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G3077 λύπη (lýpē)
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Quick Definition

λύπη, ης, ἡ n.f. pain, grief

Strong's Definition

apparently a primary word; sadness

KJV Usage: grief, grievous, + grudgingly, heaviness, sorrow

UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament

noun, f. | -ας | λυπέω

25.272 · Attitudes and Emotions · Sorrow, Regret

unhappiness, regret, sadness a state of unhappiness marked by regret as a result of what has been done

2CO 7:10 · 2CO 7:10 · 2CO 9:7

25.273 · Attitudes and Emotions · Sorrow, Regret

sadness, sorrow, distress a state of mental pain and anxiety

LUK 22:45 · JHN 16:6 · JHN 16:20 · JHN 16:21 · JHN 16:22 · ROM 9:2 · 2CO 2:1 · 2CO 2:3 · 2CO 2:7 · PHP 2:27 · PHP 2:27 · HEB 12:11 · 1PE 2:19

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Thayer's Greek Lexicon

λύπη, -ης, 7), [fr. Aeschyl. and Hdt. down], sorrow, pain, grief: of persons mourning, Jn. xvi. 6; 2Co. ii.7; opp. to χαρά, Jn. xvi. 20; Heb. xii. 11; λύπην ἔχω (see ἔχω, I. 2g. p. 267°), Jn. xvi. 21 sq.; Phil. ii. 27; with addition of ἀπό and gen. of pers., 2 Co. ii. 3; A. μοί ἐστι, Ro. ix. 2; ἐν λύπῃ ἔρχεσθαι, of one who on coming both saddens and is made sad, 2 Co. ii. 1 (cf. λυπῶ ὑμᾶς, vs. 2; and λύπην ἔχω, VS. 3); ἀπὸ τῆς λύπης, for sorrow, Lk. xxii. 45; ἐκ λύπης, with a sour, reluctant mind [ A. V. grudgingly], (opp. to idapds), 2 Co. ix. 7; ἡ κατὰ θεὸν λύπη, sorrow acceptable to God, 2 Co. vii. 10 (see λυπέω), and ἡ τοῦ κόσμου λύπη; the usual sorrow of men at the loss of their earthly possessions, ibid.; objectively, annoyance, affliction, (Hdt. 7,152): λύπας ὑποφέρειν [R. V. griefs 1, δι τι 19. “Λυσανίας, -ov, 6, Lysanias ; 1. the son of Ptolemy, who from B.c. 40 on was governor of Chalcis at the foot of Mount Lebanon, and was put to death B.c. 34 at the instance of Cleopatra: Joseph. antt. 14, 7, 4 and 13, 3; 155/45 1; bay. 155.1) chs 1. 95 2. 2. a tetrarch of Abilene (see ᾿Αβιληνή), in the days of John the Baptist and Jesus: Lk. iii. 1. Among the regions assigned by the emperors Caligula and Claudius to Herod Agrippa I. and Herod Agrippa II., Josephus mentions ἡ Λυσανίου tetpapxia (antt. 18, 6, 10, ef. 20, 7,1), βασιλεία ἡ τοῦ Λυσανίου καλουμένη (Ὁ. 1. 2, 11, 5), ᾿Αβίλα ἡ Λυσανίου (antt. 19, ὅ, 1); accordingly, some have supposed that in these passages Lysanias the son of Ptolemy must be meant, and that the region which he governed continued to bear his name even after his death. Others (as Credner, Strauss, Gfrorer, Weisse), denying that there ever was a second Lysanias, contend that Luke was led into error by that designation of Abilene (derived from Lysanias and retained for a long time afterwards), so that he imagined that Lysanias was tetrarch in the time of Christ. This opinion, however, is directly opposed by the fact that Josephus, in antt. 20, 7, 1 and b. j. 2, 12, 8, expressly distinguishes Chalcis from the tetrarchy of Lysanias; nor is it probable that the region which Lysanias the son of Ptolemy governed for only six years took its name from him ever after. Therefore it is more correct to conclude that in the passages of Josephus where the tetrarchy of Lysanias is mentioned a second Lysanias, perhaps the grandson of the former, must be meant; and that he is identical with the one spoken of by Luke. Cf. Winer, RWB. s. v. Abilene; Wieseler in Herzog i. p. 64 sqq., [esp. in Beitriige zur richtig. Wiirdigung ἃ. Evang. u.s.w. pp. 196-204]; Bleek, Synopt. Ex klir. u.s. w.i. p. 154 sq.; Aneucker in Schenkeli. p. 26 sy.; Schiirer, Neutest. Zeitgesch. § 19 Anh. 1 p. 313 [also in Riehm 5. v.; Robinson in Bib. Sacra for 1848, pp. 79 καᾳ.; Avoiar Renan, La Dynastie des Lysanias d’Abiléne (in the Mémoires de Acad. des inscrip. et belles-lettres for 1870, Tom. xxvi. P. 2, pp. 49-84); BB.DD. s. v.].

