| | Lexicon talaipóros: distressed, miserableOriginal Word: ταλαίπωρος, ονPart of Speech: AdjectiveTransliteration: talaipórosPhonetic Spelling: (tal-ah'-ee-po-ros)Short Definition: wretched, afflicted, miserableDefinition: wretched, afflicted, miserable. HELPS word-Studies 5005 talaípōros (an adjective, derived from talaō, "to bear, undergo" and pōros, "a callous," J. Thayer) – properly, wretched (beaten-down) from continued strain, leaving a person literally full of callouses (deep misery) – describing a person with severe side-effects from great, ongoing strain (significant hardships). NAS Exhaustive ConcordanceWord Origin probably from a root tala- (patient, stedfast) and póreó = pentheóDefinition distressed, miserableNASB Translation wretched (2). 
Thayer'sSTRONGS NT 5005: ταλαίπωροςταλαίπωρος , ταλαίπωρον  (from ΤΑΛΑΩ , ΤΛΑΩ , to bear, undergo, and πῶρος  a callus (others, πῶρος , but cf. Suidas  (edited by Gaisf.), p. 3490 c. and note; others connect the word with περάω , πειράω , cf. Curtius , § 466)), enduring toils and troubles ; afflicted, wretched": Romans 7:24 ; Revelation 3:17 . (Isaiah 33:1 ; Tobit 13:10; Wis. 3:11 Wis. 13:10; (Pindar ), Tragg., Aristophanes , Demosthenes , Polybius , Aesop , others.) 
 
 
 
Strong's wretched.  From the base of talanton and a derivative of the base of peira; enduring trial, i.e. Miserable -- wretched.  see GREEK talanton  see GREEK peira  | 
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