Quick Definition
ὠδίν, ῖνος, ἡ n.f. the pain of childbirth, severe agony
Strong's Definition
akin to 3601; a pang or throe, especially of childbirth
KJV Usage: pain, sorrow, travail
UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament
noun, f. | -ῖνος | ὠδίνω
23.54 · Physiological Processes and States · Birth, Procreation
to have birth pains, to suffer pain in connection with giving birth, birth pains to experience pains associated with giving birth
24.87 · Sensory Events and States · Pain, Suffering
to suffer greatly, great pain (figurative extension of meaning of ὠδίν[a] ‘to suffer birth pain,’ 23.54) to suffer intensely (similar to birth pain) πάντα δὲ ταῦτα ἀρχή ὠδίνων ‘all these things are simply the beginning of great suffering’ MAT 24:8, a reference to the so-called Messianic woes (see 24.78).
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Thayer's Greek Lexicon
ὠδίν (1 Th. v. 8; Is. xxxvii. 3) for ὠδίς (the earlier form; cf. W. § 9,2 6. N.1), -ivos, ἡ, fr. Hom. Il. 11, 271 down, the pain of childbirth, travail-pain, birth-pang: 1 Th. v. 3; plur. ὠδῖνες ([ pangs, throes, R. V. travail]; Germ. Wehen), i.q. intolerable anguish, in reference to the dire calamities which the Jews supposed would precede the advent of the Messiah, and which were called mvon ‘oan [see the Comm. (esp. Keil) on Mt. 1. ς.1, Mt. xxiv. 8; Mk. xiii. 8 (9); ὠδῖνες θανάτου [Tr mrg. ἅδου], the pangs of death, Acts ii. 24, after the Sept. who translated the words 7) *93m by ὠδῖνες 6., deriving the word *93Mn not, as they ought, from ban, i i.e. σχοινίον ‘cord’, but from 53m, ὠδίς, “Ps. xvii. (xviii.) 5; exiv. (exvi.) 33 2 S. xxii. 6.
Mounce Concise Greek Dictionary
ὠδίν ōdin 4x
the spasms or pains, of a woman in travail, a birth pang, 1 Thess. 5:3; pl. met. birth throes, preliminary troubles to the development of a catastrophe, Mt. 24:8; Mk. 13:8; from the Hebrew, a stringent band, a snare, noose, Acts 2:24*
Abbott-Smith Greek Lexicon
ὠδίν
(late form of ὠδίς), -ῖνος, ἡ [in LXX forחֶבֶל (and wrongly forחֶבֶל, cf. Ac, l.c.), חִיל, etc. ;]
a birth pang, travail pain: I Th 5:3; metaph., of extreme suffering, Mt 24:8, Mk 13:8; ὠδῖνες θανάτου (Ps 17 (18):4 הֶבְלֵימָוֶת), Ac 2:24.†
Liddell-Scott-Jones — Greek-English Lexicon
ὠδίν (ōdin) — labor. Included with: ὠδίς ([Refs], ῖνος, ἡ: Epic dialect dative plural ὠδίνεσσι [Refs 3rd c.BC+]: later nominative ὠδίν [LXX+NT]:— mostly in plural, pangs or throes of childbirth, πικρὰς ὠδῖνας ἔχουσαι [Refs 8th c.BC+]; τέκε.. ἐν μόναις ὠδῖσιν.. διδύμων σθένος υἱῶν at a single birth, [Refs 5th c.BC+]: also in singular, [Refs 5th c.BC+]
2. in singular also, that which is born amid throes, child, παῖδα, φιλτάτην ἐμοὶ ὠδῖνα [Refs 5th c.BC+]; θαλλὸν ἱερὸν ἐλαίας, Λατοῦς ὠδῖνα (perhaps ὠδῖνι) φίλαν [Refs]; ἄπτερον ὠδῖνα τέκνων, of young birds, [Refs]: plural, children, [Refs 2nd c.AD+]; ὀρταλίχων ἁπαλὴ ὠδίς, of eggs, [Refs 4th c.BC+]; ὠ. Θαλάσσας, of Aphrodite, [Refs]; ὠδὶς μελίσσης, of honey, [Refs 4th c.AD+]
II. metaphorically, travail, anguish, [Refs 4th c.BC+]: also in plural, of love, ἐμοὶ πικρὰς ὠδῖνας αὑτοῦ προσβαλὼν ἀποίχεται [NT+5th c.BC+]
II.2. fruit of the mind's travail, τῆς ἐμῆς ὠ. [Refs 2nd c.AD+]
II.3. ὠδῖνες θανάτου, ᾅδου, the bonds of death, [LXX] (due to confusion of Heb. [hudot]ēbel 'pang' with [hudot]èbel 'cord'),compare [NT]