Strong's Greek · G5604

ὠδίν

ōdín

pain, sorrow, travail

Definition

a pang or throe, especially of childbirth

Derivation

akin to G3601 (ὀδύνη);

Appears 4 times in Scripture

Mark 13:8

Nation will rise against nation, and kingdom against kingdom. There will be earthquakes in various places, as well as famines. These are the beginning of birth pains.

Matthew 24:8

All these are the beginning of birth pains.

Acts 2:24

But God raised Him from the dead, releasing Him from the agony of death, because it was impossible for death to keep Him in its grip.

1 Thessalonians 5:3

While people are saying, “Peace and security,” destruction will come upon them suddenly, like labor pains on a pregnant woman, and they will not escape.

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Lexicon: Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (James Strong, 1890, public domain), digital edition by Open Scriptures (CC BY-SA). Verse mappings: Berean Standard Bible interlinear tables (public domain).

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