What does στεναγμός (stenagmós) mean in the Bible?
στεναγμός (stenagmós) is a Greek word meaning "a sigh".
Greek · G4726
στεναγμός
A sigh
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στεναγμόςG4726
Pronunciationstenagmós
What does στεναγμός (stenagmós) mean in the Bible?
στεναγμός (stenagmós) is a Greek word meaning "a sigh".
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Questions this entry answers
How does the BSB render G4726?
The BSB source-word alignment has 2 aligned rows for this entry. Common renderings include groaning (1), with groans (1).
Where does στεναγμός (stenagmós) appear in Scripture?
The source-word alignment first shows this entry at Acts 7:34. Its strongest book concentrations include Acts (1), Romans (1).
Source Word Evidence
BSB source-word alignment connects this entry to exact verse rows, English rendering, source form, transliteration, and parsing.
How English Renders Itgroaning1×Acts 7:34
with groans1×Romans 8:26
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Usage map
A compact distribution from source-word alignment before the full evidence tables.
First aligned rowActs 7:34
Aligned rows2
Books represented2
Acts1Romans1
Source forms
στεναγμοῖς1xstenagmoisRomans 8:26
στεναγμοῦ1xstenagmouActs 7:34
Parsing patterns
Noun - Dative Masculine Plural1xRomans 8:26
Noun - Genitive Masculine Singular1xActs 7:34
Evidence Summary
Greek word. a sigh
Strong'sG4726
Lexical occurrences2 versesGreek text appearances2 timesWord forms2 forms2 referencesVerse guides0 guides
Source Gloss
a sigh
Greek Text Appearances
Textus Receptus witness, full corpusGreek token appearances from Scrivener 1894 Textus Receptus in the full New Testament corpus.
2 Greek text appearances shown. Linked morphology labels have verse guides.
Acts 7:34Noun Genitive Singular Masculine
στεναγμοῦstenagmou
a groaning
Read verseRomans 8:26Noun Dative Plural Masculine
στεναγμοῖςstenagmoiv
a groaning
Read verseFull New Testament corpus: 260 chapters, 7,957 verses, 140,628 tokens. Data source: honza/textus-receptus (data only), with authority check against byztxt/greektext-textus-receptus.
Grammatical Forms
How this word appears across different grammatical cases and numbers.
This word appears as a noun across 2 case and number patterns. The form changes show how the word functions in a sentence; they do not change the basic lexical meaning by themselves.
Form patterns2Aligned forms2Case patternDative (1)Number patternPlural (1)
Verse guides are not available for this word yet, so verse references remain plain evidence markers.
Genitive · Singular · MasculineActs 7:341×
Dative · Plural · MasculineRom 8:261×
Word Origins
στεναγμός is built from this root:
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