Quick Definition
ταλαιπωρία, ας, ἡ n.f. hardship, misery
Strong's Definition
from 5005; wretchedness, i.e. calamity
KJV Usage: misery
UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament
noun, f. | -ας | ταλαιπωρέω
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Thayer's Greek Lexicon
ταλαιπωρία, -as, 9, (ταλαίπωρος q- V.), hardship, trouble, calamity, misery: Ro. iii. 16 (fr. Is. lix. 7); plur. [miseries], Jas. v. 1. (Hdt., Thuc., Isoer., Polyb., Diod., Joseph., al.; Sept. chiefly for 1.)
Mounce Concise Greek Dictionary
ταλαιπωρία talaipōria 2x
toil, difficulty, hardship; calamity, misery, distress, Rom. 3:16; Jas. 5:1*
Abbott-Smith Greek Lexicon
ταλαιπωρία, -ας, ἡ
(< ταλαίπωρος) [in LXX chiefly for שֹׁד ;]
hard work (Hippocr.).
hardship, suffering, distress: Ro 3:16 (LXX) pl., Ja 5:1 (v. B1., § 32, 6; WM, 220; Swete, Mk., 153).
(Hdt., Thuc., al.; and cf. MM, xxiv.)†
Moulton & Milligan — Vocabulary of the Greek NT
ταλαιπωρία, ““wretchedness,” ‘‘ distress” (Rom 3156 LXX): cf. P Tebt I. 27% (B.c. 113) ἐν τῆι αὐτῆι ταλαιπωρίαι διαμένεις, “you still continue in the same miserable condition ” (Edd.). For plur. in Jas 51 cf. Aristeas 15 ἀπόλυσον τοὺς συνεΧομένους ἐν ταλαιπωρίαις, and see Blass Gr. p. 84.
Liddell-Scott-Jones — Greek-English Lexicon
ταλαιπωρία (talaipōria) — misery. τᾰλαιπωρ-ία, Ionic dialect -ιη, ἡ, hard labour, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; also simply, regular use, exercise, τῆς χειρός [Refs 5th c.BC+]
2. hardship, distress, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; τῇ τοῦ σώματος τ. [Refs 5th c.BC+]; ἡ ἐν τοῖς ἔργοις τ. [Refs 2nd c.BC+]; ἡ περὶ τὸ πρᾶγμα τ. [Refs 5th c.BC+]
3. bodily suffering or pain, caused by disease, [Refs 5th c.BC+]