Strong's G4944: συνωδίνω (synōdínō) Meaning

Quick Definition

συνωδίνω v. I am in travail together

Strong's Definition

to have (parturition) pangs in company (concert, simultaneously) with, i.e. (figuratively) to sympathize (in expectation of relief from suffering)

Derivation: from G4862 (σύν) and G5605 (ὠδίνω);

KJV Usage: travail in pain together

UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament

συνωδίνω (G4944)

verb | ὠδίνω

24.88 · Sensory Events and States · Pain, Suffering

to suffer together to suffer great anguish or pain together, with the implication of an important and creative event

ROM 8:22

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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.

Mounce Concise Greek Dictionary

συνωδίνω synōdinō 1x

pr. to travail at the same time with; trop. suffer together, Rom. 8:22*

Abbott-Smith Greek Lexicon

* συν-ωδίνω to be in travail together (Arist.): metaph. (Eur.), Ro 8:22.†

Liddell-Scott-Jones — Greek-English Lexicon

συνωδίνω (sunōdinō) — to labor together. συνωδίνω [ῑ], to be in travail together, σ. κακοῖς share in the agony of woes, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; οἱ ἄρρενες ταῖς θηλείαις σ. [Refs 2nd c.AD+]:—passive, στεροπῇσι συνωδίνοντο κεραυνοί [Refs 4th c.AD+]

STEPBible — Tyndale Abridged Greek Lexicon

συν-ωδίνω to be in travail together (Arist.): metapb. (Eur.), Rom.8:22.† (AS)

Bible Occurrences (1)

8:22

G4944 συνωδίνω (synōdínō)