Greek verb · G4727
στενάζω
stenazosten-ad'-zo
to groan
6 uses in the Greek text, one for each word STEP Bible has tagged with this key
Concordance spelling: stenázō
Word page · Part of the concordance, one page for every word of the Hebrew and Greek text. Strong's G4727is this word's number in James Strong's 1890 index of the King James Bible.
- 5 of 27New Testament books
- 4spellings
The definition in full
Strong's key (1890) · G4727
to make (intransitively, be) in straits, i.e. (by implication) to sigh, murmur, pray inaudibly
The King James renders it: with grief, groan, grudge, sigh.
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
stenazo is rendered "to groan". It stands 6 times in the Greek text, across five books.
- Two of the uses stand in 2 Corinthians, more than in any other book.
- Its first use in canonical order opens the ledger below.Mark 7:34And looking up to heaven, He sighed deeply and said to him, “Ephphatha!” (which means, “Be opened!”).
- The Greek text spells it four different ways.
The first use
And looking up to heaven, He sighed deeply and said to him, “Ephphatha!” (which means, “Be opened!”).
Mark 7:34ἐστέναξεν
The first use, in the order of the New Testament's books.
Where the word stands
Two of the word's six uses are in 2 Corinthians.
What the word means
Each meaning, and the words it is translated by
How the Greek text is glossed, word by word
- we groan2
- do grumble1
- groan1
- groaning1
- He sighed deeply1
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| στενοχωρία | stenochoria | hardship | Uses4 |
| στενός | stenos | narrow | Uses3 |
| στενοχωρέω | stenochoreo | to press upon | Uses3 |
| στεναγμός | stenagmos | groan | Uses2 |
All 6, 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
- στενάζομεν3
- ἐστέναξεν1
- στενάζετε1
- στενάζοντες1
The grammar of each form
- verb · present active, indicative · 1st person plural3V-PAI-1P
- verb · aorist active, indicative · 3rd person singular1V-AAI-3S
- verb · present active, command · 2nd person plural1V-PAM-2P
- verb · present active, participle · nominative (subject) · masculine plural1V-PAP-NPM
Mark
one use
And looking up to heaven, He sighed deeply and said to him, “Ephphatha!” (which means, “Be opened!”).
- ἐστέναξενestenaxenverb · aorist active, indicative · 3rd person singulartagged: He sighed deeply
Romans
one use
Not only that, but we ourselves, who have the firstfruits of the Spirit, groan inwardly as we wait eagerly for our adoption as sons, the redemption of our bodies.
- στενάζομενstenazomenverb · present active, indicative · 1st person pluraltagged: groan
2 Corinthians
two uses
For in this tent we groan, longing to be clothed with our heavenly dwelling,
- στενάζομενstenazomenverb · present active, indicative · 1st person pluraltagged: we groan
So while we are in this tent, we groan under our burdens, because we do not wish to be unclothed but clothed, so that our mortality may be swallowed up by life.
- στενάζομενstenazomenverb · present active, indicative · 1st person pluraltagged: we groan
Hebrews
one use
Obey your leaders and submit to them, for they watch over your souls as those who must give an account. To this end, allow them to lead with joy and not with grief, for that would be of no advantage to you.
- στενάζοντεςstenazontesverb · present active, participle · nominative (subject) · masculine pluraltagged: groaning
James
one use
Do not complain about one another, brothers, so that you will not be judged. Look, the Judge is standing at the door!
- στενάζετεstenazeteverb · present active, command · 2nd person pluraltagged: do grumble
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.