Word Summary
talaipōros: distressed, miserable
Original Word: ταλαίπωροςTransliteration: talaipōros
Phonetic Spelling: (tal-ah'-ee-po-ros)
Part of Speech: Adjective
Short Definition: distressed, miserable
Meaning: distressed, miserable
Strong's Concordance
wretched.
From the base of talanton and a derivative of the base of peira; enduring trial, i.e. Miserable -- wretched.
see GREEK talanton
see GREEK peira
Thayer's Greek Lexicon
STRONGS NT 5005: ταλαίπωροςταλαίπωρος,
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":
Romans 7:24;
Revelation 3:17. (
Isaiah 33:1; Tobit 13:10; Wis. 3:11 Wis. 13:10; (
Pindar), Tragg.,
Aristophanes,
Demosthenes,
Polybius,
Aesop, others.)