Quick Definition
ταλαίπωρος, ον Adj wretched, afflicted, miserable
Strong's Definition
from the base of 5007 and a derivative of the base of 3984; enduring trial, i.e. miserable
KJV Usage: wretched
UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament
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Thayer's Greek Lexicon
ταλαίπωρος, -ov, (fr. TAAAQ, TAAQ, to bear, undergo, and πῶρος a callus [ἃ]. πωρός, but οἵ. Suidas (ed. Gaisf.) p. 3490 c. and note; al. connect the word with περάω, πειράω, cf. Curtius § 4007), enduring toils and troubles; afflicted, wretched: Ro. vii. 24; Rey. iii. 17. (Is. xxxiii. 1; Tob. xiii. 10; Sap. 111. 11; xiii. 10; [Pind.], Tragg., Arstph., Dem., Polyb., Aesop., al.)
Mounce Concise Greek Dictionary
ταλαίπωρος talaipōros 2x
pr. enduring severe effort and hardship; hence, wretched, miserable, afflicted, Rom. 7:24; Rev. 3:17*
Abbott-Smith Greek Lexicon
ταλαίπωρος, -ον
[in LXX: Ps 136 (137):8 (שָׁדַד), Is 33:1 (ποιεῖν τ., שָׁדַד), To 13:10, Wi 3:11, al. ;]
distressed, miserable, wretched: Ro 7:24, Re 3:17.†
Moulton & Milligan — Vocabulary of the Greek NT
ταλαίπωρος, “‘wretched,”’ ‘‘miserable,”’ is found in P Par 63182 (B.C. 164) (=P Petr IIL. p. 30) τῶν μὲν ταλαιπώρων λαῶν. . . φείσεσθε, “‘you must spare the miserable populace” (Mahaffy), P Hawara 56° (probably late i/a.p.) (= Archiv v. p. 382) περὶ τῆς ταλαιπώρου [ » and P Hamb 1. 8810 (mid. ii/A.p.) γράφεις μοι περὶ τῶν χρεωστῶν τοῦ ταλαιπώρου ᾿Ιουϊλ]ιανοῦ. The word occurs also in the Jewish prayers for vengeance for the innocent blood of the two Jewish girls, Heraklea and Marthina, who were murdered in Rheneia (Magna Delos), Sy// 816(=* 118r)°® émiukahotpar . . ἐπὶ τοὺς... φαρμακεύσαντας τὴν ταλαίπωρον ἄωρον Ἣ ράκλεαν, now usually dated about B.C, 100 (see Deissmann 25.4.8 5, p. 413 ff.).
Liddell-Scott-Jones — Greek-English Lexicon
ταλαίπωρος (talaipōros) — wretched. τᾰλαίπωρος, ον, suffering, distressed, miserable, Θῆβαι [Refs 5th c.BC+]; τὸ τ. hardihood, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; a hard life, [Refs 5th c.BC+]“Aër.” 19. adverb -ρως[Refs 5th c.BC+]
2. of things, τ. βίος [Refs 5th c.BC+]