ἈΛΓΕΙΝ, ἀλγειν
ALGEIN, algein
Sounds Like: al-GEH-een
Translations: to suffer, to feel pain, to be in pain, to be distressed, to grieve
From the root: ἈΛΓΕΩ
Part of Speech: Verb
Explanation: This word is a verb meaning 'to suffer' or 'to feel pain'. It can refer to physical pain or emotional distress and grief. It is often used to describe experiencing hardship or affliction. In a sentence, it would describe the action of someone or something undergoing pain or suffering.
Inflection: Present, Active, Infinitive
Strong’s number: G0254 (Lookup on BibleHub)
Instances
Clement of Rome
- Clement’s First Letter — 56:6
Josephus' Antiquities of the Jews
- Book 11 — 5:165
Swete's Recension of the Greek Septuagint
- Job — 5:18
From the same root
Below are all other words in our texts that we've cataloged as being from the same root, ἈΛΓΕΩ.
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.
- ἈΛΓΕΙΤΕ — you suffer, you feel pain, you are in pain, you grieve, you are distressed
- ἈΛΓΗΣΩ — I will suffer, I will feel pain, I will be pained
- ἈΛΓΟΥΝ — to feel pain, to suffer, to grieve, feeling pain, suffering, grieving, a suffering one, a grieving one
- ἈΛΓΟΥΝΤΑ — suffering, being in pain, grieving, those suffering, the ones grieving
- ἈΛΓΩΝ — suffering, in pain, sorrowful, grieved, a suffering one, a sorrowful one
- ἨΛΓΗΣΑΝ — they suffered, they grieved, they were in pain, they felt pain
- ἨΛΓΟΥΝ — they were in pain, they were suffering, they were hurting, they were grieved
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