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)
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 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.
odune (od-oo'-nay) n. 1. grief (as dejecting) [from G1416] KJV: sorrow Root(s): G1416
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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)
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.
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.
Strong's G3601 (ὀδύνη) appears 63 times in the Greek Septuagint — the Old Testament the New Testament authors quoted.
Sample Septuagint occurrences:
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.
2 indexed usages in New Testament.
That I have great heaviness and continual sorrow in my heart.
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.
54 indexed usages in Septuagint / Greek Old Testament.
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.
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.
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.
8 indexed usages in Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha.
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.
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.
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.
1 indexed usage in 1 Enoch.
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."
First 65 linked usage excerpts for Strong's G3601.
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.
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.
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.
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.
And he shall bring upon thee all the evil pain of Egypt, of which thou wast afraid, and they shall cleave to thee.
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.
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.
But let that night be pain, And let not mirth come upon it, nor joy.
For why is light given to those who are in bitterness, And life to the souls which are in griefs?
Accordingly as I have seen men plowing barren places, And they that sow them will reap sorrows for themselves.
Oh that one would indeed weigh the wrath that is upon me, And take up my griefs in a balance together!
So have I also endured months of vanity, And nights of pain have been appointed me.
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.
How long dost thou not let me alone, Nor let me go, until I shall swallow down my spittle?
And he shall conceive sorrows, And his end shall be vanity, And his belly shall bear deceit.
Let pains destroy him round about, And let many enemies come about him,
Let his inferiors destroy his children, And let his hands kindle the fire of sorrow.
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.
For even when I remember, I am alarmed, And pains seize my flesh.
Pains have come upon him as water, And darkness has carried him away by night.
And he has pleaded against me as he will: I am overwhelmed with pains.
My pains return upon me; My hope is gone like the wind, And my safety as a cloud.
Even now my life shall be poured forth upon me; And days of anguish seize me.
And thou hast put me to grief, And hast cast me away from safety.
Look on me, hearken to me, O Lord my God: Lighten mine eyes, lest I sleep in death;
For my life is spent with grief, And my years with groanings: My strength has been weakened through poverty, And my bones are troubled.
May the Lord help him upon the bed of his pain; Thou hast made all his bed in his sickness.
Thy mercy, O Lord, helped me. O Lord, according to the multitude of my griefs within my heart, Thy consolations have soothed my soul.
Again they become few, and are brought low, By the pressure of evils and pain.
The pangs of death compassed me; The dangers of hell found me: I found affliction and sorrow.
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.
And his reproach shall never be wiped off.
A father rejoices not over an uninstructed son; But a wise son gladdens his mother.
is a cause of anger to his father, And grief to her that bore him.
Give strong drink to those that are in sorrow, and the wine to drink to those in pain:
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.
And they that work at them shall be in pain, and all that make beer shall be grieved, and be pained in their souls.
Moreover when it shall be heard in Egypt, sorrow shall seize them for Tyre.
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.
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.
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.
and removed the sorrow of my soul.
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.
mortally with the pain of your distressed heart.
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.
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.
Son of man, eat thy bread with sorrow, and drink thy water with torment and affliction.
And thou, son of man, groan with the breaking of thy loins; thou shalt even groan heavily in their sight.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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,
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.
That I have great heaviness and continual sorrow in my heart.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
They that rejoice at the fall of the righteous shall be taken in the snare; And anguish shall consume them before they die.
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.
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."
Every indexed verse link for Strong's G3601, grouped by book.
Odyne (Strong's G3601) is a Greek word most simply glossed "sorrow". odune (od-oo'-nay) n. 1. grief (as dejecting) [from G1416]
This page currently indexes 65 linked usages for Strong's G3601 across 26 books.
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.
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.
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.