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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)
Dictionary Aids

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.

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 27:41 -

So Esau held a grudge against Jacob because of the blessing with which his father had blessed him; and Esau said [fn]to himself, “The days of mourning for my father are near; then I will kill my brother Jacob.”

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 35:8 - Now Deborah, Rebekah’s nurse, died, and she was buried below Bethel under the oak; and it was named [fn]Allon-bacuth.
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 50:4 -

When the days of [fn]mourning for him were past, Joseph spoke to the household of Pharaoh, saying, “If now I have found favor in your sight, please speak [fn]to Pharaoh, saying,

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 50:10 - When they came to the [fn]threshing floor of Atad, which is beyond the Jordan, they mourned there with a very great and [fn]sorrowful lamentation; and he [fn]observed seven days of mourning for his father.
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 50:11 - Now when the inhabitants of the land, the Canaanites, saw the mourning at [fn]the threshing floor of Atad, they said, “This is a [fn]grievous [fn]mourning for the Egyptians.” Therefore it was named [fn]Abel-mizraim, which is beyond the Jordan.
Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 34:8 - So the sons of Israel wept for Moses in the plains of Moab for thirty days; then the days of weeping and mourning for Moses came to an end.
Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 11:27 - When the time of mourning was over, David sent servants and [fn]had her brought to his house and she became his wife; then she bore him a son. But the thing that David had done was evil in the sight of the LORD.
Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 19:2 - So the [fn]victory that day was turned into mourning for all the people, because the people heard it said that day, “The king is in mourning over his son.”
Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 10:6 - Then Ezra rose from before the house of God and went into the chamber of Jehohanan the son of Eliashib. Although he went there, he did not eat bread nor drink water, because he was mourning over the unfaithfulness of the exiles.
Unchecked Copy BoxEst 4:3 - In each and every province where the command and decree of the king came, there was great mourning among the Jews, with fasting, weeping, and mourning rites; and many had sackcloth and ashes spread out as a bed.
Unchecked Copy BoxEst 9:22 - because on those days the Jews [fn]rid themselves of their enemies, and it was a month which was turned for them from grief into joy, and from mourning into a [fn]holiday; that they were to make them days of feasting and rejoicing, and sending portions of food to one another, and gifts to the poor.
Unchecked Copy BoxPro 10:6 -

Blessings are on the head of the righteous,

But the mouth of the wicked conceals violence.

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 14:13 -

Even in laughter the heart may be in pain,

And the end of joy may be grief.

Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 5:17 - All his life he also eats in darkness with great irritation, sickness, and anger.
Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 7:2 -

It is better to go to a house of mourning

Than to go to a house of feasting,

Because [fn]that is the end of every person,

And the living [fn]takes it to [fn]heart.

Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 7:4 -

The [fn]mind of the wise is in the house of mourning,

While the [fn]mind of fools is in the house of pleasure.

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 16:3 -

[fn]Give us advice, make a decision;

[fn]Cast your shadow like night [fn]at high noon;

Hide the outcasts, do not betray the fugitive.

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 17:14 -

At evening time, behold, there is terror!

Before morning they are gone.

This will be the [fn]fate of those who plunder us

And the lot of those who pillage us.

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 60:20 -

“Your sun will no longer set,

Nor will your moon wane;

For you will have the LORD as an everlasting light,

And the days of your mourning will be over.

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 6:26 -

Daughter of my people, put on sackcloth

And roll in ashes;

[fn]Mourn as for an only son,

A most bitter mourning.

For suddenly the destroyer

Will come against us.

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 16:7 - People will not break bread in mourning for them, to comfort anyone for the dead, nor give them a cup of consolation to drink for anyone’s father or mother.
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 31:13 -

“Then the virgin will rejoice in the dance,

And the young men and the old together;

For I will turn their mourning into joy

And comfort them, and give them joy for their sorrow.

Unchecked Copy BoxLam 5:15 -

The joy of our hearts has ended;

Our dancing has been turned into mourning.

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 24:17 - “Groan silently; do no mourning for the dead. Bind on your turban and put your sandals on your feet, and do not [fn]cover your mustache, and do not eat the [fn]bread of other people.”
Unchecked Copy BoxHos 9:4 -

They will not pour out drink offerings of wine to the LORD,

Nor will [fn]their sacrifices please Him.

Their bread will be to them like [fn]mourners’ bread;

All who eat it will be defiled,

Because their bread will be for [fn]themselves alone;

It will not enter the house of the LORD.

Unchecked Copy BoxAmo 5:16 -

Therefore this is what the LORD God of armies, the Lord says:

“There is mourning in all the public squares,

And in all the streets they say, ‘Oh no! Oh no!’

They also call the farmer to mourning

And [fn]professional mourners to mourning rites.

Unchecked Copy BoxAmo 8:10 -

“Then I will turn your festivals into mourning,

And all your songs into songs of mourning;

And I will put sackcloth around everyone’s waist,

And [fn]baldness on every head.

And I will make it like a time of mourning for an only son,

And the end of it will be like a bitter day.

Unchecked Copy BoxMic 1:8 -

Because of this I must mourn and wail,

I must go barefoot and naked;

I must do mourning like the jackals,

And a mourning like the ostriches.

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