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Lexicon :: Strong's G4727 - stenazō

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στενάζω
Transliteration
stenazō (Key)
Pronunciation
sten-ad'-zo
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Part of Speech
verb
Root Word (Etymology)
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Vine's Expository Dictionary: View Entry

TDNT Reference: 7:600,1076

Strong’s Definitions

στενάζω stenázō, sten-ad'-zo; from G4728; to make (intransitively, be) in straits, i.e. (by implication) to sigh, murmur, pray inaudibly:—with grief, groan, grudge, sigh.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 6x

The KJV translates Strong's G4727 in the following manner: groan (3x), sigh (1x), with grief (1x), grudge (1x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 6x
The KJV translates Strong's G4727 in the following manner: groan (3x), sigh (1x), with grief (1x), grudge (1x).

  1. a sigh, to groan

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
στενάζω stenázō, sten-ad'-zo; from G4728; to make (intransitively, be) in straits, i.e. (by implication) to sigh, murmur, pray inaudibly:—with grief, groan, grudge, sigh.
STRONGS G4727:
στενάζω; 1 aorist ἐστέναξα; (στένω, akin is German stöhnen [cf. sten-torian; Vanicek, p. 1141; Fick Part 1:249]); to sigh, to groan: 2 Corinthians 5:2, 4, [cf. Winer's Grammar, 353 (331)]; Hebrews 13:17; ἐν ἑαυτοῖς, within ourselves, i. e. in our souls, inwardly, Romans 8:23; to pray sighing, Mark 7:34; κατά τινος, James 5:9 [here R. V. murmur]. (Sept.; Tragg., Demosthenes, Plutarch, others) [Compare: ἀνα-, συ(ν)- στενάζω. Synonym: cf. κλαίω, at the end.]
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BLB Scripture Index of Thayer's

Mark
7:34
Romans
8:23
2 Corinthians
5:2; 5:4
Hebrews
13:17
James
5:9

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number G4727 matches the Greek στενάζω (stenazō),
which occurs 19 times in 18 verses in the LXX Greek.

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 9:27

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 9:27 - If I say, ‘I will forget my complaint,
I will put off my sad face, and be of good cheer,’

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 18:20

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 18:20 - They of the west are appalled at his day,
and horror seizes them of the east.

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 24:12

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 24:12 - From out of the city the dying[fn] groan,
and the soul of the wounded cries for help;
yet God charges no one with wrong.

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 30:25

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 30:25 - Did not I weep for him whose day was hard?
Was not my soul grieved for the needy?

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 31:38

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 31:38 - “If my land has cried out against me
and its furrows have wept together,

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 19:8

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 19:8 - The fishermen will mourn and lament,
all who cast a hook in the Nile;
and they will languish
who spread nets on the water.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 21:2

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 21:2 - A stern vision is told to me;
the traitor betrays,
and the destroyer destroys.
Go up, O Elam;
lay siege, O Media;
all the sighing she has caused
I bring to an end.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 24:7

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 24:7 - The wine mourns,
the vine languishes,
all the merry-hearted sigh.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 30:15

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 30:15 - For thus said the Lord GOD, the Holy One of Israel,
“In returning[fn] and rest you shall be saved;
in quietness and in trust shall be your strength.”
But you were unwilling,

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 46:8

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 46:8 - “Remember this and stand firm,
recall it to mind, you transgressors,

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 59:10

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 59:10 - We grope for the wall like the blind;
we grope like those who have no eyes;
we stumble at noon as in the twilight,
among those in full vigor we are like dead men.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 31:19

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 31:19 - For after I had turned away, I relented,
and after I was instructed, I struck my thigh;
I was ashamed, and I was confounded,
because I bore the disgrace of my youth.’

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Unchecked Copy Box Lam 1:8

Unchecked Copy BoxLam 1:8 - Jerusalem sinned grievously;
therefore she became filthy;
all who honored her despise her,
for they have seen her nakedness;
she herself groans
and turns her face away.

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Unchecked Copy Box Lam 1:21

Unchecked Copy BoxLam 1:21 - “They heard[fn] my groaning,
yet there is no one to comfort me.
All my enemies have heard of my trouble;
they are glad that you have done it.
You have brought[fn] the day you announced;
now let them be as I am.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 21:6

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 21:6 - “As for you, son of man, groan; with breaking heart and bitter grief, groan before their eyes.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 21:7

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 21:7 - And when they say to you, ‘Why do you groan?’ you shall say, ‘Because of the news that it is coming. Every heart will melt, and all hands will be feeble; every spirit will faint, and all knees will be weak as water. Behold, it is coming, and it will be fulfilled,’” declares the Lord GOD.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 26:15

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 26:15 - “Thus says the Lord GOD to Tyre: Will not the coastlands shake at the sound of your fall, when the wounded groan, when slaughter is made in your midst?

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 26:16

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 26:16 - Then all the princes of the sea will step down from their thrones and remove their robes and strip off their embroidered garments. They will clothe themselves with trembling; they will sit on the ground and tremble every moment and be appalled at you.
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