What does יָגוֹן · λύπη mean in the Bible?
יָגוֹן · λύπη is a Hebrew phrase meaning "grief or emotional anguish".
Hebrew · H3015, G3077
יָגוֹן
Affliction · sadness
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יָגוֹן H3015 affliction
Pronunciation yāgwōn
Emotional anguish and sorrow rooted in external hardship; grief as response to affliction rather than mere sadness
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λύπη G3077 sadness
Pronunciation lýpē
Grief that can be either worldly despair or redemptive sorrow leading to repentance and transformation.
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What does יָגוֹן (yagon) mean in the Bible?
יָגוֹן · λύπη is a Hebrew phrase meaning "grief or emotional anguish".
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How many biblical occurrences are listed for H3015, G3077?
H3015, G3077 is connected to 14 lexical occurrence verses in the lexicon data.
Evidence Summary
Hebrew phrase. grief or emotional anguish
Strong's H3015, G3077
Lexical occurrences 14 verses Source Gloss
grief or emotional anguish
Grammatical Forms
How this word appears across different grammatical cases and numbers.
Word Origins
יָגוֹן is built from this root:
יָגָה H3013
Sources
MorphGNT Strong's Dictionary XML — CC0 1.0 Public Domain
Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible (morphhb/OSHB) — CC BY 4.0
Open Scriptures Hebrew Lexicon — CC BY 4.0
Berean Standard Bible (BSB) source-word alignment - CC0 Public Domain