ὨΔΙΝΟΥΣΑΝ, ὠδινουσαν
ŌDINOUSAN, ōdinousan
Sounds Like: oh-dee-NOO-san
Translations: being in labor, travailing, suffering birth pangs, giving birth
From the root: ὨΔΙΝΩ
Part of Speech: Verb
Explanation: This word describes the act of being in labor or experiencing the pains of childbirth. It can also be used metaphorically to describe intense suffering or the process of bringing something new into existence with great effort. It is the present active participle, indicating an ongoing action.
Inflection: Singular, Accusative, Feminine, Present Active Participle
Strong’s number: G5605 (Lookup on BibleHub)
Instances
Justin Martyr
- Dialogue with Trypho the Jew — 85:8
Swete's Recension of the Greek Septuagint
From the same root
Below are all other words in our texts that we've cataloged as being from the same root, ὨΔΙΝΩ.
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.
- ὨΔΙΝΕΙΣ — you are in labor, you are travailing, you are giving birth
- ὨΔΙΝΗΣΑΜΕΝ — we travailed, we were in labor, we suffered birth pangs, we were in anguish
- ὨΔΙΝΗΣΑΝ — they travailed, they were in labor, they suffered birth pangs, they were in anguish
- ὨΔΙΝΗΣΕΝ — she travailed, he travailed, it travailed, she was in labor, he was in labor, it was in labor, she suffered pain, he suffered pain, it suffered pain
- ὨΔΙΝΗΣΟΥΣΙΝ — they will travail, they will be in labor, they will suffer birth pangs
- ὨΔΙΝΟΝ — I was in labor, I was in travail, I was giving birth, they were in labor, they were in travail, they were giving birth
- ὨΔΙΝΟΥΣΑΙ — in labor, travailing, giving birth, suffering birth pangs
- ὨΔΙΝΩ — to be in travail, to travail, to be in birth pangs, to suffer pangs, to be in agony
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