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G2354 θρηνέω (thrēnéō)

Greek
Verb
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Quick Definition

θρηνέω v. I wail, lament

Strong's Definition

to bewail

Derivation: from G2355 (θρῆνος);

KJV Usage: lament, mourn

UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament

θρηνέω (G2354)

verb | θροέομαι

25.141 · Attitudes and Emotions · Laugh, Cry, Groan

to wail, to lament to weep or cry, especially in mourning for the dead For another interpretation of θρηνέω in LUK 23:27, see 52.2.
Mourning and wailing for the dead are frequently expressed by a term very different from expressions employed in referring to events not involving death.

LUK 23:27 · JHN 16:20

33.115 · Communication · Sing, Lament

to sing funeral songs, to chant a dirge to sing or chant expressions of mourning

MAT 11:17 · LUK 7:32

52.2 · Funerals and Burial

to wail, to lament to wail and lament for the dead, implying a ritualized form of mourning at funerals For another interpretation of θρηνέω in LUK 23:27, see 25.141.

LUK 23:27

1 It is possible that θρηνέω[a] should be classified only in Domain 52 Funerals and Burial, in view of the fact that θρηνέω[a] may in many contexts suggest a formal type of ritual expression. 2 ὀδυρμός (52.3) apparently differs in meaning from θρηνέω[c] (52.2) in being less institutionalized and focusing somewhat more upon the wailing at funerals, while θρηνέω[b] denotes the singing of a dirge (see 33.115). See also 33.116 and 25.141. The meanings in Domain 52 differ in that they reflect ritualized wailing.

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Thayer's Greek Lexicon

θρηνέω, θρήνῳ: imperfect ἐθρήνουν; future θρηνήσω; 1 aorist ἐθρήνησα; (θρῆνος, which see); from Homer down; the Sept. for δΕιμΔιμ, χεπΕο, etc.; 1. to lament, to mourn: Joh_16:20; of the singers of dirges (to wail), Mat_11:17; Luk_7:32. 2. to bewail, deplore: τινα, Luk_23:27. (On θρηνέω to lament, λόπτομαι to smite the breast in grief, λυπέομαι to be pained, saddened, πενθέω to mourn, cf. Trench, § 65, and see κλαίω at the end; yet note that in classic Greek λύπεσθαι is the most comprehensive word, designating every species of pain of body or soul; and that πενθέω expresses a self-contained grief, never violent in its manifestations; like our English word mourn it is associated by usage with the death of kindred, and like it used pregnantly to suggest that event. See Schmidt, vol. ii., chapter 83.)

Mounce Concise Greek Dictionary

θρηνέω thrēneō 4x

to lament, bewail, Mt. 11:17; Lk. 7:32; 23:27; Jn. 16:20*

Abbott-Smith Greek Lexicon

θρηνέω, -ῶ

(< θρῆνος), [in LXX chiefly for ילל hi., also for קין pil., etc.;]

intrans., to lament, wail: Mt 11:17, Lk 7:32, Jo 16:20.

Trans., to bewail: c. acc. pers., Lk 23:27.†

SYN.: κλαίω, κόπτομαι, λυπέομαι, πενθέω (v. Tr., Syn., § lxv).

Moulton & Milligan — Vocabulary of the Greek NT

θρηνέω [page 292] A new reference for this verb occurs in the much mutilated classical fragment, P Peti I. 9 .6 : cf. Arehiv iii. p. 165. For the subst. θρηνητής see BGU I. 34 recto iv. 4 εἰς πεῖν τοῖς παιδίοις ᾱ , θρηνητῇ ᾱ , where the numerals probably refer to jars of wine : and cf. the use of θρήνωμα (= θρήνημα ) in P Tebt I. 140 (B.C. 72) θρηνώματα εἰς τὸν Ὀσῖριν β̄ . MGr θρῆνος , a dirge.

Liddell-Scott-Jones — Greek-English Lexicon

θρηνέω (thrēneō) — to lament. θρην-έω, future -ήσω[Refs 5th c.BC+]: aorist 1 -ησα[Refs 5th c.BC+]:—middle (see. below [Refs]: impersonal in perfect passive (see. below): (θρῆνος):—sing a dirge, wail, Μοῦσαι δ᾽ ἐννέα πᾶσαι ἀμειβόμεναι ὀπὶ καλῇ θρήνεον [Refs 8th c.BC+]; τίς ὁ θρηνήσω; [Refs 4th c.BC+][same place]; τίς.. ἔσθ᾽ ὁ θρηνῶ; [Refs 5th c.BC+] were singing a doleful dirge, [Refs 8th c.BC+]; γόον θ. [Refs 5th c.BC+]; ὕμνους, of the nightingale, [Refs 5th c.BC+]:—passive, ἅλις μοι τεθρήνηται γόοις [Refs 5th c.BC+]

2. c.accusative, bewail, θ. πόνους [NT+5th c.BC+]:—so also middle, ἄκος γὰρ οὐδὲν τόνδε θρηνεῖσθαι [Refs 4th c.BC+]:—passive, to be lamented, [Refs 5th c.BC+]

STEPBible — Tyndale Abridged Greek Lexicon

θρηνέω, -ῶ (θρῆνος), [in LXX chiefly for יָלַל hi., also for קַיִן pit., etc. ;] __1. intrans., to lament, wail: Mat.11:17, Luk.7:32, Jhn.16:20. __2. Trans., to bewail: with accusative of person(s), Luk.23:27.† SYN.: κλαίω, κόπτομαι, λυπέομαι, πενθέω (see Tr., Syn., lxv). (AS)

Bible Occurrences (4)

11:17
7:32 23:27
16:20

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