Word Summary
lypē: pain of body or mind, grief, sorrow
Original Word: λύπηTransliteration: lypē
Phonetic Spelling: (loo'-pay)
Part of Speech: Noun, Feminine
Short Definition: pain of body or mind, grief, sorrow
Meaning: pain of body or mind, grief, sorrow
Strong's Concordance
grief, pain, sorrow.
Apparently a primary word; sadness -- grief, grievous, + grudgingly, heaviness, sorrow.
Thayer's Greek Lexicon
STRONGS NT 3077: λύπηλύπη,
λύπης,
ἡ (from
Aeschylus and
Herodotus down),
sorrow, pain, grief: of persons mourning,
John 16:6;
2 Corinthians 2:7; opposed to
χαρά,
John 16:20;
Hebrews 12:11;
λύπην ἔχω (see
ἔχω, 1. 2 g., p. 267a),
John 16:21;
Philippians 2:27; with addition of
ἀπό and genitive of person,
2 Corinthians 2:3;
λύπη μοι ἐστιν,
Romans 9:2;
ἐν λύπη ἔρχεσθαι, of one who on coming both saddens and is made sad,
2 Corinthians 2:1 (cf.
λυπῶ ὑμᾶς,
2 Corinthians 2:2; and
λύπην ἔχω,
2 Corinthians 2:3);
ἀπό τῆς λύπης, for sorrow,
Luke 22:45;
ἐκ λύπης, with a sour, reluctant mind (
A. V. grudgingly) (opposed to
ἱλαρός),
2 Corinthians 9:7;
ἡ κατά Θεόν λύπη, sorrow acceptable to God,
2 Corinthians 7:10 (see
λυπέω), and
ἡ τοῦ κόσμου λύπη, the usual sorrow of men at the loss of their earthly possessions, ibid.; objectively,
annoyance, affliction (
Herodotus 7, 152):
λύπας ὑποφέρειν (
R. V. griefs),
1 Peter 2:19.