ταλαίπωρος, 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": Rom_7:24; Rev_3:17. (Isa_33:1; Tob_13:10; Wis_3:11 Wis_13:10; (Pindar), Tragg., Aristophanes, Demosthenes, Polybius, Aesop, others.)

ταλαίπωρος talaipōros 2x pr. enduring severe effort and hardship; hence, wretched, miserable, afflicted, Rom_7:24 ; Rev_3:17

ταλαίωρος , -ον , [in LXX : Psa_137:8 ( H7703 ), Isa_33:1 (ποιεῖν τ ., H7703 ), Tob_13:10 , Wis_3:11 , al .;] distressed, miserable, wretched: Rom_7:24 , Rev_3:17 .†

ταλαίπωρος [page 624] wretched, miserable, is found in P Par 63 .132 (B.C. 164) (=P Petr III. p. 30) τ̣ῶν μὲν ταλαιπώρων λαῶν . . . φει̣σε̣σθε , you must spare the miserable populace (Mahaffy), P Hawara 56 .9 (probably late i/A.D.) (= Archiv v. p. 382) περὶ τῆς ταλαιπώρου [, and P Hamb I. 88 .10 (mid. ii/A.D.) γράφεις μοι περὶ τῶν χρεωστῶν τοῦ ταλαιπώρου Ἰου̣[λ ]ιανοῦ . The word occurs also in the Jewish prayers for vengeance for the innocent blood of the two Jewish girls, Heraklea and Marthina, who were murdered in Rheneia (Magna Delos), Syll 816 (= .3 1181) .5 ἐπικαλοῦμαι . . . ἐπὶ τοὺς . . . φαρμακεύσαντας τὴν ταλαίπωρον ἄωρον Ἡράκλεαν , now usually dated about B.C. 100 (see Deissmann LAE 2 , p. 413 ff.).

ταλαίπωρος τα^λαί-πωρος, ον, [Etym: prob. a form of ταλαπείριος] "suffering, miserable", Aesch. , etc.:—adv. -ρως, Thuc. of things, τ. βίος Soph. ; πράγματα Ar.

ταλαίωρος, -ον [in LXX: Psa.137:8 (שָׁדַד), Isa.33:1 (ποιεῖν τ., שָׁדַד), Tob.13:10, Wis.3:11, al. ;] distressed, miserable, wretched: Rom.7:24, Rev.3:17.† (AS)