Greek · Strong's G5605
ὠδίνω
odinoo-dee'-no
to experience the pains of parturition (literally or figuratively)
1890 spelling: ōdínō
- ω800
- δ4
- ι10
- ν50
- ω800
Isopsephy 1,664
Strong's Dictionary · 1890
to experience the pains of parturition (literally or figuratively)
Rendered in the KJV as
travail in (birth).
- 3occurrencesin the New Testament
- 2 of 27New Testament bookswhere the word stands
- 3inflected formsdistinct spellings
Across 3 occurrences
The word itself
Inflected forms · 3
- ὠδίνουσα1
- ὠδίνουσα,1
- ὠδίνω1
How it is rendered · 3
- being in travail1
- I travail1
- travailing,1
The sense the word carries at each spot: how the translators read it there, not a fixed translation.
How it parses · 3
- verb · present active, statement · 1st person singular1
- verb · present active, participle (“the one who…”) · nominative (subject) · feminine singular1
- verb · present active, participle (“the one who…”) · vocative (address) · feminine singular1
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- V-PAI-1S · 1
- V-PAP-NSF · 1
- V-PAP-VSF · 1
All 3, in canonical order
The ledger of occurrences
Where this word lives
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Galatians2 occurrences
- Galatians 4:19ὠδίνωōdinōverb · present active, statement · 1st person singularMy children, for whom I am again in the pains of childbirth until Christ is formed in you,here: I travail
- Galatians 4:27ὠδίνουσα,ōdinousaverb · present active, participle (“the one who…”) · vocative (address) · feminine singularFor it is written: “Rejoice, O barren woman, who bears no children; break forth and cry aloud, you who have never travailed; because more are the children of the desolate woman than of her who has a husband.”here: travailing,