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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.]
THAYER’S GREEK LEXICON, Electronic Database.
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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 BoxJob 9:27

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 9:27 - If I say, ‘I will forget my complaint, I will change my expression, and smile,’

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 18:20

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 18:20 - People of the west are appalled at his fate; those of the east are seized with horror.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 24:12

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 24:12 - The groans of the dying rise from the city, and the souls of the wounded cry out for help. But God charges no one with wrongdoing.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 30:25

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 30:25 - Have I not wept for those in trouble? Has not my soul grieved for the poor?

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 31:38

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 31:38 - “if my land cries out against me and all its furrows are wet with tears,

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 19:8

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 19:8 - The fishermen will groan and lament, all who cast hooks into the Nile; those who throw nets on the water will pine away.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 21:2

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 21:2 - A dire vision has been shown to me: The traitor betrays, the looter takes loot. Elam, attack! Media, lay siege! I will bring to an end all the groaning she caused.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 24:7

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 24:7 - The new wine dries up and the vine withers; all the merrymakers groan.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 30:15

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 30:15 - This is what the Sovereign LORD, the Holy One of Israel, says: “In repentance and rest is your salvation, in quietness and trust is your strength, but you would have none of it.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 46:8

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 46:8 - “Remember this, keep it in mind, take it to heart, you rebels.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 59:10

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 59:10 - Like the blind we grope along the wall, feeling our way like people without eyes. At midday we stumble as if it were twilight; among the strong, we are like the dead.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 31:19

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 31:19 - After I strayed, I repented; after I came to understand, I beat my breast. I was ashamed and humiliated because I bore the disgrace of my youth.’

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Unchecked Copy BoxLam 1:8

Unchecked Copy BoxLam 1:8 - Jerusalem has sinned greatly and so has become unclean. All who honored her despise her, for they have all seen her naked; she herself groans and turns away.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLam 1:21

Unchecked Copy BoxLam 1:21 - “People have heard my groaning, but there is no one to comfort me. All my enemies have heard of my distress; they rejoice at what you have done. May you bring the day you have announced so they may become like me.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 21:6

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 21:6 - “Therefore groan, son of man! Groan before them with broken heart and bitter grief.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 21:7

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 21:7 - And when they ask you, ‘Why are you groaning?’ you shall say, ‘Because of the news that is coming. Every heart will melt with fear and every hand go limp; every spirit will become faint and every leg will be wet with urine.’ It is coming! It will surely take place, declares the Sovereign LORD.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 26:15

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 26:15 - “This is what the Sovereign LORD says to Tyre: Will not the coastlands tremble at the sound of your fall, when the wounded groan and the slaughter takes place in you?

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 26:16

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 26:16 - Then all the princes of the coast will step down from their thrones and lay aside their robes and take off their embroidered garments. Clothed with terror, they will sit on the ground, trembling every moment, appalled at you.
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