ΠΕΝΘΟΣ, πενθος
PENTHOS, penthos
Sounds Like: PEN-thoss
Translations: mourning, a mourning, grief, sorrow, lamentation
From the root: ΠΕΝΘΟΣ
Part of Speech: Noun
Explanation: This word refers to a state of deep sorrow, grief, or lamentation, often expressed outwardly through weeping or other signs of distress. It is commonly used to describe the emotional response to death, loss, or disaster.
Inflection: Singular, Neuter, Nominative or Accusative
Strong’s number: G3997 (Lookup on BibleHub)
Instances
Clement of Alexandria
- Exhortation to the Greeks (Protrepticus) — 2:10
Codex Sinaiticus
- Esther — 4:3, 4:17h
- Tobit — 2:6
- 1 Maccabees — 1:25, 1:39, 9:41, 12:52
- Proverbs — 10:6, 14:13
- Sirach — 22:12, 26:6, 38:17, 41:11
- Isaiah — 17:14
- Jeremiah — 6:26, 38:13
- James — 4:9
- Revelation — 18:7, 18:8, 21:4
Josephus' Antiquities of the Jews
- Book 1 — 6:152, 18:275
- Book 2 — 3:22, 6:103, 6:119, 15:328
- Book 4 — 5:85, 8:321
- Book 5 — 10:340
- Book 6 — 1:16, 7:155, 13:292, 14:377
- Book 7 — 10:257
- Book 10 — 5:78
- Book 12 — 5:250, 6:285
- Book 13 — 6:210, 16:406
- Book 15 — 3:57, 3:60
- Book 17 — 3:59, 6:177, 8:200
- Book 18 — 6:209
- Book 20 — 5:112, 5:113
Josephus' The Jewish War
Swete's Recension of the Greek Septuagint
- Genesis — 50:10, 50:11
- 2 Samuel — 11:27, 19:2
- Esther — 4:3, 4:17
- Tobit — 2:6, 2:6
- 1 Maccabees — 1:25, 1:39, 1:40, 9:41, 12:52
- 3 Maccabees — 4:2
- Proverbs — 10:6, 14:13
- Sirach — 22:12, 26:6, 38:17, 41:11
- Isaiah — 17:14
- Jeremiah — 6:26, 38:13
- Lamentations — 5:15
- Baruch — 4:9, 4:34
- Amos — 5:16, 8:10
- Micah — 1:8
Tischendorf's Greek New Testament
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
- ΠΕΝΘΗ — griefs, sorrows, mournings
- 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
- 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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