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Lexicon :: Strong's G3997 - penthos

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πένθος
Transliteration
penthos (Key)
Pronunciation
pen'-thos
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Part of Speech
neuter noun
Root Word (Etymology)
Strengthened from the alternate of πάσχω (G3958)
mGNT
5x in 1 unique form(s) TR
5x in 1 unique form(s) LXX
31x in 5 unique form(s)
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Vine's Expository Dictionary: View Entry

TDNT Reference: 6:40,825

Strong’s Definitions

πένθος pénthos, pen'-thos; strengthened from the alternate of G3958; grief:—mourning, sorrow.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 5x

The KJV translates Strong's G3997 in the following manner: sorrow (3x), mourning (2x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 5x
The KJV translates Strong's G3997 in the following manner: sorrow (3x), mourning (2x).

  1. mourning

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
πένθος pénthos, pen'-thos; strengthened from the alternate of G3958; grief:—mourning, sorrow.
STRONGS G3997:
πένθος, πένθους, τό (πένθω ((?); akin, rather, to πάθος, πένομαι (cf. πένης); see Curtius, p. 53; Vanicek, p. 1165)), from Homer down, the Sept. for אֵבֶל, mourning: James 4:9; Revelation 18:7; Revelation 21:4.
THAYER’S GREEK LEXICON, Electronic Database.
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BLB Scripture Index of Thayer's

James
4:9
Revelation
18:7; 21:4

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number G3997 matches the Greek πένθος (penthos),
which occurs 31 times in 28 verses in the LXX Greek.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 27:41

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 27:41 - And Esau hated Jacob because of the blessing wherewith his father blessed him: and Esau said in his heart, The days of mourning for my father are at hand; then will I slay my brother Jacob.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 35:8

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 35:8 - But Deborah Rebekah's nurse died, and she was buried beneath Bethel under an oak: and the name of it was called Allonbachuth.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 50:4

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 50:4 - And when the days of his mourning were past, Joseph spake unto the house of Pharaoh, saying, If now I have found grace in your eyes, speak, I pray you, in the ears of Pharaoh, saying,

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 50:10

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 50:10 - And they came to the threshingfloor of Atad, which is beyond Jordan, and there they mourned with a great and very sore lamentation: and he made a mourning for his father seven days.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 50:11

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 50:11 - And when the inhabitants of the land, the Canaanites, saw the mourning in the floor of Atad, they said, This is a grievous mourning to the Egyptians: wherefore the name of it was called Abelmizraim, which is beyond Jordan.

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 34:8

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 34:8 - And the children of Israel wept for Moses in the plains of Moab thirty days: so the days of weeping and mourning for Moses were ended.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Sa 11:27

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 11:27 - And when the mourning was past, David sent and fetched her to his house, and she became his wife, and bare him a son. But the thing that David had done displeased the LORD.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Sa 19:2

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 19:2 - And the victory that day was turned into mourning unto all the people: for the people heard say that day how the king was grieved for his son.

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Unchecked Copy Box Ezr 10:6

Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 10:6 - Then Ezra rose up from before the house of God, and went into the chamber of Johanan the son of Eliashib: and when he came thither, he did eat no bread, nor drink water: for he mourned because of the transgression of them that had been carried away.

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Unchecked Copy Box Est 4:3

Unchecked Copy BoxEst 4:3 - And in every province, whithersoever the king's commandment and his decree came, there was great mourning among the Jews, and fasting, and weeping, and wailing; and many lay in sackcloth and ashes.

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Unchecked Copy Box Est 9:22

Unchecked Copy BoxEst 9:22 - As the days wherein the Jews rested from their enemies, and the month which was turned unto them from sorrow to joy, and from mourning into a good day: that they should make them days of feasting and joy, and of sending portions one to another, and gifts to the poor.

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 10:6

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 10:6 - Blessings are upon the head of the just: but violence covereth the mouth of the wicked.

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 14:13

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 14:13 - Even in laughter the heart is sorrowful; and the end of that mirth is heaviness.

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Unchecked Copy Box Ecc 5:17

Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 5:17 - All his days also he eateth in darkness, and he hath much sorrow and wrath with his sickness.

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Unchecked Copy Box Ecc 7:2

Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 7:2 - It is better to go to the house of mourning, than to go to the house of feasting: for that is the end of all men; and the living will lay it to his heart.

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Unchecked Copy Box Ecc 7:4

Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 7:4 - The heart of the wise is in the house of mourning; but the heart of fools is in the house of mirth.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 16:3

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 16:3 - Take counsel, execute judgment; make thy shadow as the night in the midst of the noonday; hide the outcasts; bewray not him that wandereth.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 17:14

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 17:14 - And behold at eveningtide trouble; and before the morning he is not. This is the portion of them that spoil us, and the lot of them that rob us.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 60:20

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 60:20 - Thy sun shall no more go down; neither shall thy moon withdraw itself: for the LORD shall be thine everlasting light, and the days of thy mourning shall be ended.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 6:26

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 6:26 - O daughter of my people, gird thee with sackcloth, and wallow thyself in ashes: make thee mourning, as for an only son, most bitter lamentation: for the spoiler shall suddenly come upon us.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 16:7

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 16:7 - Neither shall men tear themselves for them in mourning, to comfort them for the dead; neither shall men give them the cup of consolation to drink for their father or for their mother.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 31:13

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 31:13 - Then shall the virgin rejoice in the dance, both young men and old together: for I will turn their mourning into joy, and will comfort them, and make them rejoice from their sorrow.

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Unchecked Copy Box Lam 5:15

Unchecked Copy BoxLam 5:15 - The joy of our heart is ceased; our dance is turned into mourning.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 24:17

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 24:17 - Forbear to cry, make no mourning for the dead, bind the tire of thine head upon thee, and put on thy shoes upon thy feet, and cover not thy lips, and eat not the bread of men.

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Unchecked Copy Box Hos 9:4

Unchecked Copy BoxHos 9:4 - They shall not offer wine offerings to the LORD, neither shall they be pleasing unto him: their sacrifices shall be unto them as the bread of mourners; all that eat thereof shall be polluted: for their bread for their soul shall not come into the house of the LORD.

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Unchecked Copy Box Amo 5:16

Unchecked Copy BoxAmo 5:16 - Therefore the LORD, the God of hosts, the Lord, saith thus; Wailing shall be in all streets; and they shall say in all the highways, Alas! alas! and they shall call the husbandman to mourning, and such as are skilful of lamentation to wailing.

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Unchecked Copy Box Amo 8:10

Unchecked Copy BoxAmo 8:10 - And I will turn your feasts into mourning, and all your songs into lamentation; and I will bring up sackcloth upon all loins, and baldness upon every head; and I will make it as the mourning of an only son, and the end thereof as a bitter day.

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Unchecked Copy Box Mic 1:8

Unchecked Copy BoxMic 1:8 - Therefore I will wail and howl, I will go stripped and naked: I will make a wailing like the dragons, and mourning as the owls.
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