What does πόνος (pónos) mean in the Bible?
πόνος (pónos): Labor's bitter consequence: not the work itself, but the pain and suffering it produces.
Greek · G4192
πόνος
Travail
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πόνος G4192
Pronunciation pónos
What does πόνος (pónos) mean in the Bible?
πόνος (pónos): Labor's bitter consequence: not the work itself, but the pain and suffering it produces.
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Questions this entry answers
How does the BSB render G4192?
The BSB source-word alignment has 4 aligned rows for this entry. Common renderings include pains (2), anguish (1), pain (1).
Where does πόνος (pónos) appear in Scripture?
The source-word alignment first shows this entry at Colossians 4:13. Its strongest book concentrations include Revelation (3), Colossians (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 pains 2× Colossians 4:13, Revelation 16:11
anguish 1× Revelation 16:10
pain 1× Revelation 21:4
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Usage map
A compact distribution from source-word alignment before the full evidence tables.
First aligned row Colossians 4:13
Aligned rows 4
Books represented 2
Colossians 1 Revelation 3
Source forms
πόνον 1x ponon Colossians 4:13
πόνος 1x ponos Revelation 21:4
πόνου 1x ponou Revelation 16:10
πόνων 1x ponōn Revelation 16:11
Parsing patterns
Noun - Accusative Masculine Singular 1x Colossians 4:13
Noun - Genitive Masculine Plural 1x Revelation 16:11
Noun - Genitive Masculine Singular 1x Revelation 16:10
Noun - Nominative Masculine Singular 1x Revelation 21:4
Evidence Summary
Greek word. Labor's bitter consequence: not the work itself, but the pain and suffering it produces.
Strong's G4192
Lexical occurrences 4 verses Greek text appearances 3 times Word forms 4 forms 4 references Verse guides 0 guides
Study link Colossians 4:13 Source Gloss
travail
Extended definition Source: STEPBible TBESG + Abbott-Smith
Labor's bitter consequence: not the work itself, but the pain and suffering it produces.
1labour, toil: Col.4:13
2The consequence of toil, distress, suffering, pain (Xen., al., LXX): Rev.16:10-11 21:4.
Synonymssee: κόπος
Greek Text Appearances
Textus Receptus witness, full corpus Greek token appearances from Scrivener 1894 Textus Receptus in the full New Testament corpus.
3 Greek text appearances shown. Linked morphology labels have verse guides.
Revelation 16:10 Noun Genitive Singular Masculine
πόνου, ponou
labor, pain
Read verse Revelation 16:11 Noun Genitive Plural Masculine
πόνων ponwn
labor, pain
Read verse Revelation 21:4 Noun Nominative Singular Masculine
πόνος ponov
labor, pain
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 4 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 4 Aligned forms 4 Case pattern Genitive (2) Number pattern Singular (3)
Verse guides are not available for this word yet, so verse references remain plain evidence markers.
Nominative · Singular · Masculine Rev 21:4 1×
Genitive · Singular · Masculine Rev 16:10 1×
Genitive · Plural · Masculine Rev 16:11 1×
Accusative · Singular · Masculine Col 4:13 1×
Selected Scripture Witnesses
Selected passage-level study witnesses for this word. This section is not the full occurrence list.
Biblical Witnesses
Physical or spiritual labour, toil, and earnest work
Physical suffering and distress resulting from divine judgment
All forms of suffering and sorrow removed in the new creation
Showing 3 selected witnesses from 4 lexical occurrence verses.
Word Origins
πόνος is built from this root:
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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