GreekG8862Verb
πονέω
poneō
“to suffer pain”
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Full Lexicon Entry(Abbott-Smith)
1.in early Greek only as Dep.
2.absolute to work hard, do work, suffer toil, (Homer); *περὶ δόρπα πονέοντο *were busied about their supper, (Iliad by Homer); so, *πεπόνητο καθ᾽ ἵππους *was busy with the horses, of a charioteer, (Iliad by Homer)
3.metaphorically to be in distress, to distress oneself, (Iliad by Homer):—; to suffer, be sick, (Thucydides)
4.with accusative to work hard at, to make or do with pains or care, (Homer)
5.after (Homer), the active form prevails
6.intransitive to toil, labour, (Theognis Elegiacus), attic; μάτην π. to labour in vain, (Sophocles Tragicus)
7.with accusative cognate, π. πόνον, *μόχθους *to go through, suffer them, [variant datesTragica Adespota; also with accusative partis, *πονεῖν τὰ σκέλη *(Aristophanes Comicus)
8.absolute to labour, be hard-pressed, suffer, (Thucydides): to be worn out, spoilt, (Demosthenes Orator)
9.Pass., impersonal, *οὐκ ἄλλως αὐτοῖς πεπόνηται *= πεπονήκασι, (Plato Philosophus)
10.transitive
11.with accusative pers. to afflict, distress, (Pindar):—;Pass. to be worn out, to suffer greatly, (Sophocles Tragicus)
12.Pass., also, to be trained or educated, (Aristotle Philosopher)
13.with accusative rei, like ἐκπονεῖν, to gain by toil or labour, *χρήματα *(Xenophon Historicus): Pass. to be won or achieved by toil, (Pindar)
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πονέω appears 0 times in the New Testament.
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