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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)
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.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 27:41

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 27:41 - So Esau bore 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.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 35:8

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

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 50:4

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,

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 50:10

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 50:10 - When they came to the [fn]threshing floor of Atad, which is beyond the Jordan, they lamented there with a very great and [fn]sorrowful lamentation; and he [fn]observed seven days mourning for his father.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 50:11

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.

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 34:8

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 34:8 - So the sons of Israel wept for Moses in the plains of Moab thirty days; then the days of weeping and mourning for Moses came to an end.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Sa 11:27

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 11:27 - When the time of mourning was over, David sent and [fn]brought her 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.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Sa 19:2

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 19:2 - The [fn]victory that day was turned to mourning for all the people, for the people heard it said that day, “The king is grieved for his son.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Ezr 10:6

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, for he was mourning over the unfaithfulness of the exiles.

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Unchecked Copy Box Est 4:3

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 wailing; and many lay on sackcloth and ashes.

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Unchecked Copy Box Est 9:22

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 sorrow into gladness and from mourning into a [fn]holiday; that they should make them days of feasting and rejoicing and sending portions of food to one another and gifts to the poor.

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 10:6

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 10:6 - Blessings are on the head of the righteous,
But the mouth of the wicked conceals violence.

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 14:13

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 14:13 - Even in laughter the heart may be in pain,
And the end of joy may be grief.

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Unchecked Copy Box Ecc 5:17

Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 5:17 - Throughout his life he also eats in darkness with great vexation, sickness and anger.

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Unchecked Copy Box Ecc 7:2

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

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Unchecked Copy Box Ecc 7:4

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.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 16:3

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.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 17:14

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 17:14 - At evening time, behold, there is terror!
Before morning they are no more.
[fn]Such will be the portion of those who plunder us
And the lot of those who pillage us.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 60:20

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 60:20 - “Your sun will no longer set,
Nor will your moon wane;
For you will have the LORD for an everlasting light,
And the days of your mourning will be over.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 6:26

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 6:26 - O daughter of my people, put on sackcloth
And roll in ashes;
[fn]Mourn as for an only son,
A lamentation most bitter.
For suddenly the destroyer
Will come upon us.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 16:7

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 16:7 - “Men 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.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 31:13

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 will comfort them and give them joy for their sorrow.

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Unchecked Copy Box Lam 5:15

Unchecked Copy BoxLam 5:15 - The joy of our hearts has ceased;
Our dancing has been turned into mourning.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 24:17

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 24:17 - “Groan silently; make no mourning for the dead. Bind on your turban and put your shoes on your feet, and do not cover your mustache and do not eat the bread of men.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Hos 9:4

Unchecked Copy BoxHos 9:4 - They will not pour out drink offerings of wine to the LORD,
Their sacrifices will not please Him.
Their bread will [fn]be like [fn]mourners’ bread;
All who eat of it will be defiled,
For their bread will be for [fn]themselves alone;
It will not enter the house of the LORD.

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Unchecked Copy Box Amo 5:16

Unchecked Copy BoxAmo 5:16 - Therefore thus says the LORD God of hosts, the Lord,
“There is wailing in all the plazas,
And in all the streets they say, ‘Alas! Alas!’
They also call the farmer to mourning
And [fn]professional mourners to lamentation.

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Unchecked Copy Box Amo 8:10

Unchecked Copy BoxAmo 8:10 - “Then I will turn your festivals into mourning
And all your songs into [fn]lamentation;
And I will bring sackcloth on everyone’s loins
And 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.

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Unchecked Copy Box Mic 1:8

Unchecked Copy BoxMic 1:8 - Because of this I must lament and wail,
I must go barefoot and naked;
I must make a lament like the jackals
And a mourning like the ostriches.
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