lypē

What it means

Grief, sorrow, pain. Paul writes of the grief his letter caused (2:1-7; 7:8-11), and distinguishes "godly grief," which leads to repentance, from "worldly grief," which leads to death (7:10).

Range of meaning

• SorrowGrief.
• PainDistress.

In 2 Corinthians

• Chapter 2

  "I wrote... out of much affliction and anguish" (2:1-7).

• Chapter 7

  "Godly grief" and "the grief of the world" (7:8-11).

• Chapter 9

  "Not grudgingly" (9:7).