Word study · Greek
ōdín
birth pains
Say it: o-DEEN (approximate)
ὠδίν
What it means
A birth pain, labor pains. In 5:3, "like birth pains on a pregnant woman." Jesus used the same picture for the beginning of troubles (Matthew 24:8).
Range of meaning
- Birth painLabor pain.
- SufferingA pain that comes in waves.
In 1 Thessalonians
- Chapter 5
"As birth pains on a pregnant woman" (5:3).
Every verse (1)
Verses where G5604 is tagged in the Hebrew text: STEPBible Data (Tyndale House, Cambridge), CC BY 4.0. About our sources