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Strong's G2355 θρῆνος (threnos)

Threnos means “lamentation” — full meaning, definition, and every linked Bible usage across the indexed canon.

Same number, other testament: Strong's H2355 — chor (“white linen”) in the Hebrew Bible.

Strong's Number G2355
Language Greek
Linked Usages 30
Books 13

Strong's G2355 Quick Answer

Strong's G2355 θρῆνος (threnos) is a Greek Strong's word-study entry. threnos (thray`-nos) n. 1. wailing [from the base of G2360] It has 30 linked Bible usages across 13 books. Visible English usage signals include lamentation. Indexed coverage on this page includes New Testament, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, and Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha.

Meaning
threnos (thray`-nos) n. 1. wailing [from the base of G2360]
Usage
30 linked usages
Books
13 indexed books
Corpus
New Testament, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, and Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha
Usage Words
lamentation

Meaning and Definition

threnos (thray`-nos) n. 1. wailing [from the base of G2360] KJV: lamentation Root(s): G2360

Original Word
θρῆνος
Transliteration
threnos
Derivation
Root: θροέω R1: 2360
Morphology
noun

Across Lexicons

How independent scholarly lexicons define Strong's G2355. Each definition is shown with its source so you can compare and cite the original reference works.

How Strong's G2355 Is Translated

The English word each shown verse actually uses to render threnos, taken from the interlinear word alignment (the same word underlined in the excerpts below). Where a rendering is used more than once, the count is shown.

lamentation Matthew 2:18

How Strong's G2355 Usage Compares

Indexed coverage includes Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha, and New Testament. Each section below keeps corpus counts and sample passages visible so readers can compare the word across contexts instead of reading one flat concordance list.

  • The largest indexed corpus on this page is Septuagint / Greek Old Testament with 21 linked usages.
  • This page lets readers compare New Testament usage with Septuagint / Greek Old Testament usage, which is a key THF advantage over narrower Strong's pages.
  • Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha rows are counted separately so readers can decide how those texts relate to the main word study.

In the Septuagint (LXX)

Strong's G2355 (θρῆνος) appears 32 times in the Greek Septuagint — the Old Testament the New Testament authors quoted.

Sample Septuagint occurrences:

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Strong's G2355 by Corpus

Indexed usage grouped by testament and extended corpus so readers can compare this word across the Bible, Septuagint, deuterocanonical books, and 1 Enoch where present.

Strong's G2355 in the New Testament

1 indexed usage in New Testament.

Matthew 2:18 KJV

In Rama was there a voice heard, lamentation, and weeping, and great mourning, Rachel weeping for her children, and would not be comforted, because they are not.

Strong's G2355 in the Septuagint / Greek Old Testament

21 indexed usages in Septuagint / Greek Old Testament.

2 Kingdoms 1:17 Septuagint / Brenton

And David lamented with this lamentation over Saul and over Jonathan his son.

2 Chronicles 35:25 Septuagint / Brenton

And Jeremiah lamented for Josiah: and all the singing men and the singing women spake of Josiah in their lamentations to this day, and made them an ordinance in Israel: and, behold, they are written in the lamentations.

Isaiah 14:4 Septuagint / Brenton

And thou shalt take up this lamentation against the king of Babylon, How has the extortioner ceased, and the taskmaster ceased!

Strong's G2355 in the deuterocanonical books / Apocrypha

8 indexed usages in Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha.

Tobit 2:6 Septuagint / Brenton

remembering that prophecy of Amos, as he said, Your feasts shall be turned into mourning, And all your mirth into lamentation.

1 Maccabees 1:27 Septuagint / Brenton

Every bridegroom took up lamentation, and she that sat in the marriage chamber was in heaviness.

1 Maccabees 9:41 Septuagint / Brenton

Thus was the marriage turned into mourning, and the noise of their melody into lamentation.

Usage Excerpts

First 30 linked usage excerpts for Strong's G2355.

