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ōdínō

to be in labor, to travail

Say it: o-DEE-no (approximate)

ὠδίνω

What it means

To suffer birth pains. In 4:19, Paul is "again in travail" for the Galatians until Christ is formed in them, and in 4:27 the passage from Isaiah speaks of a woman who "doesn't travail."

Range of meaning

  • Be in laborSuffer birth pains.
  • TravailStruggle in pain.

In Galatians

  • Chapter 4

    "My little children, of whom I am again in travail" (4:19, 4:27).

Every verse (2)

Verses where G5605 is tagged in the Hebrew text: STEPBible Data (Tyndale House, Cambridge), CC BY 4.0. About our sources