Quick Definition
ταλαιπωρέω v. I am miserable, distressed
Strong's Definition
from 5005; to be wretched, i.e. realize one's own misery
KJV Usage: be afflicted
UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament
verb | τάλας + πωρόω
25.136 · Attitudes and Emotions · Laugh, Cry, Groan
to be sorrowful, to lament to be sorrowful and complain, presumably on the basis of wretched circumstances
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Thayer's Greek Lexicon
ταλαιπωρέω, -ὦ : 1 aor. impy. ταλαιπωρήσατε; (ταλαίπωρος, 4- V-); fr. Eur. and Thue. down; Sept. for TW; a. to toil heavily, to endure labors and hardships; to be afflicted; to feel afflicted and miserable: Jas. iv. 9. b. in Grk. writ. and Sept. also transitively {ef. L. and S. 5. v. II], to afflict: Ps. xvi. (xvii.) 9; Is. Xxxiii. 1.
Mounce Concise Greek Dictionary
ταλαιπωρέω talaipōreō 1x
to endure severe labor and hardship; to be harassed; complain, Jas. 4:9*
Abbott-Smith Greek Lexicon
ταλαιπωρέω, -ῶ
(< ταλαίπωρος), [in LXX Chiefly for שָׁדַד pu. ;]
to do hard labour, suffer hardship or distress: Ja 4:9.
In cl. occasionally trans., to weary, distress (so Ps 16 (17):9, Is 33:1).†
Liddell-Scott-Jones — Greek-English Lexicon
ταλαιπωρέω (talaipōreō) — to grieve. τᾰλαιπωρ-έω, perfect τεταλαιπώρηκα [Refs 5th c.BC+]:—passive, with future middle -ήσομαι[Refs 1st c.AD+]: aorist ἐταλαιπωρήθην [Refs 5th c.BC+]: perfect τεταλαιπώρημαι [Refs 2nd c.AD+]:—do hard work, endure hardship or distress, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; ἑωυτοῖσι for their own benefit, [Refs 5th c.BC+]: with dative, suffer by reason of, ἐλπίσι κεναῖς Polystr.p.31 W.
II. rarely transitive, distress, trouble, ὁ πόλεμος πάντας τρόπους τεταλαιπώρηκεν ἡμᾶς [Refs 5th c.BC+]; ἀνδρὸς.. ὑμᾶς μηδ᾽ ὅσον προπέμψαι ποι αὐτὸν ἀπιόντα.. -ήσαντος who did not trouble you even to.., [Refs]:—frequently in passive, to be distressed, suffer hardship, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; τεταλαιπωρημένοι ὑπὸ τῆς νόσου worn out by.., [Refs 5th c.BC+]; τὸ σῶμα ταλαιπωρούμενον being distressed, [Refs 1st c.AD+]