ὨΔΙΝΩ, ὠδινω
ŌDINŌ, ōdinō
Sounds Like: oh-dee-NOH
Translations: to be in travail, to travail, to be in birth pangs, to suffer pangs, to be in agony
From the root: ὨΔΙΝΩ
Part of Speech: Verb
Explanation: This verb describes the intense pain and struggle associated with childbirth, often translated as 'to be in travail' or 'to suffer birth pangs'. It can also be used metaphorically to describe any severe agony, distress, or intense effort, similar to the pains of labor. It implies a process of suffering that leads to a new outcome or birth.
Inflection: Present, Active, Indicative, First Person Singular
Strong’s number: G5605 (Lookup on BibleHub)
Instances
Tischendorf's Greek New Testament
- Galatians — 4:19
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
- ὨΔΙΝΟΥΣΑΝ — being in labor, travailing, suffering birth pangs, giving birth
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