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ὠδίνω

Lemmaὠδίνω
Citation formὠδίνω
Part of speechverb
GlossI am in travail, suffer birth-pangs
Strong’sG5605
Transliterationōdínō
Definitionto experience the pains of parturition (literally or figuratively)
KJV glosses:--travail in (birth).
Derivationfrom
SBLGNT occurrences3

Forms and grammatical context

Each form is parsed from its actual MorphGNT occurrence; a form may have more than one analysis depending on context.

Greek formGrammar and occurrences
ὠδίνουσα
verb, present, active, participle, nominative, singular, feminine (MorphGNT -PAPNSF-) — Galatians 4:27
verb, present, active, participle, nominative, singular, feminine (MorphGNT -PAPNSF-) — Revelation 12:2
ὠδίνω
verb, first person, present, active, indicative, singular (MorphGNT 1PAI-S--) — Galatians 4:19

Morphology

Occurrences

Septuagint occurrences

The same normalized Greek lemma occurs in the Rahlfs Septuagint: ωδινω.

Additional Greek lexicons

Compare the biblical entry for ὠδίνω with classical and later Greek dictionaries collected by Logeion.