What does περίλυπος (perílypos) mean in the Bible?
περίλυπος (perílypos): Intense sorrow that overwhelms the soul; emphasizes depth rather than mere sadness.
Greek · G4036
περίλυπος
Sorrowful
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περίλυπος G4036
Pronunciation perílypos
What does περίλυπος (perílypos) mean in the Bible?
περίλυπος (perílypos): Intense sorrow that overwhelms the soul; emphasizes depth rather than mere sadness.
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Questions this entry answers
How does the BSB render G4036?
The BSB source-word alignment has 5 aligned rows for this entry. Common renderings include consumed with sorrow (3), sadness (1), very sad (1).
Where does περίλυπος (perílypos) appear in Scripture?
The source-word alignment first shows this entry at Matthew 26:38. Its strongest book concentrations include Luke (2), Mark (2), Matthew (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 consumed with sorrow 3× Matthew 26:38, Mark 6:26, Mark 14:34
sadness 1× Luke 18:24
very sad 1× Luke 18:23
Show sample aligned rows
Matthew 26:38 Περίλυπός to consumed with sorrow Adjective - Nominative Feminine Singular Mark 6:26 περίλυπος to consumed with sorrow Adjective - Nominative Masculine Singular Mark 14:34 Περίλυπός to consumed with sorrow Adjective - Nominative Feminine Singular Luke 18:23 περίλυπος to very sad Adjective - Nominative Masculine Singular Luke 18:24 περίλυπον to sadness Adjective - Accusative Masculine Singular
Usage map
A compact distribution from source-word alignment before the full evidence tables.
First aligned row Matthew 26:38
Aligned rows 5
Books represented 3
Matthew 1 Mark 2 Luke 2
Source forms
περίλυπος 2x perilypos Mark 6:26, Luke 18:23
Περίλυπός 2x Perilypos Matthew 26:38, Mark 14:34
περίλυπον 1x perilypon Luke 18:24
Parsing patterns
Adjective - Nominative Feminine Singular 2x Matthew 26:38, Mark 14:34
Adjective - Nominative Masculine Singular 2x Mark 6:26, Luke 18:23
Adjective - Accusative Masculine Singular 1x Luke 18:24
Evidence Summary
Greek word. Intense sorrow that overwhelms the soul; emphasizes depth rather than mere sadness.
Strong's G4036
Lexical occurrences 4 verses Greek text appearances 5 times Word forms 2 forms 4 references Verse guides 0 guides
Source Gloss
sorrowful
Greek Text Appearances
Textus Receptus witness, full corpus Greek token appearances from Scrivener 1894 Textus Receptus in the full New Testament corpus.
5 Greek text appearances shown. Linked morphology labels have verse guides.
Matthew 26:38 Adjective Nominative Singular Feminine
Περίλυπός perilupov
very sorrowful
Read verse Mark 6:26 Adjective Nominative Singular Masculine
περίλυπος perilupov
very sorrowful
Read verse Mark 14:34 Adjective Nominative Singular Feminine
Περίλυπός perilupov
very sorrowful
Read verse Luke 18:23 Adjective Nominative Singular Masculine
περίλυπος perilupov
very sorrowful
Read verse Luke 18:24 Adjective Accusative Singular Masculine
περίλυπον perilupon
very sorrowful
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 4 Case pattern Nominative (4) Number pattern Singular (4)
Verse guides are not available for this word yet, so verse references remain plain evidence markers.
Nominative · Singular · Feminine Matt 26:38 · Mark 14:34 2×
Nominative · Singular · Masculine Mark 6:26 · Luke 18:23 2×
Word Origins
περίλυπος is built from these roots:
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