λυπέω
lupeō
“to grieve”
Definition
to distress; reflexively or passively, to be sad
from G3077 (λύπη);
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logos (G3056)
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Occurrences
λυπέω appears 21 times in the New Testament.
Distribution by Book
Key Passages
In this you greatly rejoice, though now for a little while you may have had to suffer grief in various trials
Now if anyone has caused grief, he has not grieved me but all of you—to some degree, not to overstate it.
Consider what this godly sorrow has produced in you: what earnestness, what eagerness to clear yourselves, what indignation, what alarm, what longing, what zeal, what vindication! In every way you have proved yourselves to be innocent in this matter.
The king was grieved, but because of his oaths and his guests, he ordered that her wish be granted
They were deeply grieved and began to ask Him one after another, “Surely not I, Lord?”
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