Strong’s G3997 · Greek
πένθος
pénthos
Definition
grief
Etymology
strengthened from the alternate of G3958 (πάσχω);
Where the KJV renders it
- mourning
- sorrow
Every distinct English word the King James Version uses to translate this Greek term. The variety shows what readers in English receive across many different surface words — the same underlying word, scattered across the English Bible under different names.
What the first audience heard
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