ΛΥΠΑΙ, λυπαι
LYPAI, lypai
Sounds Like: LY-pai
Translations: sorrows, griefs, pains, distresses, (in) sorrows, (with) sorrows, (to) sorrows
From the root: ΛΥΠΗ
Part of Speech: Noun
Explanation: This word refers to sorrow, grief, pain, or distress. It is the plural form of the noun 'ΛΥΠΗ'. In the dative case, as often seen with the preposition 'ἐν' (in), it indicates the state or condition of being 'in sorrows' or 'with sorrows'. It can also function as a nominative plural (the sorrows) or vocative plural (O sorrows!).
Inflection: Plural, Nominative or Dative or Vocative, Feminine
Strong’s number: G3077 (Lookup on BibleHub)
Instances
Aristeas
- Aristeas’ Letter to Philocrates — 1:233
From the same root
Below are all other words in our texts that we've cataloged as being from the same root, ΛΥΠΗ.
These could represent different words with related meanings, or different forms of the same word to fit different grammatical cases, numbers, or genders. This list may include spelling variants and even misspellings in the original manuscripts! Even more words from the same root may exist in other ancient texts that aren't in our database.
- ΛΙΠΗ — sorrow, grief, pain, distress, sadness, affliction, a sorrow, a grief
- ΛΥΠ — sorrow, grief, pain, distress, sadness, affliction
- ΛΥΠΑΙΣ — sorrow, grief, pain, distress, sadness, affliction
- ΛΥΠΑΣ — sorrows, griefs, pains, distresses
- ΛΥΠΕ — grief, sorrow, pain, distress, sadness, to grieve, to be grieved, to cause pain, to be sorrowful, to be distressed
- ΛΥΠΗ — sorrow, grief, pain, sadness, a sorrow, a grief, a pain, a sadness
- ΛΥΠΗΝ — sorrow, grief, pain, distress, a sorrow, a grief, a pain, a distress
- ΛΥΠΗΡΟΣ — sorrowful, grievous, painful, distressing, sad, a sorrowful, a grievous, a painful, a distressing, a sad
- ΛΥΠΗΡΩΣ — sadly, sorrowfully, grievously, painfully
- ΛΥΠΗΣ — of grief, of sorrow, of pain, of distress, of sadness, a grief, a sorrow, a pain, a distress, a sadness
- ΤΗΣΛΥΠΗΣ — of sorrow, of grief, of pain, of distress
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