adjective

talaipōros

Greekταλαίπωρος (talaipōros)

Strong’sG5005

wretched, afflicted, miserable

stem talaipōr-2 times in the New Testamentin 2 of 27 books1 of 26 forms occur

Translated as

wretched2×

What it means

ταλαίπωρος, -ον

[in LXX: Ps 136 (137):8 (שָׁדַד), Is 33:1 (ποιεῖν τ., שָׁדַד), To 13:10, Wi 3:11, al.;]

distressed, miserable, wretched: Ro 7:24, Re 3:17.†

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

Strong’s G5005 — the 1890 definition, and where the word comes from

Saidtal-ah'-ee-po-ros

enduring trial, i.e. miserable

Fromfrom the base of G5007 and a derivative of the base of G3984;

King Jameswretched.

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	masculine singular	feminine singular	neuter singular	masculine plural	feminine plural	neuter plural
subject nominative	talaipōros2×ταλαίπωρος	talaipōras	talaipōrem	talaipōrois	talaipōrais	talaipōreim
object accusative	talaipōron	talaipōran		talaipōroin	talaipōrain
direct address vocative	talaipōror	talaipōrar		talaipōroir	talaipōrair
of, belonging to genitive	talaipōrou	talaipōrau	talaipōreu	talaipōroiu	talaipōraiu	talaipōreiu
to, for dative	talaipōro	talaipōra	talaipōre	talaipōroi	talaipōrai	talaipōrei

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

talaipōrstem+oaegender+smnru—its job in the sentence case+—ione · more than one number

talaipōr 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

talaipōramō — ταλαιπωρέω, I am miserable, distressed

Where it appears

2 occurrences, every one of them listed

talaipōros“wretched”subjectnominative singular2×

Romans 7:24“wretched”talaipōros mis anthrōpos; tinos min rueti ek teu sōmeu tou thanatou houtou?What a wretched man I am! Who will rescue me from this body of death?

Revelation 3:17“wretched”hoti legasō hoti Plousios amō kai ploutamē kai oudenem chreian echamō, kai ouk oidasē hoti sis asō tos talaipōros kai eleeinos kai ptōchos kai tuflos kai gumnos,You say, ‘I am rich; I have grown wealthy and need nothing.’ But you do not realize that you are wretched, pitiful, poor, blind, and naked.