Greek noun (neuter) · G3804
πάθημα
pathemapath'-ay-mah
that which befalls one, a suffering, affliction; a passive emotion, affection, passion; = τὸ πάσχειν, an enduring or suffering
16 uses in the Greek text, one for each word STEP Bible has tagged with this key
Concordance spelling: páthēma
Word page · Part of the concordance, one page for every word of the Hebrew and Greek text. Strong's G3804is this word's number in James Strong's 1890 index of the King James Bible.
- 8 of 27New Testament books
- 4spellings
- 3meanings
The definition in full
Strong's key (1890) · G3804
something undergone, i.e. hardship or pain; subjectively, an emotion or influence
The King James renders it: affection, affliction, motion, suffering.
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
pathema is rendered "that which befalls one, a suffering, affliction; a passive emotion, affection, passion; = τὸ πάσχειν, an enduring or suffering". It stands 16 times in the Greek text, across eight books.
- Four of the uses stand in 1 Peter, more than in any other book.
- The lexicon lists three meanings for it, beginning with "that which befalls one, a suffering, affliction".
- Its first use in canonical order opens the ledger below.Romans 7:5For when we lived according to the flesh, the sinful passions aroused by the law were at work in our bodies, bearing fruit for death.
- The Greek text spells it four different ways.
The first use
For when we lived according to the flesh, the sinful passions aroused by the law were at work in our bodies, bearing fruit for death.
Romans 7:5παθήματα
The first use, in the order of the New Testament's books.
Where the word stands
Four of the word's sixteen uses are in 1 Peter.
What the word means
The word carries three meanings: that which befalls one, a suffering, affliction, and a passive emotion, affection, passion, and = τὸ πάσχειν, an enduring or suffering.
Each meaning, and the words it is translated by
| Meaning | Tagged as | Where |
|---|---|---|
| that which befalls one, a suffering, affliction | Tagged as
| WhereRomans 8:18I consider that our present sufferings are not comparable to the glory that will be revealed in… |
| a passive emotion, affection, passionGal.5:24; τ. ἀμαρτιῶν, Rom.7:5 | Tagged as
| WhereRomans 7:5For when we lived according to the flesh, the sinful passions aroused by the law were at work… |
| = τὸ πάσχειν, an enduring or suffering | Tagged as
| WhereHebrews 2:9But we see Jesus, who was made a little lower than the angels… |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| παθητός | pathetos | suffering | Uses1 |
All 16, in canonical order
Every use, in order
Every use, grouped by book, with its verse.
4 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
- παθημάτων7
- παθήμασιν4
- παθήματα4
- πάθημα1
The grammar of each form
- noun · genitive (“of”) · neuter plural7N-GPN
- noun · dative (“to / for”) · neuter plural4N-DPN
- noun · nominative (subject) · neuter plural3N-NPN
- noun · accusative (object) · neuter plural1N-APN
- noun · accusative (object) · neuter singular1N-ASN
Romans
two uses
For when we lived according to the flesh, the sinful passions aroused by the law were at work in our bodies, bearing fruit for death.
- παθήματαpathematanoun · nominative (subject) · neuter pluraltagged: passions
I consider that our present sufferings are not comparable to the glory that will be revealed in us.
- παθήματαpathematanoun · nominative (subject) · neuter pluraltagged: sufferings
2 Corinthians
three uses
For just as the sufferings of Christ overflow to us, so also through Christ our comfort overflows.
- παθήματαpathematanoun · nominative (subject) · neuter pluraltagged: sufferings
If we are afflicted, it is for your comfort and salvation; if we are comforted, it is for your comfort, which accomplishes in you patient endurance of the same sufferings we experience.
- παθημάτωνpathematonnoun · genitive (“of”) · neuter pluraltagged: sufferings
And our hope for you is sure, because we know that just as you share in our sufferings, so also you will share in our comfort.
- παθημάτωνpathematonnoun · genitive (“of”) · neuter pluraltagged: sufferings
Galatians
one use
Those who belong to Christ Jesus have crucified the flesh with its passions and desires.
- παθήμασινpathemasinnoun · dative (“to / for”) · neuter pluraltagged: passions
Philippians
one use
I want to know Christ and the power of His resurrection and the fellowship of His sufferings, being conformed to Him in His death,
- παθημάτωνpathematonnoun · genitive (“of”) · neuter pluraltagged: sufferings
Colossians
one use
Now I rejoice in my sufferings for you, and I fill up in my flesh what is lacking in regard to Christ’s afflictions for the sake of His body, which is the church.
- παθήμασινpathemasinnoun · dative (“to / for”) · neuter pluraltagged: sufferings
2 Timothy
one use
my persecutions, and the sufferings that came upon me in Antioch, Iconium, and Lystra. What persecutions I endured! Yet the Lord rescued me from all of them.
- παθήμασινpathemasinnoun · dative (“to / for”) · neuter pluraltagged: sufferings
Hebrews
three uses
But we see Jesus, who was made a little lower than the angels, now crowned with glory and honor because He suffered death, so that by the grace of God He might taste death for everyone.
- πάθημαpathemanoun · accusative (object) · neuter singulartagged: suffering
In bringing many sons to glory, it was fitting for God, for whom and through whom all things exist, to make the author of their salvation perfect through suffering.
- παθημάτωνpathematonnoun · genitive (“of”) · neuter pluraltagged: sufferings
Remember the early days that you were in the light. In those days, you endured a great conflict in the face of suffering.
- παθημάτωνpathematonnoun · genitive (“of”) · neuter pluraltagged: of sufferings
1 Peter
four uses
trying to determine the time and setting to which the Spirit of Christ in them was pointing when He predicted the sufferings of Christ and the glories to follow.
- παθήματαpathematanoun · accusative (object) · neuter pluraltagged: sufferings
But rejoice that you share in the sufferings of Christ, so that you may be overjoyed at the revelation of His glory.
- παθήμασινpathemasinnoun · dative (“to / for”) · neuter pluraltagged: sufferings
As a fellow elder, a witness of Christ’s sufferings, and a partaker of the glory to be revealed, I appeal to the elders among you:
- παθημάτωνpathematonnoun · genitive (“of”) · neuter pluraltagged: sufferings
Resist him, standing firm in your faith and in the knowledge that your brothers throughout the world are undergoing the same kinds of suffering.
- παθημάτωνpathematonnoun · genitive (“of”) · neuter pluraltagged: sufferings
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.