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Strong's G3601 ὀδύνη (odyne)

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

Same number, other testament: Strong's H3601 — kishor (“spindle”) in the Hebrew Bible.

Strong's Number G3601
Language Greek
Linked Usages 65
Books 26

Strong's G3601 Quick Answer

Strong's G3601 ὀδύνη (odune) is a Greek Strong's word-study entry. odune (od-oo'-nay) n. 1. grief (as dejecting) [from G1416] It has 65 linked Bible usages across 26 books. Visible English usage signals include sorrow and sorrows. Indexed coverage on this page includes New Testament, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha, and 1 Enoch.

Meaning
odune (od-oo'-nay) n. 1. grief (as dejecting) [from G1416]
Usage
65 linked usages
Books
26 indexed books
Corpus
New Testament, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha, and 1 Enoch
Usage Words
sorrow and sorrows

Meaning and Definition

odune (od-oo'-nay) n. 1. grief (as dejecting) [from G1416] KJV: sorrow Root(s): G1416

Original Word
ὀδύνη
Transliteration
odune
Derivation
Root: δύνω R1: 1416
Morphology
noun

Across Lexicons

How independent scholarly lexicons define Strong's G3601. Each definition is shown with its source so you can compare and cite the original reference works.

Extended Strong's Greek Lexicon (Abbott-Smith based)

anguish

Usage: ὀδύνη, -ης, ἡ [in LXX for יָגוֹן, מַר, etc. (26 words in all) ;] pain, distress, of body or mind : Rom.9:2, 1Ti.6:10.† (AS)

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How Strong's G3601 Is Translated

The English word each shown verse actually uses to render odune, 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.

sorrow Romans 9:2 sorrows 1 Timothy 6:10

How Strong's G3601 Usage Compares

Indexed coverage includes Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha, New Testament, and 1 Enoch. 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 54 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.
  • 1 Enoch rows are separated from the other corpora rather than being hidden inside a generic apocrypha bucket.

In the Septuagint (LXX)

Strong's G3601 (ὀδύνη) appears 63 times in the Greek Septuagint — the Old Testament the New Testament authors quoted.

Sample Septuagint occurrences:

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Strong's G3601 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 G3601 in the New Testament

2 indexed usages in New Testament.

Romans 9:2 KJV

That I have great heaviness and continual sorrow in my heart.

1 Timothy 6:10 KJV

For the love of money is the root of all evil: which while some coveted after, they have erred from the faith, and pierced themselves through with many sorrows.

Strong's G3601 in the Septuagint / Greek Old Testament

54 indexed usages in Septuagint / Greek Old Testament.

Genesis 35:18 Septuagint / Brenton

And it came to pass in her giving up the ghost (for she was dying), that she called his name, The son of my pain; but his father called his name Benjamin.

Genesis 44:31 Septuagint / Brenton

it shall even come to pass, when he sees the boy is not with us, that he will die, and thy servants will bring down the old age of thy servant, and our father, with sorrow to the grave.

Exodus 3:7 Septuagint / Brenton

And the Lord said to Moses, I have surely seen the affliction of my people that is in Egypt, and I have heard their cry caused by their taskmasters; for I know their affliction.

Strong's G3601 in the deuterocanonical books / Apocrypha

8 indexed usages in Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha.

Tobit 6:15 Septuagint / Brenton

Then the angel said to him, Dost thou not remember the precepts that thy father gave thee, that thou shouldest marry a wife of thine own kindred? wherefore hear me, O my brother; for she shall be given thee to wife; and make thou no reckoning of the evil spirit; for this same night shall she be given thee in marriage.

2 Maccabees 9:9 Septuagint / Brenton

So that the worms rose up out of the body of this wicked man, and whiles he lived in sorrow and pain, his flesh fell away, and the filthiness of his smell was noisome to all his army.

