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ὠδίν

MainId: 005487000000000

Version: 0

HasAramaic: False

InLXX: True

AlphaPos: ω

StrongCodes: G5604

BaseForms:

1. BaseFormID: 005487001000000

   PartsOfSpeech: noun, f.

   Inflections:

   1. Lemma: ὠδίν

      BaseFormIndex: 1

      Realizations: -ῖνος

   RelatedLemmas: {'Word': 'ὠδίνω', 'Meanings': []}

   LEXMeanings:

   1. LEXID: 005487001001000

      LEXIsBiblicalTerm: M

      LEXEntryCode: 23.54

      LEXIndent: 0

      LEXDomains: Physiological Processes and States

      LEXSubDomains: Birth, Procreation

      LEXSenses:

      1. LanguageCode: en

         LastEdited: 2022-06-06 17:07:16

         DefinitionShort: to experience pains associated with giving birth

         Glosses: ['to have birth pains', 'to suffer pain in connection with giving birth', 'birth pains']

      LEXReferences: 1TH 5:3

   2. LEXID: 005487001002000

      LEXIsBiblicalTerm: M

      LEXEntryCode: 24.87

      LEXIndent: 0

      LEXDomains: Sensory Events and States

      LEXSubDomains: Pain, Suffering

      LEXSenses:

      1. LanguageCode: en

         LastEdited: 2022-06-06 17:07:16

         DefinitionShort: (figurative extension of meaning of {L:ὠδίν}[a] ‘to suffer birth pain,’ {D:23.54}) to suffer intensely (similar to birth pain)

         Glosses: ['to suffer greatly', 'great pain']

         Comments: πάντα δὲ ταῦτα ἀρχή ὠδίνων ‘all these things are simply the beginning of great suffering’ {S:04002400800010}, a reference to the so-called Messianic woes (see {D:24.78}).

      LEXReferences: MAT 24:8, MARK 13:8, ACTs 2:24