Strong's Greek · G5605

ὠδίνω

ōdínō

travail in (birth)

Definition

to experience the pains of parturition (literally or figuratively)

Derivation

from G5604 (ὠδίν);

Appears 3 times in Scripture

Galatians 4:19

My children, for whom I am again in the pains of childbirth until Christ is formed in you,

Galatians 4:27

For it is written: “Rejoice, O barren woman, who bears no children; break forth and cry aloud, you who have never travailed; because more are the children of the desolate woman than of her who has a husband.”

Revelation 12:2

She was pregnant and crying out in the pain and agony of giving birth.

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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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