4 Maccabees 14:9 Septuagint / Brenton

We now shudder at the recital of the affliction of those young men; but they not only beheld, and not only heard the immediate execution of the threat, but undergoing it, persevered; and that through the pains of fire.

Strong's G3601 in 1 Enoch

1 indexed usage in 1 Enoch.

1 Enoch 102:11 Septuagint / Brenton

of violence is found in them till their death ? " Nevertheless they perished and became as though they had not been, and their spirits descended into Sheol in tribulation."

Usage Excerpts

First 65 linked usage excerpts for Strong's G3601.

Genesis 35:18 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And it came to pass in her giving up the ghost (for she was dying), that she called his name, The son of my pain; but his father called his name Benjamin.
Genesis 44:31 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
it shall even come to pass, when he sees the boy is not with us, that he will die, and thy servants will bring down the old age of thy servant, and our father, with sorrow to the grave.
Exodus 3:7 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And the Lord said to Moses, I have surely seen the affliction of my people that is in Egypt, and I have heard their cry caused by their taskmasters; for I know their affliction.
Deuteronomy 26:14 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And in my distress I did not eat of them, I have not gathered of them for an unclean purpose, I have not given of them to the dead; I have hearkened to the voice of the Lord our God, I have done as thou hast commanded me.
Deuteronomy 28:60 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And he shall bring upon thee all the evil pain of Egypt, of which thou wast afraid, and they shall cleave to thee.
1 Kingdoms 15:23 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
For sin is as divination; idols bring on pain and grief. Because thou hast rejected the word of the Lord, the Lord also shall reject thee from being king over Israel.
Esther 9:22 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
for on these days the Jews obtained rest from their enemies: and as to the month, which was Adar, in which a change was made for them, from mourning to joy, and from sorrow to a good day, to spend the whole of it in good days of feasting and gladness, sending portions to their friends, and to the poor.
Job 3:7 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
But let that night be pain, And let not mirth come upon it, nor joy.
Job 3:20 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
For why is light given to those who are in bitterness, And life to the souls which are in griefs?
Job 4:8 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
Accordingly as I have seen men plowing barren places, And they that sow them will reap sorrows for themselves.
Job 6:2 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
Oh that one would indeed weigh the wrath that is upon me, And take up my griefs in a balance together!
Job 7:3 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
So have I also endured months of vanity, And nights of pain have been appointed me.
Job 7:4 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
Whenever I lie down, I say, When will it be day? And whenever I rise up, again I say when will it be evening? And I am full of pains from evening to morning.
Job 7:19 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
How long dost thou not let me alone, Nor let me go, until I shall swallow down my spittle?
Job 15:35 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And he shall conceive sorrows, And his end shall be vanity, And his belly shall bear deceit.
Job 18:11 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
Let pains destroy him round about, And let many enemies come about him,
Job 20:10 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
Let his inferiors destroy his children, And let his hands kindle the fire of sorrow.
Job 20:23 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
If by any means he would fill his belly, Let God send upon him the fury of wrath; Let him bring a torrent of pains upon him.
Job 21:6 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
For even when I remember, I am alarmed, And pains seize my flesh.
Job 27:20 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
Pains have come upon him as water, And darkness has carried him away by night.
Job 30:14 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And he has pleaded against me as he will: I am overwhelmed with pains.
Job 30:15 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
My pains return upon me; My hope is gone like the wind, And my safety as a cloud.
Job 30:16 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
Even now my life shall be poured forth upon me; And days of anguish seize me.
Job 30:22 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And thou hast put me to grief, And hast cast me away from safety.
Psalms 12:3 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
Look on me, hearken to me, O Lord my God: Lighten mine eyes, lest I sleep in death;
Psalms 30:11 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
For my life is spent with grief, And my years with groanings: My strength has been weakened through poverty, And my bones are troubled.
Psalms 40:4 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
May the Lord help him upon the bed of his pain; Thou hast made all his bed in his sickness.
Psalms 93:19 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
Thy mercy, O Lord, helped me. O Lord, according to the multitude of my griefs within my heart, Thy consolations have soothed my soul.
Psalms 106:39 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
Again they become few, and are brought low, By the pressure of evils and pain.
Psalms 114:3 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
The pangs of death compassed me; The dangers of hell found me: I found affliction and sorrow.
Psalms 126:2 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
It is vain for you to rise early: Ye rise up after resting, Ye that eat the bread of grief; While he gives sleep to his beloved.
Proverbs 6:33 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And his reproach shall never be wiped off.
Proverbs 17:21 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
A father rejoices not over an uninstructed son; But a wise son gladdens his mother.
Proverbs 17:25 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
is a cause of anger to his father, And grief to her that bore him.
Proverbs 31:6 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
Give strong drink to those that are in sorrow, and the wine to drink to those in pain:
