4727. stenazó
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stenazó: to groan (within oneself)
Original Word: στενάζω
Part of Speech: Verb
Transliteration: stenazó
Phonetic Spelling: (sten-ad'-zo)
Short Definition: I groan
Definition: I groan, expressing grief, anger, or desire.

HELPS word-Studies

4727 stenázō (from 4728 /stenós, "compressed, constricted") – properly, to groan because of pressure of being exerted forward (like the forward pressure of childbirth); (figuratively) to feel pressure from what is coming on – which can be intensely pleasant or anguishing (depending on the context).

[This term "denotes feeling which is internal and unexpressed" (J. Mayor, Js., 162), i.e. to sigh, moan (groan) with frustration.]

NAS Exhaustive Concordance
Word Origin
from stenó (to moan, sigh, groan)
Definition
to groan (within oneself)
NASB Translation
complain (1), deep sigh (1), grief (1), groan (3).

Thayer's
STRONGS NT 4727: στενάζω

στενάζω; 1 aorist ἐστέναξα; (στένω, akin is German stohnen (cf. stentorian; Vanicek, p. 1141; Fick Part i. 249)); to sigh, to gross: 2 Corinthians 5:2, 4,(cf. Winer's Grammar, 353 (331)); Hebrews 13:17; ἐν ἑαυτοῖς, within ourselves, i. e. in our souls, inwardly, Romans 8:23; to pray sighing, Mark 7:34; κατά τίνος, James 5:9 (here R. V. murmur). (The Sept.; Tragg., Demosthenes, Plutarch, others) [COMPARE: ἀναστενάζω, σὑν᾿στενάζω. SYNONYM: cf. κλαίω, at the end.]



Strong's
groan, sigh deeply.

From stenos; to make (intransitively, be) in straits, i.e. (by implication) to sigh, murmur, pray inaudibly -- with grief, groan, grudge, sigh.

see GREEK stenos

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