Quick Definition
διαπονέομαι v. I am greatly troubled
Strong's Definition
from 1223 and a derivative of 4192; to toil through, i.e. (passively) be worried
KJV Usage: be grieved
UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament
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Thayer's Greek Lexicon
δια-πονέω : 0 work out laboriously, make complete by labor. Mid. [pres. διαπονοῦμαι); with 1 aor. pass. διεπονήθην (for which Attie writ. διεπονησάμην); a. to exert one’s self, strive; b. to manage with pains, accomplish with great labor ; in prof. auth. in both senses [fr. Aeschyl. down]. c. to be troubled, displeased, offended, pained, [ef. colloq. Eng. to be worked up; W. 23 (22)]: Acts iv. 2; xvi. 18. (Aquila in Gen. vi. 6; 1 5. xx. 30; Sept. in Eeel. x. 9 for 383; Hesych. διαπονηθείς - λυπηθείς.)
Mounce Concise Greek Dictionary
διαπονέομαι diaponeomai 2x
pr. to be thoroughly exercised with labor; to be wearied; to be vexed, Acts 4:2; 16:18*
Abbott-Smith Greek Lexicon
δια-πονέω, -ῶ
[in LXX: Ec 10:9 (עצב ni.), II Mac 2:28; in Aq.: Ge 6:6, I Ki 20:3 * ;]
to work out with labour. Pass., to be worn out, sore troubled: Mk 14:4 (WH, mg.), Ac 4:2 16:18.†
Moulton & Milligan — Vocabulary of the Greek NT
διαπόνεω. For 6., as in Ac 42, 1615: cx. P Oxy IV. 743. (B.c. 2) ἐγὼ ὅλος διαπον[ο]ῦμαι, ‘‘I am quite upset’ (Edd.). For the verb in its more ordinary sense of ‘‘ work laboriously,” see Arist. 92 πάντες yap αὐτοκελεύστως διαπονοῦσι πολλῆς γινομένης κακοπαθείας.
Liddell-Scott-Jones — Greek-English Lexicon
διαπονέω (diaponeō) — be vexed. διαπον-έω, work out with labour, elaborate, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; cultivate, practise, δ. γράμματα [Refs 5th c.BC+]; exercise, σώματα [Refs 5th c.BC+] —middle, διαπονεῖσθαι ἐπιτηδεύματα, τέχνας, [Refs 5th c.BC+]:—passive, [Refs 5th c.BC+]managed, governed, [Refs 4th c.BC+]; διαπονηθῆναι τὴν μουσικήν to be taught it thoroughly, [Refs 1st c.AD+]veterans, [Refs 1st c.BC+]
2. till or cultivate completely, χώραν [Refs 2nd c.BC+]:—passive, [Refs]
3. passive, to be worn out, troubled, [NT+1st c.BC+]
II. intransitive, to work hard, δ. τῇ διανοίᾳ καὶ τῷ σώματι [Refs 5th c.BC+]: with infinitive, δ. πᾶν ἰσόρροπον ποιεῖν [Refs 5th c.BC+]: —middle, δ. τὸ πᾶσαν πίστιν λαβεῖν [Refs 5th c.BC+]; οἱ διαπονούμενοι the hard-working, hardy, opposed to ἄπονοι, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; to be hard-worked, of hounds, [Refs 2nd c.AD+]
