Lexical Summary pentheō: to mourn, lament Original Word: πενθέωTransliteration: pentheō Phonetic Spelling: (pen-theh'-o) Part of Speech: Verb Short Definition: to mourn, lament Meaning: to mourn, lament Strong's Concordance mourn, bewail. From penthos; to grieve (the feeling or the act) -- mourn, (be-)wail. see GREEK penthos Thayer's Greek Lexicon STRONGS NT 3996: πενθέωπενθέω, πένθω; future πενθήσω; 1 aorist ἐπένθησα (πένθος); from Homer down; the Sept. chiefly for אָבַל; to mourn; a. intransitive: Matthew 5:4 ( b. transitive, to mourn for, lament, one: 2 Corinthians 12:21 (cf. Winers Grammar, 635f (590); Buttmann, § 131, 4. Synonym: see θρηνέω, at the end.) |
    |