What does ὀδύνη (odýnē) mean in the Bible?
ὀδύνη (odýnē): Mental or physical anguish that actively depresses and weighs down the sufferer's spirit.
Greek · G3601
ὀδύνη
Grief (as dejecting)
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ὀδύνη G3601
Pronunciation odýnē
What does ὀδύνη (odýnē) mean in the Bible?
ὀδύνη (odýnē): Mental or physical anguish that actively depresses and weighs down the sufferer's spirit.
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Questions this entry answers
How does the BSB render G3601?
The BSB source-word alignment has 2 aligned rows for this entry. Common renderings include anguish (1), sorrows (1).
Where does ὀδύνη (odýnē) appear in Scripture?
The source-word alignment first shows this entry at Romans 9:2. Its strongest book concentrations include 1 Timothy (1), Romans (1).
Source Word Evidence
BSB source-word alignment connects this entry to exact verse rows, English rendering, source form, transliteration, and parsing.
How English Renders It anguish 1× Romans 9:2
sorrows 1× 1 Timothy 6:10
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Usage map
A compact distribution from source-word alignment before the full evidence tables.
First aligned row Romans 9:2
Aligned rows 2
Books represented 2
Romans 1 1 Timothy 1
Source forms
ὀδύναις 1x odynais 1 Timothy 6:10
ὀδύνη 1x odynē Romans 9:2
Parsing patterns
Noun - Dative Feminine Plural 1x 1 Timothy 6:10
Noun - Nominative Feminine Singular 1x Romans 9:2
Evidence Summary
Greek word. Mental or physical anguish that actively depresses and weighs down the sufferer's spirit.
Strong's G3601
Lexical occurrences 2 verses Greek text appearances 2 times Word forms 2 forms 2 references Verse guides 0 guides
Study link Romans 9:2 Source Gloss
grief (as dejecting)
Greek Text Appearances
Textus Receptus witness, full corpus Greek token appearances from Scrivener 1894 Textus Receptus in the full New Testament corpus.
2 Greek text appearances shown. Linked morphology labels have verse guides.
Romans 9:2 Noun Nominative Singular Feminine
ὀδύνη odunh
pain, distress
Read verse 1 Timothy 6:10 Noun Dative Plural Feminine
ὀδύναις odunaiv
pain, distress
Read verseFull New Testament corpus: 260 chapters, 7,957 verses, 140,628 tokens. Data source: honza/textus-receptus (data only), with authority check against byztxt/greektext-textus-receptus.
Grammatical Forms
How this word appears across different grammatical cases and numbers.
This word appears as a noun across 2 case and number patterns. The form changes show how the word functions in a sentence; they do not change the basic lexical meaning by themselves.
Form patterns 2 Aligned forms 2 Case pattern Dative (1) Number pattern Plural (1)
Verse guides are not available for this word yet, so verse references remain plain evidence markers.
Nominative · Singular · Feminine Rom 9:2 1×
Dative · Plural · Feminine 1 Tim 6:10 1×
Where It Appears in Scripture
Where this word appears in Scripture: passage, original form, and sense in context.
Biblical Witnesses
Deep sorrow and mental anguish over spiritual condition of others
Pain and distress resulting from love of money and financial ruin
Word Origins
ὀδύνη is built from this root:
Part of These Phrases
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Sources
MorphGNT Strong's Dictionary XML — CC0 1.0 Public Domain
Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible (morphhb/OSHB) — CC BY 4.0
Open Scriptures Hebrew Lexicon — CC BY 4.0
Berean Standard Bible (BSB) source-word alignment - CC0 Public Domain