Mounce Concise Greek Dictionary

λύπη lypē 16x

pain, distress, Jn. 16:21; grief, sorrow, Jn. 16:6, 20, 22; meton. cause of grief, trouble, affliction, 1 Pet. 2:19

Abbott-Smith Greek Lexicon

λύπη, -ης, ἡ,

[in LXX for עֶצֶב and cogn. forms, etc.;]

pain of body or mind, grief, sorrow: Jo 16:6, II Co 2:7; opp. to χαρά, Jo 16:20, He 12:11; ἀπὸ τῆς λ., Lk 22:45; ἐκ λ., II Co 9:7; ἡ κατὰ θεὸν λ., opp. to ἡ τ. κόσμου λ., II Co 7:10; λ. μοί ἐστιν, Ro 9:2; λ. ἔχω, Jo 16:21, 22; id. seq. ἀπό, II Co 2:3; λ. ἐπὶ λ. ἔχω, Phl 2:27; ἐν λ. ἐλθεῖν, II Co 2:1 (to come sad and cause sadness); pl. (cf. Ge 3:16, Pr 15:13, al.), I Pe 2:19.†

Moulton & Milligan — Vocabulary of the Greek NT

λύπη. BGU II. 5311-20 (as restored p. 357—ii/A.D.) ἐὰν δὲ ἀστοχήσῃς [αἰω]νίαν por λοίπην (-- λύπην) [π]αρέχιν μέλλις. See also the curious mantic P Ryl I. 2531 (iv/a.p.) ἐὰν δὲ ὁ μέγας ἅληται σημαίνι αὐτὸν δοῦλον ὄντα δεσποτεῦσαι καὶ πάσης λύπης ἀπαλλαγῆναι, ‘if the great toe quiver, it signifies for a slave that he will become a master and be freed from all pain’’ (Ed.). An interesting ex. of the adj. occurs in the dutiful letter of Philonides to his father, P Petr II. 13(19)'8 (B.c. 258-3) τοῦτο δ᾽ ἔχε τῆι δια[νοία]ι ὅτι οὐθέν | σοι μὴ γενηθῆι λυπηρὸν ἀλλὰ πᾶν ἐμοὶ ἔστ]αι πεφροντισμένον τοῦ σε γενέσθαι ἄλυπον [πάντως ἢ, “but hold this fact in your mind, that nothing vexatious may happen to you, but that I have used every forethought to keep you free from trouble” (Ed.). | , 2 AuTpov | slaves, “Λυσανίας. An inser., Οαρηαΐ III. 1086, has been found at Abila, the capital of ancient Abilene, whose author describes himself as Νυμφαῖος ... . Λυσανίου tetpdpxov ἀπελε[ύθερος. There is nothing to show which Lysanias is intended, but as the editor understands by the Σεβαστοί, who are spoken of in the beginning of the inscr., the Emperor Tiberius and his mother Livia (0d. A.D. 29), the reference cannot be to Lysanias son of Ptolemy (vegnavit B.C. 40-34), but to his son or grandson, who may then in turn be identified with the Lysanias of Lk 3%. See further the notes to Cagnaz III. 1085, and an art. in δεν Brbligue, 1912, p. 533 ff. (cited Exp VII. v. p. 93f.). For gen. Λυσανίου, see Moulton Gr. il. p. 119.

Liddell-Scott-Jones — Greek-English Lexicon

λύπη (lupē) — grief. λῡπ-η, ἡ, pain of body, opposed to ἡδονή, [Refs]; also, sad plight or condition, [Refs 5th c.BC+]

2. pain of mind, grief,[Refs 4th c.BC+]; τί γὰρ καλὸν ζῆν βίοτον, ὃς λύπας φέρε; [Refs 5th c.BC+]; opposed to χαρά, [Refs 5th c.BC+]

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