UBS Greek Dictionary Article

Form 1

Part of speech: verb

Related lemmas: πένθος

Sense 1: to be sad, to grieve for, to weep for, sorrow, grief

Semantic entry: 25.142

Semantic domains: Attitudes and Emotions

Subdomains: Laugh, Cry, Groan

Definition: to experience sadness or grief as the result of depressing circumstances or the condition of persons

Notes: The reference in OET MAT 5:4 is not to grieving or mourning for the dead but rather sadness and grief because of wickedness and oppression.

Show passage in OET: MAT 5:4

OET-RV MAT 5:4

4 “Those who are mourning are blessed, because they’ll be comforted.

OET-LV MAT 5:4

4 Blessed are the ones mourning, because they will _be _being _comforted.

Show passage in OET: MAT 9:15

OET-RV MAT 9:15

15 And Yeshua replied to them, “Surely the groomsmen aren’t sad while the groom is with them? But the time will come when the groom has to leave them, and then they’ll fast.

OET-LV MAT 9:15

15 And the Yaʸsous said to _them:
The sons of _the bridal _chamber are_ not _being _able to _be _mourning, because/for as _long _as the bridegroom is with them?
But days will _be _coming when the bridegroom may _be _taken _away from them, and then they _will _be _fasting.

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All 10 recorded passages for this sense

MAT: OET MAT 5:4 · OET MAT 9:15

MRK: OET MRK 16:10

LUK: OET LUK 6:25

CO1: OET CO1 5:2

CO2: OET CO2 12:21

JAM: OET JAM 4:9

REV: OET REV 18:11 · OET REV 18:15 · OET REV 18:19

UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament

πενθέω

Form 1

Sense 1: to be sad, to grieve for, to weep for, sorrow, grief