Isaiah 14:3 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And it shall come to pass in that day, that the Lord shall give thee rest from thy sorrow and vexation, and from thy hard servitude wherein thou didst serve them.
Isaiah 19:10 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And they that work at them shall be in pain, and all that make beer shall be grieved, and be pained in their souls.
Isaiah 23:5 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
Moreover when it shall be heard in Egypt, sorrow shall seize them for Tyre.
Isaiah 30:26 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And the light of the moon shall be as the light of the sun, and the light of the sun shall be sevenfold in the day when the Lord shall heal the breach of his people, and shall heal the pain of thy wound.
Isaiah 32:10 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
Remember for a full year in pain, yet with hope: the vintage has been cut off, it has ceased, it shall by no means come again.
Isaiah 35:10 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
and shall return, and come to Zion with joy, and everlasting joy shall be over their head; for on their head shall be praise and exultation, and joy shall take possession of them: sorrow and pain, and groaning have fled away.
Isaiah 38:15 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
and removed the sorrow of my soul.
Isaiah 51:11 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
for by the help of the Lord they shall return, and come to Zion with joy and everlasting exultation, for praise and joy shall come upon their head: pain, and grief, and groaning, have fled away.
Jeremiah 8:18 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
mortally with the pain of your distressed heart.
Jeremiah 23:15 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
Therefore thus saith the Lord; Behold, I will feed them with pain, and give them bitter water to drink: for from the prophets of Jerusalem has defilement gone forth into all the land.
Lamentations 1:14 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
He has watched over my sins, They are twined about my hands, They have come up on my neck: My strength has failed; For the Lord has laid pains on my hands, I shall not be able to stand.
Ezekiel 12:18 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
Son of man, eat thy bread with sorrow, and drink thy water with torment and affliction.
Ezekiel 21:11 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And thou, son of man, groan with the breaking of thy loins; thou shalt even groan heavily in their sight.
Ezekiel 28:24 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And there shall no more be in the house of Israel a thorn of bitterness and a pricking briar proceeding from them that are round about them, who dishonored them; and they shall know that I am the Lord.
Hosea 5:13 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And Ephraim saw his disease, and Judah his pain; then Ephraim went to the Assyrians, and sent ambassadors to King Jarim: but he could not heal you, and your pain shall in nowise cease from you.
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 1:11 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
The inhabitant of Sennaar, fairly inhabiting her cities, came not forth to mourn for the house next to her: she shall receive of you the stroke of grief.
Micah 1:12 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
Who has begun to act for good to her that dwells in sorrow? for calamities have come down from the Lord upon the gates of Jerusalem,
Zechariah 12:10 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And I will pour upon the house of David, and upon the inhabitants of Jerusalem, the spirit of grace and compassion: and they shall look upon me, because they have mocked me, and they shall make lamentation for him, as for a beloved friend, and they shall grieve intensely, as for a firstborn son.
Romans 9:2 New Testament, KJV
That I have great heaviness and continual sorrow in my heart.
1 Timothy 6:10 New Testament, KJV
For the love of money is the root of all evil: which while some coveted after, they have erred from the faith, and pierced themselves through with many sorrows.
Tobit 6:15 Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha, Septuagint / Brenton
Then the angel said to him, Dost thou not remember the precepts that thy father gave thee, that thou shouldest marry a wife of thine own kindred? wherefore hear me, O my brother; for she shall be given thee to wife; and make thou no reckoning of the evil spirit; for this same night shall she be given thee in marriage.
2 Maccabees 9:9 Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha, Septuagint / Brenton
So that the worms rose up out of the body of this wicked man, and whiles he lived in sorrow and pain, his flesh fell away, and the filthiness of his smell was noisome to all his army.
4 Maccabees 14:9 Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha, Septuagint / Brenton
We now shudder at the recital of the affliction of those young men; but they not only beheld, and not only heard the immediate execution of the threat, but undergoing it, persevered; and that through the pains of fire.
Wisdom of Solomon 4:19 Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha, Septuagint / Brenton
For he shall rend them, and cast them down headlong, that they shall be speechless; And he shall shake them from the foundation; And they shall be utterly laid waste, And be in sorrow; And their memorial shall perish.
Wisdom of Solomon 8:16 Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha, Septuagint / Brenton
After I am come into my house, I will repose myself with her: For her conversation hath no bitterness: And to live with her hath no sorrow, But mirth and joy.
Wisdom of Sirach 27:29 Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha, Septuagint / Brenton
They that rejoice at the fall of the righteous shall be taken in the snare; And anguish shall consume them before they die.
Daniel 1:10 Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha, Septuagint / Brenton
And the chief of the eunuchs said to Daniel, I fear my lord the king, who has appointed your meat and your drink, lest he see your countenances gloomy in comparison of the young men your equals; so shall ye endanger my head to the king.
Book 151 1:10 Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha, Septuagint / Brenton
1 Enoch 102:11 1 Enoch, Septuagint / Brenton
of violence is found in them till their death ? " Nevertheless they perished and became as though they had not been, and their spirits descended into Sheol in tribulation."

