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GreekG3806Noun (Neuter)

πάθος

pathos

3Occurrences
G3806Strong's #
Noun (Neuter)Part of Speech

Definition

Quick Definition(Strong's Concordance)

properly, suffering ("pathos"), i.e. (subjectively) a passion (especially concupiscence)

from the alternate of G3958 (πάσχω);

Full Lexicon Entry(Abbott-Smith)
like πάθημα;
1.that which befalls one, that which one suffers
2.a passive emotion or affection (esp. of violent emotion), a passion, passionate desire; in NT always in bad sense
Synonyms
π. = πάθημα, exc. that *πάθημα *is the more concrete and particular. In NT usage, π. represents the passive, ungoverned aspect of evil desire, as opposite to ἐπιθυμία, which is the active and also the more comprehensive term (see Tr., Syn., LXXxvii); cf. also ὄρεξις
LXX: (אֵבֶל), and very frequently in (4 n)*

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Grammar & Morphology

Part of Speech

Noun (Neuter)

Morphology Code

G:N-N

Full Description

Greek Noun, Neuter

Occurrences

πάθος appears 3 times in the New Testament.

Distribution by Book

1 Thessalonians
1
Colossians
1
Romans
1

Key Passages

1 Thessalonians 4:5BSB

not in lustful passion like the Gentiles who do not know God;

Colossians 3:5BSB

Put to death, therefore, the components of your earthly nature: sexual immorality, impurity, lust, evil desires, and greed, which is idolatry.

Romans 1:26BSB

For this reason God gave them over to dishonorable passions. Even their women exchanged natural relations for unnatural ones.

Lexicon data from STEPBible.org (Tyndale House, Cambridge) under CC BY 4.0 license.