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<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8" /><meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width; initial-scale=1"/><title>Strong's Greek: 3997. πένθος (penthos) -- Mourning, grief, sorrow</title></title><link rel="canonical" href="http://biblehub.com/greek/3997.htm" /><link rel="stylesheet" href="/strongsnew2.css" type="text/css" media="Screen" /><link rel="stylesheet" href="/print.css" type="text/css" media="Print" /><script type="application/javascript" src="https://scripts.webcontentassessor.com/scripts/8a2459b64f9cac8122fc7f2eac4409c8555fac9383016db59c4c26e3d5b8b157"></script><script src='https://qd.admetricspro.com/js/biblehub/biblehub-layout-loader-revcatch.js'></script><script id='HyDgbd_1s' src='https://prebidads.revcatch.com/ads.js' type='text/javascript' async></script><script>(function(w,d,b,s,i){var cts=d.createElement(s);cts.async=true;cts.id='catchscript'; cts.dataset.appid=i;cts.src='https://app.protectsubrev.com/catch_rp.js?cb='+Math.random(); document.head.appendChild(cts); }) (window,document,'head','script','rc-anksrH');</script></head><body><div id="fx"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" id="fx2"><tr><td><iframe width="100%" height="30" scrolling="no" src="/interlinear/vmenus/revelation/19-21.htm" align="left" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div><div id="blnk"></div><div align="center"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" class="maintable"><tr><td><div id="fx5"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" id="fx6"><tr><td><iframe width="100%" height="245" scrolling="no" src="//biblehu.com/bmstrongs/greek/3997.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div></td></tr></table></div><div align="center"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" class="maintable3"><tr><td><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center" id="announce"><tr><td><div id="l1"><div id="breadcrumbs"><a href="/">Bible</a> > <a href="/strongs.htm">Strong's</a> > <a href="/englishmans_greek.htm">Greek</a> > 3997</div><div id="anc"><iframe src="/anc.htm" width="100%" height="27" scrolling="no" frameborder="0"></iframe></div><div id="anc2"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td><iframe src="/anc2.htm" width="100%" height="27" scrolling="no" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div></div></td></tr></table><div id="movebox2"><table border="0" align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"><tr><td><div id="topheading"><a href="../greek/3996.htm" title="3996">◄</a> 3997. penthos <a href="../greek/3998.htm" title="3998">►</a></div></td></tr></table></div><div align="center" class="maintable2"><table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td><div id="leftbox"><div class="padleft"><div class="vheading">Strong's Lexicon</div><div align="left"><span class="toptitle2">penthos: Mourning, grief, sorrow</span></div><p><span class="tophdg">Original Word: </span><span class="greek">πένθος</span><br><span class="tophdg">Part of Speech: </span>Noun, Neuter<br><span class="tophdg">Transliteration: </span>penthos<br><span class="tophdg">Pronunciation: </span>PEN-thos<br><span class="tophdg">Phonetic Spelling: </span>(pen'-thos)<br><span class="tophdg">Definition: </span>Mourning, grief, sorrow<br><span class="tophdg">Meaning: </span>mourning, sorrow, sadness, grief.<p><span class="tophdg">Word Origin: </span>Derived from the Greek verb πενθέω (pentheō), meaning "to mourn" or "to lament."<p><span class="tophdg">Corresponding Greek / Hebrew Entries: </span>The Hebrew equivalent often associated with mourning is אֵבֶל (ebel), which also denotes mourning or lamentation.<p><span class="tophdg">Usage: </span>In the New Testament, "penthos" refers to a deep, often public expression of grief or sorrow. It is used to describe the emotional response to loss, sin, or calamity. The term conveys a profound sense of lamentation, often associated with repentance or the recognition of sinfulness.