Greek verb · G2354
θρηνέω
threneothray-neh'-o
intrans.; Trans.
4 uses in the Greek text, one for each word STEP Bible has tagged with this key
Concordance spelling: thrēnéō
Word page · Part of the concordance, one page for every word of the Hebrew and Greek text. Strong's G2354is this word's number in James Strong's 1890 index of the King James Bible.
- 3 of 27New Testament books
- 3spellings
- 2meanings
The definition in full
Strong's key (1890) · G2354
to bewail
The King James renders it: lament, mourn.
James Strong, The Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible (1890), public domain. Strong indexed the King James text, and this site quotes his entry as that index.
Summary
threneo is rendered "intrans.; Trans.". It stands 4 times in the Greek text, across three books.
- Two of the uses stand in Luke, more than in any other book.
- The lexicon lists two meanings for it, beginning with "intrans.".
- Its first use in canonical order opens the ledger below.Matthew 11:17‘We played the flute for you, and you did not dance; we sang a dirge, and you did not mourn.’
- The Greek text spells it three different ways.
The first use
‘We played the flute for you, and you did not dance; we sang a dirge, and you did not mourn.’
Matthew 11:17ἐθρηνήσαμεν
The first use, in the order of the New Testament's books.
Where the word stands
What the word means
The lexicons give this word two senses, and a verse uses one of them at a time: intrans., and Trans..
Each meaning, and the words it is translated by
| Meaning | Tagged as | Where |
|---|---|---|
| intrans.to lament, wail | Tagged as
| WhereMatthew 11:17‘We played the flute for you, and you did not dance; we sang a dirge, and you did not mourn.’ |
| Trans.to bewail | Tagged as
| WhereLuke 23:27A great number of people followed Him, including women who kept mourning and wailing for Him. |
The words built on the same word-part
Each word below begins with the same letters this one begins with. A shared word-part shows a family. It does not settle what any one of them means, so each word carries its own uses on its own page. Scholars call that shared part the stem.
| Word | Written | Meaning | Uses |
|---|---|---|---|
| θρῆνος | threnos | lamentation | Usesnot recorded |
All 4, in canonical order
Every use, in order
Every use, grouped by book, with its verse.
3 spellings and their grammar
STEP Bible tags every word of the Hebrew and Greek text with its spelling and its grammar. Both lists below count the rows printed underneath, written out in English, with the code beside each one as it was tagged.
How it is spelled
- ἐθρηνήσαμεν2
- ἐθρήνουν1
- θρηνήσετε1
The grammar of each form
- verb · aorist active, indicative · 1st person plural2V-AAI-1P
- verb · future active, indicative · 2nd person plural1V-FAI-2P
- verb · imperfect active, indicative · 3rd person plural1V-IAI-3P
Matthew
one use
‘We played the flute for you, and you did not dance; we sang a dirge, and you did not mourn.’
- ἐθρηνήσαμενethrenesamenverb · aorist active, indicative · 1st person pluraltagged: we sang a dirge
Luke
two uses
They are like children sitting in the marketplace and calling out to one another: ‘We played the flute for you, and you did not dance; we sang a dirge, and you did not weep.’
- ἐθρηνήσαμενethrenesamenverb · aorist active, indicative · 1st person pluraltagged: we sang a dirge
A great number of people followed Him, including women who kept mourning and wailing for Him.
- ἐθρήνουνethrenounverb · imperfect active, indicative · 3rd person pluraltagged: they were lamenting for
John
one use
Truly, truly, I tell you, you will weep and wail while the world rejoices. You will grieve, but your grief will turn to joy.
- θρηνήσετεthreneseteverb · future active, indicative · 2nd person pluraltagged: will lament
Where it leads
How the numbers are counted
Every count on this page comes from STEP Bible's tagged Hebrew and Greek text, the same text the ledger prints. A use is counted once each time the tagging marks a word with this key.
Spellings are counted as the Greek text spells them, with the sentence's own punctuation taken off the word first, so a form that ends a clause is not counted as a second spelling.
The family is read from the lexicon by the stem the two words share, with the accents off, and a person or a place named on the stem is left out.