ὠδίν

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ὠδίν, ῖνος, ἡ

Greek transliteration

ōdin

Simplified transliteration

odin

Numbers

Strong's number

5604

GK Number

6047

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n-3f(1a)

Gloss

labor, birth pain; agony (of death)

Definition

the spasms

, or pains, of a woman in travail, a birth pang, 1 Thess. 5:3; pl. met. birth throes, preliminary troubles to the development of a catastrophe, Mt. 24:8; Mk. 13:8; from the Hebrew, a stringent band, a snare, noose, Acts 2:24*

Greek-English Concordance for ὠδίν

Matthew 24:8	But all these things are only the beginning of birth (ōdinōn \| ὠδίνων \| gen pl fem)
Mark 13:8	For nation will rise against nation and kingdom against kingdom. There will be earthquakes in various places; there will be famines. These are the beginning of birth pains (ōdinōn \| ὠδίνων \| gen pl fem).
Acts 2:24	whom God raised up, loosing the pangs (ōdinas \| ὠδῖνας \| acc pl fem) of death, as it was not possible for him to be held by it.
1 Thessalonians 5:3	When they are saying, “Peace and security,” it is then that sudden destruction will come upon them, like labor pains (ōdin \| ὠδίν \| nom sg fem) upon a woman with child, and they will not escape.

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