ὠδίνω
ōdinō
“be in labor”
Definition
to experience the pains of parturition (literally or figuratively)
from G5604 (ὠδίν);
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logos (G3056)
word, saying, account
Grammar & Morphology
Verb
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Greek Verb
Occurrences
ὠδίνω appears 3 times in the New Testament.
Distribution by Book
Key Passages
My children, for whom I am again in the pains of childbirth until Christ is formed in you,
For it is written:“Rejoice, O barren woman,who bears no children;break forth and cry aloud,you who have never travailed;because more are the children of the desolate womanthan of her who has a husband.”
She was pregnant and crying out in the pain and agony of giving birth.
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