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Koine Greek wordlink #16788

SR GNT Mat 24:8 ὠδίνων (ōdinōn) ‘but these are the beginning of birth_pains’ Strongs=56040 Lemma=ōdis
Word role=noun case=genitive gender=feminine number=plural
Year=33 AD

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Other uses (1) of identical word form ὠδίνων (N-GFP) in the Greek originals

The word form ‘ὠδίνων’ (N-GFP) is always and only glossed as ‘of birth_pains’.

Mark 13:8 ‘there will_be famines the beginning of birth_pains these are’ SR GNT Mark 13:8 word 22

OET-LV: 8 For/Because nation will _be _being _raised against nation, and kingdom against kingdom. There _will _be earthquakes in places, there _will _be famines, these are the_beginning of _birth _pains. (MRK_13:8)

OET-RV: 8 Countries will take up arms against other countries, and kingdoms against other kingdoms. There’ll be earthquakes in many places and there’ll be famines, but those will be just like the beginning of birth pains. (MRK 13:8)

The various word forms of the root word (lemma) ‘ōdis’ have 3 different glosses: ‘of birth_pains’, ‘agonies’, ‘birth_pains’.

Greek words (1) other than ὠδίνων (N-GFP) with a gloss related to ‘birth_pains’

1 TH 5:3 ὠδίν (ōdin) N-NFS ‘destruction as the birth_pains to the woman in pregnant’ SR GNT 1 Th 5:3 word 17

OET-LV: 3 Whenever they _may _be _saying: Peace and security, then sudden is _recognizing to _them destruction, as the birth _pains to _the woman in pregnant having a _child, and by _no _means not they _may _escape. (TH1_5:3)

OET-RV: 3 Just when they’re saying there’s peace and security, then they’ll suddenly recognise the imminent destruction, like a pregnant woman having birth pains. They certainly won’t be able to escape, (TH1 5:3)

Key: N=noun GFP=genitive,feminine,plural NFS=nominative,feminine,singular