Strong's Greek · G85

G85 adēmonéō

ἀδημονέω

ad-ay-mon-eh'-o

be distressed

Looking for Hebrew H85 ʼAbrâhâm? It has the same number in Strong's Hebrew lexicon but is a different word, not a translation of G85. Strong's numbering starts again for each language.

adēmonéō appears 3 times in Scripture, in Matthew 26:37, Mark 14:33 and Philippians 2:26. In the Doxa app, open each of these verses, keep your notes on them, and ask Doxa Engage how it connects to what God has said to you.

Definition

to be in distress (of mind)

In the King James Version

be full of heaviness, be very heavy

Derivation

from a derivative of ἀδέω (to be sated to loathing);

Appears 3 times in Scripture

Mark 14:33

“He took with Him Peter, James, and John, and began to be deeply troubled and distressed.”

Matthew 26:37

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

Philippians 2:26

“For he has been longing for all of you and is distressed because you heard he was ill.”

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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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