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Lexicon :: Strong's G3958 - paschō

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πάσχω
Transliteration
paschō (Key)
Pronunciation
pas'-kho
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Part of Speech
verb
Root Word (Etymology)
Apparently a root word
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Vine's Expository Dictionary: View Entry

TDNT Reference: 5:904,798

Strong’s Definitions

πάσχω páschō, pas'-kho; apparently a primary verb; to experience a sensation or impression (usually painful):—feel, passion, suffer, vex.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 42x

The KJV translates Strong's G3958 in the following manner: suffer (39x), be vexed (1x), passion (with G3588) (1x), feel (1x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 42x
The KJV translates Strong's G3958 in the following manner: suffer (39x), be vexed (1x), passion (with G3588) (1x), feel (1x).

  1. to be affected or have been affected, to feel, have a sensible experience, to undergo

    1. in a good sense, to be well off, in good case

    2. in a bad sense, to suffer sadly, be in a bad plight

      1. of a sick person

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
πάσχω páschō, pas'-kho; apparently a primary verb; to experience a sensation or impression (usually painful):—feel, passion, suffer, vex.
STRONGS G3958:
πάσχω; 2 aorist ἔπαθον; perfect πέπονθα (Luke 13:2; Hebrews 2:18); from Homer down; to be affected or have been affected, to feel, have a sensible experience, to undergo; it is a vox media — used in either a good or a bad sense; as, ὅσα πεπονθασι καί ὅσα αὐτοῖς ἐγένετο, of perils and deliverance from them, Esther 9:26 (for רָאָה); hence, κακῶς πάσχειν, to suffer sadly, be in bad plight, of a sick person, Matthew 17:15 where L Tr text WH text κακῶς ἔχειν (on the other hand, εὖ πάσχειν, to be well off, in good case, often in Greek writings from Pindar down).
1. in a bad sense, of misfortunes, to suffer, to undergo evils, to be afflicted (so everywhere in Homer and Hesiod; also in the other Greek writings where it is used absolutely): absolutely, Luke 22:15; Luke 24:46; Acts 1:3; Acts 3:18; Acts 17:3; 1 Corinthians 12:26; Hebrews 2:18; Hebrews 9:26; 1 Peter 2:19f, 23; 1 Peter 3:17; 1 Peter 4:15, 19; Hebrews 13:12; ὀλίγον, a little while, 1 Peter 5:10; πάσχειν τί, Matthew 27:19; Mark 9:12; Luke 13:2; (Luke 24:26); Acts 28:5; 2 Timothy 1:12; (Hebrews 5:8 cf. Winers Grammar, 166 (158) a.; Buttmann, § 143, 10); Revelation 2:10; παθήματα πάσχειν, 2 Corinthians 1:6; τί ἀπό with the genitive of person, Matthew 16:21; Luke 9:22; Luke 17:25; πάσχειν ὑπό with the genitive of person, Matthew 17:12; ὑπό τίνος, Mark 5:28; 1 Thessalonians 2:14; πάσχειν ὑπέρ τίνος, in behalf of a person or thing, Acts 9:16; Philippians 1:29; 2 Thessalonians 1:5; with the addition of a dative of reference or respect (cf. Winer's Grammar, § 31, 6), σαρκί, 1 Peter 4:1a; ἐν σαρκί, ibid. b (yet G L T Tr WH omit ἐν; cf. Winer's Grammar, 412 (384)); πάσχειν περί with the genitive of the thing and ὑπέρ with the genitive of person 1 Peter 3:18 (R G WH marginal reading; cf. Winer's Grammar, 373 (349); 383 (358) note); πάσχειν διά δικαιοσύνην, 1 Peter 3:14.
2. in a good sense, of pleasant experiences; but nowhere so unless either the adverb εὖ or an accusative of the thing be added (Ὑπομνῆσαι, ὅσα παθοντες ἐξ αὐτοῦ (i. e. Θεοῦ) καί πηλικων εὐεργεσιῶν μεταλαβόντες ἀχάριστοι πρός αὐτόν γένοιντο, Josephus, Antiquities 3, 15, 1; examples from Greek authors are given in Passow, under the word, II. 5; (Liddell and Scott, under the word, II. 2)): Galatians 3:4, on which see γέ, 3 c. (Compare: προπάσχω, συμπάσχω.)
THAYER’S GREEK LEXICON, Electronic Database.
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BLB Scripture Index of Thayer's

Esther
9:26
Matthew
16:21; 17:12; 17:15; 27:19
Mark
5:28; 9:12
Luke
9:22; 13:2; 13:2; 17:25; 22:15; 24:26; 24:46
Acts
1:3; 3:18; 9:16; 17:3; 28:5
1 Corinthians
12:26
2 Corinthians
1:6
Galatians
3:4
Philippians
1:29
1 Thessalonians
2:14
2 Thessalonians
1:5
2 Timothy
1:12
Hebrews
2:18; 2:18; 5:8; 9:26; 13:12
1 Peter
2:19; 2:23; 3:14; 3:17; 3:18; 4:1; 4:15; 4:19; 5:10
Revelation
2:10

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Strong's Number G3958 matches the Greek πάσχω (paschō),
which occurs 4 times in 4 verses in the LXX Greek.

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