λυπέω lupeō

Greek word for “to grieve” · Strong’s G3076 · used 26 times in 21 verses

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Meaning

λυπέω, -ῶ; (λύπη); to distress, grieve, cause pain or grief: with accusative of person(s), 2:5 7:8;

How it is translated

Glosses given for lupeō in context, with how often each is used:

• grieved 9
• being grieved 3
• grieving 2
• may be grieved 2
• sorrowful 1
• will be grieved 1
• grieve 1
• has caused grief 1
• has he grieved 1
• being sorrowful 1
• have grieved 1
• have been grieved 1

Where it is used

Chapters where it is used most

2 Corinthians 2 (3), 2 Corinthians 7 (3), Matthew 26 (2), Matthew 14 (1), Matthew 17 (1), Matthew 18 (1), Matthew 19 (1), Mark 10 (1), Mark 14 (1), John 16 (1)

Forms

• λυπούμενος 3
• ἐλυπήθητε 3
• ἐλυπήθησαν 2
• λυπούμενοι 2
• λυπεῖσθαι 2
• λελύπηκεν 2
• λυπηθεὶς 1
• λυπηθήσεσθε 1
• ἐλυπήθη 1
• λυπεῖται 1

Words used with it

Words that share verses with lupeō more often than their overall frequency would suggest:

• σφόδρα sphodra “very” 3
• κτῆμα ktēma “possession” 2
• χαίρω chairō “to rejoice” 3
• εἰ ei “if” 5
• ἄρχω archō “be first” 3
• πολύς polus “much” 4
• μήτι mēti “surely not” 2
• κατά kata “according to” 4
• τρίτος tritos “third” 2
• μηδείς mēdeis “nothing” 2
• ἀγάπη agapē “love” 2
• ἀπέρχομαι aperchomai “to go away” 2

Key verses

The verses using lupeō that are most connected by cross-references (King James Version):

• Matthew 14:9 — And the king was sorry: nevertheless for the oath’s sake, and them which sat with him at meat, he commanded it to be given her.
• Matthew 26:37 — And he took with him Peter and the two sons of Zebedee, and began to be sorrowful and very heavy.
• John 16:20 — Verily, verily, I say unto you, That ye shall weep and lament, but the world shall rejoice: and ye shall be sorrowful, but your sorrow shall be turned into joy.
• John 21:17 — He saith unto him the third time, Simon, son of Jonas, lovest thou me? Peter was grieved because he said unto him the third time, Lovest thou me? And he said…
• Romans 14:15 — But if thy brother be grieved with thy meat, now walkest thou not charitably. Destroy not him with thy meat, for whom Christ died.
• 2 Corinthians 2:4 — For out of much affliction and anguish of heart I wrote unto you with many tears; not that ye should be grieved, but that ye might know the love which I have…
• 2 Corinthians 6:10 — As sorrowful, yet alway rejoicing; as poor, yet making many rich; as having nothing, and yet possessing all things.
• 2 Corinthians 7:9 — Now I rejoice, not that ye were made sorry, but that ye sorrowed to repentance: for ye were made sorry after a godly manner, that ye might receive damage by us…
• 2 Corinthians 7:11 — For behold this selfsame thing, that ye sorrowed after a godly sort, what carefulness it wrought in you, yea, what clearing of yourselves, yea, what…
• Ephesians 4:30 — And grieve not the holy Spirit of God, whereby ye are sealed unto the day of redemption.
• 1 Thessalonians 4:13 — But I would not have you to be ignorant, brethren, concerning them which are asleep, that ye sorrow not, even as others which have no hope.
• 1 Peter 1:6 — Wherein ye greatly rejoice, though now for a season, if need be, ye are in heaviness through manifold temptations:

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Hebrew and Greek text, tagging, glosses and lexicon definitions: STEPBible.org, Tyndale House Cambridge (TAHOT, TAGNT, TBESH, TBESG; CC BY 4.0), adapted. Counts follow King James verse numbering; a word counts each time it is written.