ΠΕΝΘΗ, πενθη
PENTHĒ, penthē
Sounds Like: PEN-thay
Translations: griefs, sorrows, mournings
From the root: ΠΕΝΘΟΣ
Part of Speech: Noun
Explanation: This word refers to deep sorrow, grief, or mourning. It is typically used to describe a state of profound sadness, often associated with loss or lamentation. As a plural noun, it denotes multiple instances or forms of grief.
Inflection: Plural, Neuter, Nominative or Accusative
Strong’s number: G3997 (Lookup on BibleHub)
Instances
Clement of Alexandria
- Exhortation to the Greeks (Protrepticus) — 1:8
Codex Sinaiticus
- Wisdom — 19:3
Mathetes
- Letter to Diognetus — 4:5
Swete's Recension of the Greek Septuagint
- Wisdom — 19:3
From the same root
Below are all other words in our texts that we've cataloged as being from the same root, ΠΕΝΘΟΣ.
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.
- ΕΝΘΟΥΣ — of mourning, of lamentation, of grief, of sorrow
- ΠΕΝΘΕ — mourn, lament, grieve, a mother-in-law, a stepmother
- ΠΕΝΘΗΣΙ — (to) mourning, (to) grief, (to) sorrow
- ΠΕΝΘΙ — mournful, sorrowful, sad
- ΠΕΝΘΙΚΑ — mournful, sorrowful, sad
- ΠΕΝΘΙΜΟΝ — mournful, sad, lamentable, a mournful thing, a sad thing
- ΠΕΝΘΙΤΑΙ — mourners, those who mourn
- ΠΕΝΘΟΣ — mourning, a mourning, grief, sorrow, lamentation
- ΠΕΝΘΟΣΑΥ̓ΤΑΙΝ — unknown
- ΠΕΝΘΟΥΣ — of mourning, of lamentation, of grief, of sorrow
- ΠΕΝΘΟΥΤΑΣ — mourning, lamenting, grieving, sorrowing
- ΤΟΠΕΝΘΟΣ — grief, mourning, sorrow, a grief, a mourning, a sorrow
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