λύπηlýpē
sadness
Greek (New Testament) · G3077
Meanings
pain of body or mind, grief, sorrow: John 16:6, 2 Corinthians 2:7; opposed to χαρά, John 16:20, Hebrews 12:11; ἀπὸ τῆς λ., Luke 22:45; ἐκ λ., 2 Corinthians 9:7; ἡ κατὰ θεὸν λ., opposed to ἡ τ. κόσμου λ., 2 Corinthians 7:10; λ. μοί ἐστιν, Romans 9:2; λ. ἔχω, John 16:21, John 16:22; id. followed by ἀπό, 2 Corinthians 2:3; λ. ἐπὶ λ. ἔχω, Philippians 2:27; ἐν λ. ἐλθεῖν, 2 Corinthians 2:1 (to come sad and cause sadness); plural (cf. Genesis 3:16, Proverbs 15:13, and elsewhere), 1 Peter 2:19.
Same root
Where it appears
Appears 16 times in the Bible.
- Luke 22:45 At last he stood up again and returned to the disciples, only to find them asleep, exhausted from grief.
- John 16:6 Instead, you grieve because of what I’ve told you.
- John 16:20 I tell you the truth, you will weep and mourn over what is going to happen to me, but the world will rejoice. You will grieve, but your grief will suddenly turn to wonderful joy.
- John 16:21 It will be like a woman suffering the pains of labor. When her child is born, her anguish gives way to joy because she has brought a new baby into the world.
- John 16:22 So you have sorrow now, but I will see you again; then you will rejoice, and no one can rob you of that joy.
- Romans 9:2 My heart is filled with bitter sorrow and unending grief
Source: G. Abbott-Smith, A Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament (1922), public domain.