G3997: πένθος
pénthos · “grief”
Definition
grief
KJV translates it as: mourning, sorrow
Word origin: strengthened from the alternate of G3958 (πάσχω);
Extended definition
Abbott-Smith Manual Greek Lexicon (1922) via STEPBible TBESG (CC BY 4.0).
How G3997 is translated
- mourning ×3
- misery, ×1
- misery ×1
Bible verses with G3997 (pénthos)
Pénthos appears in 4 verses.
- James 4:9
Be afflicted, and mourn, and weep: let your laughter be turned to mourning, and your joy to heaviness.
- Revelation 18:7
How much she hath glorified herself, and lived deliciously, so much torment and sorrow give her: for she saith in her heart, I sit a queen, and am no widow, and shall see no sorrow.
- Revelation 18:8
Therefore shall her plagues come in one day, death, and mourning, and famine; and she shall be utterly burned with fire: for strong is the Lord God who judgeth her.
- Revelation 21:4
And God shall wipe away all tears from their eyes; and there shall be no more death, neither sorrow, nor crying, neither shall there be any more pain: for the former things are passed away.