2 Kingdoms 1:17 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And David lamented with this lamentation over Saul and over Jonathan his son.
2 Chronicles 35:25 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And Jeremiah lamented for Josiah: and all the singing men and the singing women spake of Josiah in their lamentations to this day, and made them an ordinance in Israel: and, behold, they are written in the lamentations.
Isaiah 14:4 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And thou shalt take up this lamentation against the king of Babylon, How has the extortioner ceased, and the taskmaster ceased!
Jeremiah 7:29 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
Cut off thy hair, and cast it away, and take up a lamentation on thy lips; for the Lord has reprobated and rejected the generation that does these things.
Jeremiah 9:9 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
Take up a lamentation for the mountains, and a mournful dirge for the paths of the wilderness, for they are desolate for want of men; they heard not the sound of life from the birds of the sky, nor the cattle: they were amazed, they are gone.
Jeremiah 9:17 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
and let them take up a lamentation for you, and let your eyes pour down tears, and your eyelids drop water.
Jeremiah 9:19 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
Hear now, ye women, the word of God, and let your ears receive the words of his mouth, and teach your daughters lamentation, and every woman her neighbor a dirge.
Jeremiah 38:15 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
A voice was heard in Ramah, of lamentation, and of weeping, and wailing; Rachel would not cease weeping for her children, because they are not.
Ezekiel 2:10 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And he unrolled it before me: and in it the front and the back were written upon: and there was written in it Lamentation, and mournful song, and woe.
Ezekiel 19:1 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
Moreover do thou take up a lamentation for the prince of Israel,
Ezekiel 19:14 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And fire is gone out of a rod of her choice boughs, and has devoured her; and there was no rod of strength in her. Her race is become a parable of lamentation, and it shall be for a lamentation.
Ezekiel 26:17 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And they shall take up a lamentation for thee, and shall say to thee, How art thou destroyed from out of the sea, the renowned city, that brought her terror upon all her inhabitants.
Ezekiel 27:2 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And thou, son of man, take up a lamentation against Tyre;
Ezekiel 27:32 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And their sons shall take up a lament for thee, even a lamentation for Tyre, saying,
Ezekiel 28:12 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
Son of man, take up a lamentation for the prince of Tyre, and say to him, Thus saith the Lord God; Thou art a seal of resemblance, and crown of beauty.
Ezekiel 32:2 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
Son of man, take up a lamentation for Pharaoh king of Egypt, and say to him, Thou art become like a lion of the nations, and as the serpent that is in the sea: and thou didst make assaults with thy rivers, and didst disturb the water with thy feet, and didst trample thy rivers.
Ezekiel 32:16 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
There is a lamentation, and thou shalt utter it; and the daughters of the nations shall utter it, even for Egypt, and they shall mourn for it over all the strength thereof, saith the Lord God.
Amos 5:1 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
Hear ye this word of the Lord, even a lamentation, which I take up against you. The house of Israel is fallen; it shall no more rise.
Amos 5:16 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
Therefore thus saith the Lord God Almighty; In all the streets shall be lamentations; and in all the ways shall it be said, Woe, woe! the husbandman shall be called to mourning and lamentation, and to them that are skilled in complaining.
Amos 8:10 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
and I will turn your feasts into mourning, and all your songs into lamentation; and I will bring up sackcloth on all loins, and baldness on every head; and I will make them as the mourning of a beloved friend, and those with them as a day of grief.
Micah 2:4 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
In that day shall a parable be taken up against you, and a plaintive lamentation shall be uttered, saying, We are thoroughly miserable: the portion of my people has been measured out with a line, and there was none to hinder him so as to turn him back; your fields have been divided.
Matthew 2:18 New Testament, KJV
In Rama was there a voice heard, lamentation, and weeping, and great mourning, Rachel weeping for her children, and would not be comforted, because they are not.
Tobit 2:6 Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha, Septuagint / Brenton
remembering that prophecy of Amos, as he said, Your feasts shall be turned into mourning, And all your mirth into lamentation.
1 Maccabees 1:27 Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha, Septuagint / Brenton
Every bridegroom took up lamentation, and she that sat in the marriage chamber was in heaviness.
1 Maccabees 9:41 Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha, Septuagint / Brenton
Thus was the marriage turned into mourning, and the noise of their melody into lamentation.
3 Maccabees 4:6 Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha, Septuagint / Brenton
Girls who had entered the bridal chamber quite lately, to enjoy the partnership of marriage, exchanged pleasure for misery; and with dust scattered upon their myrrh-anointed heads, were hurried along unveiled, and, in the midst of outlandish insults, set up with one accord a lamentable cry in lieu of the marriage hymn.
3 Maccabees 4:8 Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha, Septuagint / Brenton
The husbands of these, in the prime of their youthful vigor, instead of crowns wore halters round their necks; instead of feasting and youthful jollity, spent the rest of their nuptial days in wailings, and saw only the grave at hand.
3 Maccabees 6:32 Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha, Septuagint / Brenton
Ceasing their miserable strain of woe, they took up the subject of their fatherland, hymning in praise God their wonder-working Savior. All groans, all wailing, were laid aside: they formed dances in token of serene joy.
4 Maccabees 16:12 Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha, Septuagint / Brenton
Nor did she divert any of them from death, nor grieve for them as for the dead.
Wisdom of Sirach 38:16 Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha, Septuagint / Brenton
My son, let tears fall down over the dead, And begin to lament, as if thou hadst suffered great harm thyself; And then cover his body according to the custom, And neglect not his burial.

All Indexed Usage Links

Every indexed verse link for Strong's G2355, grouped by book.

2 Kingdoms 1 usage, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
2 Chronicles 1 usage, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Isaiah 1 usage, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Jeremiah 5 usages, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Ezekiel 9 usages, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Amos 3 usages, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Micah 1 usage, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Matthew 1 usage, New Testament
Tobit 1 usage, Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha
1 Maccabees 2 usages, Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha
3 Maccabees 3 usages, Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha
4 Maccabees 1 usage, Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha
Wisdom of Sirach 1 usage, Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha

Strong's G2355 FAQ

What does threnos (θρῆνος) mean?

Threnos (Strong's G2355) is a Greek word most simply glossed "lamentation". threnos (thray`-nos) n. 1. wailing [from the base of G2360]

How many times is threnos (θρῆνος) used in the Bible?

This page currently indexes 30 linked usages for Strong's G2355 across 13 books.

Where can I study threnos (θρῆνος) in context?

Use the linked verse references on this page to study Strong's G2355 in context. The indexed coverage includes New Testament, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, and Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha.

What English words translate threnos (θρῆνος)?

The visible usage excerpts most often surface English words such as lamentation. These are scanning signals from the displayed verses, not replacements for the original-language definition.

Does Strong's G2355 appear in the Septuagint or deuterocanonical books?

Yes. The current local index includes 21 in Septuagint / Greek Old Testament and 8 in Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha for Strong's G2355, with linked reader references where each row is available.