Lexical Summary lypē: pain of body or mind, grief, sorrow Original Word: λύπηTransliteration: lypē Phonetic Spelling: (loo'-pay) Part of Speech: Noun, Feminine Short Definition: pain of body or mind, grief, sorrow Meaning: pain of body or mind, grief, sorrow Strong's Concordance grief, pain, sorrow. Apparently a primary word; sadness -- grief, grievous, + grudgingly, heaviness, sorrow. Thayer's Greek Lexicon STRONGS NT 3077: λύπηλύπη, λύπης, ἡ (from Aeschylus and Herodotus down), sorrow, pain, grief: of persons mourning, John 16:6; 2 Corinthians 2:7; opposed to χαρά, John 16:20; Hebrews 12:11; λύπην ἔχω (see ἔχω, 1. 2 g., p. 267a), John 16:21; Philippians 2:27; with addition of ἀπό and genitive of person, 2 Corinthians 2:3; λύπη μοι ἐστιν, Romans 9:2; ἐν λύπη ἔρχεσθαι, of one who on coming both saddens and is made sad, 2 Corinthians 2:1 (cf. λυπῶ ὑμᾶς, 2 Corinthians 2:2; and λύπην ἔχω, 2 Corinthians 2:3); ἀπό τῆς λύπης, for sorrow, Luke 22:45; ἐκ λύπης, with a sour, reluctant mind (A. V. grudgingly) (opposed to ἱλαρός), 2 Corinthians 9:7; ἡ κατά Θεόν λύπη, sorrow acceptable to God, 2 Corinthians 7:10 (see λυπέω), and ἡ τοῦ κόσμου λύπη, the usual sorrow of men at the loss of their earthly possessions, ibid.; objectively, annoyance, affliction (Herodotus 7, 152): λύπας ὑποφέρειν (R. V. griefs), 1 Peter 2:19. |
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