GreekG3997Noun (Neuter)

πένθος

penthos

4Occurrences
G3997Strong's #
Noun (Neuter)Part of Speech

Definition

Quick Definition(Strong's Concordance)

grief

strengthened from the alternate of G3958 (πάσχω);

Full Lexicon Entry(Abbott-Smith)
mourning.
LXX: chiefly for אֵבֶל

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Grammar & Morphology

Part of Speech

Noun (Neuter)

Morphology Code

G:N-N

Full Description

Greek Noun, Neuter

Occurrences

πένθος appears 4 times in the New Testament.

Distribution by Book

Revelation
3
James
1

Key Passages

James 4:9BSB

Grieve, mourn, and weep. Turn your laughter to mourning, and your joy to gloom.

Revelation 18:7BSB

As much as she has glorified herself and lived in luxury,give her the same measure of torment and grief.In her heart she says, ‘I sit as queen;I am not a widow and will never see grief.’

Revelation 18:8BSB

Therefore her plagues will come in one day—death and grief and famine—and she will be consumed by fire,for mighty is the Lord God who judges her.”

Revelation 21:4BSB

‘He will wipe away every tear from their eyes,’and there will be no more deathor mourning or crying or pain,for the former things have passed away.”

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