What does ταλαίπωρος (talaípōros) mean in the Bible?
ταλαίπωρος (talaípōros): Moral and spiritual wretchedness from sin's bondage, not merely external misery or hardship
Greek · G5005
ταλαίπωρος
Wretched
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ταλαίπωροςG5005
Pronunciationtalaípōros
What does ταλαίπωρος (talaípōros) mean in the Bible?
ταλαίπωρος (talaípōros): Moral and spiritual wretchedness from sin's bondage, not merely external misery or hardship
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How does the BSB render G5005?
The BSB source-word alignment has 2 aligned rows for this entry. Common renderings include [What a] wretched (1), wretched (1).
Where does ταλαίπωρος (talaípōros) appear in Scripture?
The source-word alignment first shows this entry at Romans 7:24. Its strongest book concentrations include Revelation (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[What a] wretched1×Romans 7:24
wretched1×Revelation 3:17
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Usage map
A compact distribution from source-word alignment before the full evidence tables.
First aligned rowRomans 7:24
Aligned rows2
Books represented2
Romans1Revelation1
Source forms
ταλαίπωρος1xtalaipōrosRevelation 3:17
Ταλαίπωρος1xTalaipōrosRomans 7:24
Parsing patterns
Adjective - Nominative Masculine Singular2xRomans 7:24, Revelation 3:17
Evidence Summary
Greek word. Moral and spiritual wretchedness from sin's bondage, not merely external misery or hardship
Strong'sG5005
Lexical occurrences2 versesGreek text appearances2 timesWord forms1 form2 referencesVerse guides0 guides
Source Gloss
wretched
Greek Text Appearances
Textus Receptus witness, full corpusGreek 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 7:24Adjective Nominative Singular Masculine
ταλαίπωροςtalaipwrov
wretched, afflicted, miserable
Read verseRevelation 3:17Adjective Nominative Singular Masculine
ταλαίπωροςtalaipwrov
wretched, afflicted, miserable
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 1 case and number pattern. The form changes show how the word functions in a sentence; they do not change the basic lexical meaning by themselves.
Form patterns1Aligned forms2Case patternNominative (2)Number patternSingular (2)
Verse guides are not available for this word yet, so verse references remain plain evidence markers.
Nominative · Singular · MasculineRom 7:24 · Rev 3:172×
Word Origins
ταλαίπωρος is built from these roots:
πεῖραG3984