3997. penthos
Berean Strong's Lexicon
penthos: Mourning, grief, sorrow

Original Word: πένθος
Part of Speech: Noun, Neuter
Transliteration: penthos
Pronunciation: PEN-thos
Phonetic Spelling: (pen'-thos)
Definition: Mourning, grief, sorrow
Meaning: mourning, sorrow, sadness, grief.

Word Origin: Derived from the Greek verb πενθέω (pentheō), meaning "to mourn" or "to lament."

Corresponding Greek / Hebrew Entries: The Hebrew equivalent often associated with mourning is אֵבֶל (ebel), which also denotes mourning or lamentation.

Usage: In the New Testament, "penthos" refers to a deep, often public expression of grief or sorrow. It is used to describe the emotional response to loss, sin, or calamity. The term conveys a profound sense of lamentation, often associated with repentance or the recognition of sinfulness.

Cultural and Historical Background: In the ancient Greco-Roman world, mourning was a significant cultural practice, often involving specific rituals and expressions of grief. In Jewish tradition, mourning was also a deeply ingrained practice, with prescribed periods and customs for expressing sorrow over the death of a loved one or national calamities. Mourning could also be a sign of repentance, as individuals or communities expressed sorrow for sin and sought God's forgiveness.

HELPS Word-studies

Cognate: 3997 pénthos – mourning, sadness. See 3996 (pentheō).

NAS Exhaustive Concordance
Word Origin
a prim. word
Definition
mourning
NASB Translation
mourning (5).

Thayer's Greek Lexicon
STRONGS NT 3997: πένθος

πένθος, πένθους, τό (πένθω ((?); akin, rather, to πάθος, πένομαι (cf. πένης); see Curtius, p. 53; Vanicek, p. 1165)), from Homer down, the Sept. for אֵבֶל, mourning: James 4:9; Revelation 18:7; Revelation 21:4.

Strong's Exhaustive Concordance
mourning, sorrow.

Strengthened from the alternate of pascho; grief -- mourning, sorrow.

see GREEK pascho

Forms and Transliterations
πένθει πενθος πένθος πένθους πενία πενίαν πενίας penthos pénthos
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Englishman's Concordance
James 4:9 N-ANS
GRK: ὑμῶν εἰς πένθος μετατραπήτω καὶ
NAS: be turned into mourning and your joy
KJV: be turned to mourning, and [your] joy
INT: of you to mourning let be turned and

Revelation 18:7 N-ANS
GRK: βασανισμὸν καὶ πένθος ὅτι ἐν
NAS: her torment and mourning; for she says
KJV: torment and sorrow give her:
INT: torment and mourning Because in

Revelation 18:7 N-ANS
GRK: εἰμί καὶ πένθος οὐ μὴ
NAS: and will never see mourning.'
KJV: shall see no sorrow.
INT: I am and mourning never not

Revelation 18:8 N-NNS
GRK: θάνατος καὶ πένθος καὶ λιμός
NAS: pestilence and mourning and famine,
KJV: death, and mourning, and famine;
INT: death and mourning and famine

Revelation 21:4 N-NNS
GRK: ἔτι οὔτε πένθος οὔτε κραυγὴ
NAS: longer be [any] mourning, or
KJV: death, neither sorrow, nor crying,
INT: any longer nor mourning nor crying

Strong's Greek 3997
5 Occurrences


πένθος — 5 Occ.

















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