Quick Definition
συνωδίνω v. I am in travail together
Strong's Definition
from 4862 and 5605; to have (parturition) pangs in company (concert, simultaneously) with, i.e. (figuratively) to sympathize (in expectation of relief from suffering)
KJV Usage: travail in pain together
UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament
verb | ὠδίνω
24.88 · Sensory Events and States · Pain, Suffering
to suffer together to suffer great anguish or pain together, with the implication of an important and creative event
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Mounce Concise Greek Dictionary
συνωδίνω synōdinō 1x
pr. to travail at the same time with; trop. suffer together, Rom. 8:22*
Abbott-Smith Greek Lexicon
* συν-ωδίνω to be in travail together (Arist.): metaph. (Eur.), Ro 8:22.†
Liddell-Scott-Jones — Greek-English Lexicon
συνωδίνω (sunōdinō) — to labor together. συνωδίνω [ῑ], to be in travail together, σ. κακοῖς share in the agony of woes, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; οἱ ἄρρενες ταῖς θηλείαις σ. [Refs 2nd c.AD+]:—passive, στεροπῇσι συνωδίνοντο κεραυνοί [Refs 4th c.AD+]