Strong's Greek · G3076

G3076 lypéō

λυπέω

loo-peh'-o

to grieve

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lypéō appears 26 times in Scripture, including Matthew 14:9 and Mark 10:22. In the Doxa app, open any verse that uses it, keep your notes on it, and ask Doxa Engage how it connects to what God has said to you.

Definition

to distress; reflexively or passively, to be sad

In the King James Version

cause grief, grieve, be in heaviness, (be) sorrow(-ful), be (make) sorry

Derivation

from G3077 (λύπη);

Appears 26 times in Scripture

John 21:17

“Jesus asked a third time, “Simon son of John, do you love Me?” Peter was deeply hurt that Jesus had asked him a third time, “Do you love Me?” “Lord, You know all things,” he replied. “You know I love You.” Jesus said to him, “Feed My sheep.”

Matthew 14:9

“The king was grieved, but because of his oaths and his guests, he ordered that her wish be granted”

Matthew 26:22

“They were deeply grieved and began to ask Him one after another, “Surely not I, Lord?””

Mark 10:22

“But the man was saddened by these words and went away in sorrow, because he had great wealth.”

Matthew 17:23

“They will kill Him, and on the third day He will be raised to life.” And the disciples were deeply grieved.”

2 Corinthians 2:2

“For if I grieve you, who is left to cheer me but those whom I have grieved?”

Matthew 26:37

“He took with Him Peter and the two sons of Zebedee and began to be sorrowful and deeply distressed.”

John 16:20

“Truly, truly, I tell you, you will weep and wail while the world rejoices. You will grieve, but your grief will turn to joy.”

Matthew 19:22

“When the young man heard this, he went away in sorrow, because he had great wealth.”

Matthew 18:31

“When his fellow servants saw what had happened, they were greatly distressed, and they went and recounted all of this to their master.”

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Word study: Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (James Strong, 1890, public domain), with glosses and editions from STEP Bible (www.STEPBible.org); Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible Project (CC BY 4.0); Strong's Greek Dictionary in XML by Ulrik Sandborg-Petersen (CC0). Sources and changes Verse mappings: Berean Standard Bible interlinear tables (public domain).

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