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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πόνοςG4192
Pronunciationpónos
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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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 Itpains2×Colossians 4:13, Revelation 16:11
anguish1×Revelation 16:10
pain1×Revelation 21:4
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Usage map
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First aligned rowColossians 4:13
Aligned rows4
Books represented2
Colossians1Revelation3
Source forms
πόνον1xpononColossians 4:13
πόνος1xponosRevelation 21:4
πόνου1xponouRevelation 16:10
πόνων1xponōnRevelation 16:11
Parsing patterns
Noun - Accusative Masculine Singular1xColossians 4:13
Noun - Genitive Masculine Plural1xRevelation 16:11
Noun - Genitive Masculine Singular1xRevelation 16:10
Noun - Nominative Masculine Singular1xRevelation 21:4
Evidence Summary
Greek word. Labor's bitter consequence: not the work itself, but the pain and suffering it produces.
Strong'sG4192
Lexical occurrences4 versesGreek text appearances3 timesWord forms4 forms4 referencesVerse guides0 guides
Study linkColossians 4:13Source Gloss
travail
Extended definitionSource: 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 corpusGreek 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 16:10Noun Genitive Singular Masculine
πόνου,ponou
labor, pain
Read verseRevelation 16:11Noun Genitive Plural Masculine
πόνωνponwn
labor, pain
Read verseRevelation 21:4Noun Nominative Singular Masculine
πόνοςponov
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 patterns4Aligned forms4Case patternGenitive (2)Number patternSingular (3)
Verse guides are not available for this word yet, so verse references remain plain evidence markers.
Nominative · Singular · MasculineRev 21:41×
Genitive · Singular · MasculineRev 16:101×
Genitive · Plural · MasculineRev 16:111×
Accusative · Singular · MasculineCol 4:131×
Selected Scripture Witnesses
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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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