May, might — subjunctive mood, no occurrences
| Who person | happening now present | happened aorist | has happened perfect |
|---|---|---|---|
| I 1st person singular | sunōdinameiō | sunōdinameia | sunōdinameiē |
| you 2nd person singular | sunōdinaseiō | sunōdinaseia | sunōdinaseiē |
| he/she/it 3rd person singular | sunōdinateiō | sunōdinateia | sunōdinateiē |
| we 1st person plural | sunōdinaneiō | sunōdinaneia | sunōdinaneiē |
| ye 2nd person plural | sunōdinaveiō | sunōdinaveia | sunōdinaveiē |
| they 3rd person plural | sunōdinaleiō | sunōdinaleia | sunōdinaleiē |
Commands — imperative mood, no occurrences
| Who person | happening now present | happened aorist | has happened perfect |
|---|---|---|---|
| you 2nd person singular | sunōdinasōr | sunōdinasar | sunōdinasēr |
| he/she/it 3rd person singular | sunōdinatōr | sunōdinatar | sunōdinatēr |
| ye 2nd person plural | sunōdinavōr | sunōdinavar | sunōdinavēr |
| they 3rd person plural | sunōdinalōr | sunōdinalar | sunōdinalēr |
Wishes — optative mood, no occurrences
| Who person | happening now present | happened aorist |
|---|---|---|
| I 1st person singular | sunōdinamoiō | sunōdinamoia |
| you 2nd person singular | sunōdinasoiō | sunōdinasoia |
| he/she/it 3rd person singular | sunōdinatoiō | sunōdinatoia |
| we 1st person plural | sunōdinanoiō | sunōdinanoia |
| ye 2nd person plural | sunōdinavoiō | sunōdinavoia |
| they 3rd person plural | sunōdinaloiō | sunōdinaloia |
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 | sunōdinarō | sunōdinari | sunōdinara | sunōdinarē |
Used as an adjective — participle, no occurrences
| Who is acting voice | happening now present | will happen future | happened aorist | has happened perfect |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| the subject acts active voice | sunōdinarōntos | sunōdinarintos | sunōdinarantos | sunōdinarēntos |
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
sunōdin 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
Every verse the word appears in, filed under the form it takes there.
1 occurrence, every one of them listed
sunōdinatō“in … painsof childbirth”happening now · he/she/itpresent active indicative 3rd person singular1×
Romans 8:22… hoti pantas tas ktisias sustenazatō kai sunōdinatō achri tou nun;… whole creation has been groaning together in the pains of childbirth until the …