G4944
G4944 — συνωδίνω
Greek entry for Bible study and original-language reference.
Definition / Gloss
sunodino (soon-o-dee'-no) v.
1. to have (parturition) pangs in company (concert, simultaneously) with
2. (figuratively) to sympathize (in expectation of relief from suffering)
[from G4862 and G5605]
KJV: travail in pain together
Root(s): G4862, G5605
TWOT
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KJV Renderings
travail in pain together
Thayer's Greek Lexicon
συνωδίνω;
a. properly, to feel the pains of travail with, be in travail together: οἶδε ἐπί τῶν ζοωον τάς ὠδῖνας ὁ σύνοικος καί συνωδίνει γέ τά πολλά ὥσπερ καί ἀλεκτρυονες, Porphyry, de abstin. 3, 10; (cf. Aristotle, eth. Eud. 7, 6, p. 1240a, 36).
b. metaphorically, to undergo agony (like a woman in childbirth) along with: Rom 8:22 (where σύν refers to the several parts of which ἡ κτίσις consists, cf. Meyer at the passage); κακοῖς, Euripides, Hel. 727.
Englishman's Greek Concordance
συνωδίνω (travail in pain together)
Romans 8:22
- KJV: For we know that the whole creation groaneth and travaileth in pain together until now
- GK: οίδαμεν γαρ ότι πάσα η κτίσις συστενάζει και συνωδίνει άχρι του νυν