Lexical Summary thrēnos: a lamentation Original Word: θρῆνοςTransliteration: thrēnos Phonetic Spelling: (thray'-nos) Part of Speech: Noun, Masculine Short Definition: a lamentation Meaning: a lamentation Strong's Concordance lamentation. From the base of throeo; wailing -- lamentation. see GREEK throeo Thayer's Greek Lexicon STRONGS NT 2355: θρῆνοςθρῆνος, θρήνου, ὁ (θρέομαι to cry aloud, to lament; cf. German Thräne ((?), rather drönen; Curtius, § 317)), a lamentation: Matthew 2:18 Rec. (Sept; for קִינָה, also נְהִי; O. T. Apocrypha; Homer, Pindar, Tragg., Xenophon, Ages. 10, 3; Plato, others.) |