All Indexed Usage Links

Every indexed verse link for Strong's G3601, grouped by book.

Genesis 2 usages, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Exodus 1 usage, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Deuteronomy 2 usages, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
1 Kingdoms 1 usage, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Esther 1 usage, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Job 17 usages, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Psalms 7 usages, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Proverbs 4 usages, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Isaiah 8 usages, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Jeremiah 2 usages, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Lamentations 1 usage, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Ezekiel 3 usages, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Hosea 1 usage, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Amos 1 usage, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Micah 2 usages, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Zechariah 1 usage, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Romans 1 usage, New Testament
1 Timothy 1 usage, New Testament
Tobit 1 usage, Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha
2 Maccabees 1 usage, Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha
4 Maccabees 1 usage, Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha
Wisdom of Solomon 2 usages, Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha
Wisdom of Sirach 1 usage, Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha
Daniel 1 usage, Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha
Book 151 1 usage, Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha
1 Enoch 1 usage, 1 Enoch

Strong's G3601 FAQ

What does odyne (ὀδύνη) mean?

Odyne (Strong's G3601) is a Greek word most simply glossed "sorrow". odune (od-oo'-nay) n. 1. grief (as dejecting) [from G1416]

How many times is odyne (ὀδύνη) used in the Bible?

This page currently indexes 65 linked usages for Strong's G3601 across 26 books.

Where can I study odyne (ὀδύνη) in context?

Use the linked verse references on this page to study Strong's G3601 in context. The indexed coverage includes New Testament, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha, and 1 Enoch.

What English words translate odyne (ὀδύνη)?

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

Does Strong's G3601 appear in the Septuagint or deuterocanonical books?

Yes. The current local index includes 54 in Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, 8 in Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha, and 1 in 1 Enoch for Strong's G3601, with linked reader references where each row is available.