UBS Greek Dictionary Article

Form 1

Part of speech: verb

Related lemmas: ὀδύνη

Sense 1: to suffer greatly, to be in great pain

Semantic entry: 24.92

Semantic domains: Sensory Events and States

Subdomains: Pain, Suffering

Definition: to be in severe or great pain

Notes: In a number of languages ‘the fire’ must be more clearly marked as the causative agent, so that this expression in OET LUK 16:24 may be restructured as ‘this fire is causing me great pain.’

Forms: ὀδυνάομαι[a]

Show passage in OET: LUK 16:24

OET-RV LUK 16:24

24 so he called out, ‘Father Avraham, be merciful to me and send Eleazar here to dip the tip of his finger in water and cool down my tongue, because I’m very distressed here in this flame.’

OET-LV LUK 16:24

24 And he having _called said, father Abraʼam, show _mercy to _me and send Lazaros, in _order _that he _may _dip the extremity of _the finger of _him in _water, and may _cool _down the tongue of _me, because I _am _being _distressed in the this flame.

Show passage in OET: LUK 16:25

OET-RV LUK 16:25

25 But Avraham replied, ‘Son, don’t forget that you enjoyed the good life while you were alive, whereas Eleazar had it bad, but now he’s here being comforted and you’re suffering.

OET-LV LUK 16:25

25 But Abraʼam said:
Child, be _reminded that you _took _back the good of _you in the life of _you, and Lazaros likewise the evil.
But now here he _is _being _comforted, and you are _being _distressed.

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Sense 2: to be very much distressed, to be terribly worried

Semantic entry: 25.236

Semantic domains: Attitudes and Emotions

Subdomains: Worry, Anxiety, Distress, Peace

Definition: (derivative of ὀδύνη ‘great distress,’ 25.235: ὀδύνη) to experience great distress or anxiety

Forms: ὀδυνάομαι[b]

Show passage in OET: LUK 2:48

OET-RV LUK 2:48

48 When his parents found him, they were astonished and his mother asked, “Son, how could you do this to us? Your father and I have been frantic looking for you!”

OET-LV LUK 2:48

48 And having _seen him, they _were _astonished and the mother of _him said to him:
Child, why did _you thus to _us?
Behold, the father of _you and _I, being _distressed were _seeking you.

Show passage in OET: ACT 20:38

OET-RV ACT 20:38

38 because what he’d said about never seeing him again had really distressed them. Then they accompanied him to his ship.

OET-LV ACT 20:38

38 distressing most _of _all for the message which he _had _spoken that they _are_ no _longer _going to _be _observing the face of _him.
And they _were _accompanying him to the ship.

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UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament

ὀδυνάω

Form 1

Sense 1: to suffer greatly, to be in great pain

Sense 2: to be very much distressed, to be terribly worried