Greek noun (neuter) · G3806
πάθος
pathospath'-os
that which befalls one, that which one suffers; a passive emotion or affection (esp. of violent emotion), a passion, passionate
3 uses in the Greek text, one for each word STEP Bible has tagged with this key
Concordance spelling: páthos
Word page · Part of the concordance, one page for every word of the Hebrew and Greek text. Strong's G3806is 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) · G3806
properly, suffering ("pathos"), i.e. (subjectively) a passion (especially concupiscence)
The King James renders it: (inordinate) affection, lust.
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
pathos is rendered "that which befalls one, that which one suffers; a passive emotion or affection (esp. of violent emotion), a passion, passionate". It stands 3 times in the Greek text, across three books.
- One of the uses stand in Romans, more than in any other book.
- The lexicon lists two meanings for it, beginning with "that which befalls one, that which one suffers".
- Its first use in canonical order opens the ledger below.Romans 1:26For this reason God gave them over to dishonorable passions. Even their women exchanged natural relations for unnatural ones.
- The Greek text spells it three different ways.
The first use
For this reason God gave them over to dishonorable passions. Even their women exchanged natural relations for unnatural ones.
Romans 1:26πάθη
The first use, in the order of the New Testament's books.
Where the word stands
One of the word's three uses is in Romans.
What the word means
The lexicons give this word two senses, and a verse uses one of them at a time: that which befalls one, that which one suffers, and a passive emotion or affection (esp. of violent emotion), a passion, passionate.
Each meaning, and the words it is translated by
| Meaning | Tagged as | Where |
|---|---|---|
| that which befalls one, that which one suffers | Tagged aslisted under the table | WhereRomans 1:26For this reason God gave them over to dishonorable passions… |
| a passive emotion or affection (esp. of violent emotion), a passion, passionatedesire | Tagged as
| WhereRomans 1:26For this reason God gave them over to dishonorable passions… |
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.
All 3, 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
- πάθει1
- πάθη1
- πάθος1
The grammar of each form
- noun · accusative (object) · neuter plural1N-APN
- noun · accusative (object) · neuter singular1N-ASN
- noun · dative (“to / for”) · neuter singular1N-DSN
Romans
one use
For this reason God gave them over to dishonorable passions. Even their women exchanged natural relations for unnatural ones.
- πάθηpathenoun · accusative (object) · neuter pluraltagged: passions
Colossians
one use
Put to death, therefore, the components of your earthly nature: sexual immorality, impurity, lust, evil desires, and greed, which is idolatry.
- πάθοςpathosnoun · accusative (object) · neuter singulartagged: passion
1 Thessalonians
one use
not in lustful passion like the Gentiles who do not know God;
- πάθειpatheinoun · dative (“to / for”) · neuter singulartagged: passion
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.