λύπη lupē

Greek word for “grief” · Strong’s G3077 · used 16 times in 14 verses

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Meaning

λύπη, -ης, ἡ; pain of body or mind, grief, sorrow:;

How it is translated

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

• grief 9
• sorrow 4
• pain 1
• regret 1
• griefs 1

Where it is used

Chapters where it is used most

John 16 (4), 2 Corinthians 2 (3), Luke 22 (1), Romans 9 (1), 2 Corinthians 7 (1), 2 Corinthians 9 (1), Philippians 2 (1), Hebrews 12 (1), 1 Peter 2 (1)

Forms

• λύπη 5
• λύπην 5
• λύπης 3
• λύπῃ 2
• λύπας 1

Words used with it

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

• χαρά chara “joy” 5
• καρδία kardia “heart” 4
• χαίρω chairō “to rejoice” 3
• κόσμος kosmos “world” 3
• θάνατος thanatos “death” 2
• πάλιν palin “again” 2
• μέν men “on the other hand” 2

Key verses

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

• 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 16:21 — A woman when she is in travail hath sorrow, because her hour is come: but as soon as she is delivered of the child, she remembereth no more the anguish, for…
• John 16:22 — And ye now therefore have sorrow: but I will see you again, and your heart shall rejoice, and your joy no man taketh from you.
• Romans 9:2 — That I have great heaviness and continual sorrow in my heart.
• 2 Corinthians 2:1 — But I determined this with myself, that I would not come again to you in heaviness.
• 2 Corinthians 2:3 — And I wrote this same unto you, lest, when I came, I should have sorrow from them of whom I ought to rejoice; having confidence in you all, that my joy is the…
• 2 Corinthians 2:7 — So that contrariwise ye ought rather to forgive him, and comfort him, lest perhaps such a one should be swallowed up with overmuch sorrow.
• 2 Corinthians 7:10 — For godly sorrow worketh repentance to salvation not to be repented of: but the sorrow of the world worketh death.
• 2 Corinthians 9:7 — Every man according as he purposeth in his heart, so let him give; not grudgingly, or of necessity: for God loveth a cheerful giver.
• Philippians 2:27 — For indeed he was sick nigh unto death: but God had mercy on him; and not on him only, but on me also, lest I should have sorrow upon sorrow.
• Hebrews 12:11 — Now no chastening for the present seemeth to be joyous, but grievous: nevertheless afterward it yieldeth the peaceable fruit of righteousness unto them which…
• 1 Peter 2:19 — For this is thankworthy, if a man for conscience toward God endure grief, suffering wrongfully.

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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.