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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 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 wear a smile,’

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 18:20

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 18:20 - Those in the west are astonished at his day,
As those in the east are frightened.

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 24:12

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 24:12 - The dying groan in the city,
And the souls of the wounded cry out;
Yet God does not charge them with wrong.

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 30:25

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

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 31:38

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 31:38 - “If my land cries out against me,
And its furrows weep together;

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 19:8

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 19:8 - The fishermen also will mourn;
All those will lament who cast hooks into the River,
And they will languish who spread nets on the waters.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 21:2

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 21:2 - A distressing vision is declared to me;
The treacherous dealer deals treacherously,
And the plunderer plunders.
Go up, O Elam!
Besiege, O Media!
All its sighing I have made to cease.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 24:7

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 24:7 - The new wine fails, 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 says the Lord GOD, the Holy One of Israel:

“In returning and rest you shall be saved;
In quietness and confidence shall be your strength.”
But you would not,

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 46:8

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 46:8 - “Remember this, and show yourselves men;
Recall to mind, O 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,
And we grope as if we had no eyes;
We stumble at noonday as at twilight;
We are as dead men in desolate places.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 31:19

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 31:19 - Surely, after my turning, I repented;
And after I was instructed, I struck myself on the thigh;
I was ashamed, yes, even humiliated,
Because I bore the reproach of my youth.’

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Unchecked Copy Box Lam 1:8

Unchecked Copy BoxLam 1:8 - Jerusalem has sinned gravely,
Therefore she has become vile.[fn]
All who honored her despise her
Because they have seen her nakedness;
Yes, she sighs and turns away.

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Unchecked Copy Box Lam 1:21

Unchecked Copy BoxLam 1:21 - “They have heard that I sigh,
But no one comforts me.
All my enemies have heard of my trouble;
They are glad that You have done it.
Bring on the day You have announced,
That they may become like me.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 21:6

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 21:6 - “Sigh therefore, son of man, with a breaking heart, and sigh with bitterness before their eyes.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 21:7

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 21:7 - “And it shall be when they say to you, ‘Why are you sighing?’ that you shall answer, ‘Because of the news; when it comes, every heart will melt, all hands will be feeble, every spirit will faint, and all knees will be weak as water. Behold, it is coming and shall be brought to pass,’ says 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 the coastlands not shake at the sound of your fall, when the wounded cry, when slaughter is made in the midst of you?

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 26:16

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 26:16 - ‘Then all the princes of the sea will come down from their thrones, lay aside their robes, and take off their embroidered garments; they will clothe themselves with trembling; they will sit on the ground, tremble every moment, and be astonished at you.
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