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G4192 πόνος (pónos)
Greek
Noun, Masculine
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Quick Definition

labor, pain

Strong's Definition

toil, i.e. (by implication) anguish

Derivation: from the base of G3993 (πένης);

KJV Usage: pain

Thayer's Greek Lexicon

πόνος, πόνου, ὁ (πένομαι (see πένης)), from Homer down, the Sept. for ςΘξΘμ, ιΐβΔιςΗ , etc., labor, toil; 1. equivalent to great trouble, intense desire: ὑπέρ τίνος (genitive of person), Col_4:13 (where Rec. has ζῆλον (cf. Lightfoot at the passage)). 2. pain: Rev_16:10; Rev_21:4. (Synonym: see κόπος, at the end.)

Mounce Concise Greek Dictionary

πόνος ponos 4x labor, travail; pain, misery, anguish, Col_4:13 ; Rev_16:10-11 ; Rev_21:4

Abbott-Smith Greek Lexicon

πόνος , -ου , ὁ [in LXX for H5999 , etc.;] 1. labour , toil: Col_4:13 2. The consequence of toil, distress , suffering , pain ( Xen ., al. , LXX ): Rev_16:10-11 ; Rev_21:4 .† SYN.: see κόπος G2873 .

Moulton & Milligan — Vocabulary of the Greek NT

πόνος [page 528] labour, toil : P Grenf I. 1 .18 (ii/B.C.) μέγαν ἔχει πόνον , it is a toilsome matter. For the derived meaning pain, suffering, as in Rev_16:10 f; Rev_21:4 , cf. the medical prescriptions P Oxy II. 234 ii. 24, .37 (ii/iii A.D.) ἔνθετα εἰς τ [ὸ ] οὖς πρὸς πόνους , stoppings for the ear against earache, κλυσμοὶ ὠτὸς [πρ̣ὸς ] πόνους , clysters for the ear against earache : see also Syll 325 (= .3 708) .11 ( c. B.C. 107) σωματικῶν πόνων . An interesting inscr. from Adana ( Syria, revue d art oriental et d archιalogie ii. (1921), p. 217) runs οὐκέτι οὐδ [ὲν βίος τέλος πόνος no more life, end, pain. Vett. Val. p. 131 .3 μετὰ πόνου καὶ μερίμνης καὶ βίας . For the corresponding verb in its original meaning labour, cf. P Fay 106 .14 ( c. A.D. 140) τ [ετραε ]τεῖ ἤδη χρόνωι ἐν τῇ χρ [είαι ] πονούμενος ἐξησθένησα , after labouring for a period of four years at the post, I became very weak (Edd.), and the Delphic precept Syll .3 1268 ii. 7 πόνει μετ᾽ εὐκλείας . The derived sense appears in BGU II. 380 .8 (iii/A.D.) (= Selections , p. 104) εἶπέ μοι ὅτι τὸν πόδα πονεῖς ἀπὸ σκολάπου , he told me that you had a sore foot from a splinter. Cf. also Kaibel 1117 .4 ff. Ὦ παῖ , φυλάσσου μὴ σφαλῇς· ἡ γλῶσσά τοι αὐτὴ μὲν οὐδέν , ἡνίκ᾽ ἂν λέγῃ , πονεῖ , ὅταν δ᾽ ἁμάρτῃ , πολλὰ προσβάλλει κακά . For the Ionic forms πονέσω , ἐπόνεσα , πεπόνεκα , which are common in the LXX, see Thumb Archiv iv. p. 490.

Liddell-Scott — Intermediate Greek Lexicon

πόνος πόνος, ὁ, [Etym: πένομαι] "work", esp. "hard work, toil", Lat. labor, in Hom. mostly of war, μάχης π. "the toil" of battle, and π. alone = μάχη, πόνον ἔχειν, ῀ μάχεσθαι, Il. ; ὁ Μηδικὸς π. "battle" with the Medes, Hdt. ; οἱ Τρωικοὶ πόνοι id=Hdt. generally, "toil, labour", Il. , etc. "bodily exertion, exercise", Eur. , Xen. ; ἐνάλιος π., i. e. fishing, Pind. "a work, task, business", ἐπεὶ π. ἄλλος ἔπειγεν Od. , Soph. "implements for labour, stock in trade", Theocr. ; πόνος ἐντὶ θάλασσα the sea is their "workshop", Mosch. "the consequence of toil, distress, trouble, suffering, pain", Il. , etc. "anything produced by work, a work", τρητὸς μελισσᾶν π., of honey, Pind. ; τοὺς ἡμετέρους π. "the fruits of" our "labour", Xen. Πόνος a mythol. person, son of Eris, Hes.

STEPBible — Tyndale Abridged Greek Lexicon

πόνος, -ου, ὁ [in LXX for עָמָל, etc. ;] __1. labour, toil: Col.4:13 __2. The consequence of toil, distress, suffering, pain (Xen., al., LXX): Rev.16:10-11 21:4.† SYN.: see: κόπος (AS)

Bible Occurrences (4)

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