<p><span class="tophdg">Cultural and Historical Background: </span>In the ancient Greco-Roman world, mourning was a significant cultural practice, often involving specific rituals and expressions of grief. In Jewish tradition, mourning was also a deeply ingrained practice, with prescribed periods and customs for expressing sorrow over the death of a loved one or national calamities. Mourning could also be a sign of repentance, as individuals or communities expressed sorrow for sin and sought God's forgiveness.<div class="vheading2">HELPS Word-studies</div><p class="discovery"><b>Cognate: 3997</b> <i>pénthos</i> – mourning, sadness. <a href="/greek/3996.htm">See 3996</a> (<i>pentheō</i>).</p><iframe width="100%" height="85" scrolling=no src="/discovery.htm" frameborder=0 cellpadding=0></iframe><div class="vheading2">NAS Exhaustive Concordance</div><span class="hdg">Word Origin</span><br>a prim. word<br><span class="hdg">Definition</span><br>mourning<br><span class="hdg">NASB Translation</span><br>mourning (5).<p><div align="center"><span class="smalltext"><iframe width="100%" height="85" scrolling=no src="/nasec.htm" frameborder=0 cellpadding=0></iframe></span></div><div class="vheading2">Thayer's Greek Lexicon</div><span class="maintitle">STRONGS NT 3997: πένθος</span><br><br><span class="arttitle"><span class="grktitle">πένθος</span></span>, <span class="greek2">πένθους</span>, <span class="greek2">τό</span> (<span class="greek2">πένθω</span> ((?); akin, rather, to <span class="greek2">πάθος</span>, <span class="greek2">πένομαι</span> (cf. <span class="greek2"><span class="lexref">πένης</span></span>); see <span class="abbreviation">Curtius</span>, p. 53; <span class="abbreviation">Vanicek</span>, p. 1165)), from <span class="abbreviation">Homer</span> down, the <span class="manuref">Sept.</span> for <span class="hebrew">אֵבֶל</span>, <span class="accented">mourning</span>: <a href="/interlinear/james/4-9.htm">James 4:9</a>; <a href="/interlinear/revelation/18-7.htm">Revelation 18:7</a>; <a href="/interlinear/revelation/21-4.htm">Revelation 21:4</a>.<FOOTNOTE:1> <br><br><iframe width="100%" height="85" scrolling=no src="/bsoft.htm" frameborder=0 cellpadding=0></iframe><div class="vheading2">Strong's Exhaustive Concordance</div>mourning, sorrow. <p>Strengthened from the alternate of <a href="/greek/3958.htm">pascho</a>; grief -- mourning, sorrow. <p>see GREEK <a href="/greek/3958.htm">pascho</a> <div class="vheading2">Forms and Transliterations</div>πένθει πενθος πένθος πένθους πενία πενίαν πενίας penthos pénthos<div class="vheading2">Links</div><a href="/interlinear/matthew/1-1.htm">Interlinear Greek</a> • <a href="/interlinear/genesis/1-1.htm">Interlinear Hebrew</a> • <a href="/strongs.htm">Strong's Numbers</a> • <a href="/englishmans_greek.htm">Englishman's Greek Concordance</a> • <a href="/englishmans_hebrew.htm">Englishman's Hebrew Concordance</a> • <a href="/texts/matthew/1-1.htm">Parallel Texts</a></div></div><div id="centbox"><div class="padcent"><div class="vheading">Englishman's Concordance</div><b><a href="/text/james/4-9.htm" title="Biblos Lexicon">James 4:9</a> <a href="/abbrev.htm" title="Noun - Accusative Neuter Singular">N-ANS</a></b><br><a href="/interlinear/james/4.htm" title="Greek">GRK:</a> <span class="greek3">ὑμῶν εἰς <b>πένθος</b> μετατραπήτω καὶ</span><br><a href="http://biblehub.com/nas/james/4.htm" title="New American Standard Bible">NAS:</a> be turned <span class="itali">into mourning</span> and your joy<br><a href="/kjvs/james/4.htm" title="King James Bible with Strong's">KJV:</a> be turned to <span class="itali">mourning,</span> and [your] joy<br><a href="/interlinear/james/4-9.htm" title="Biblos Interlinear Bible">INT:</a> of you to <span class="itali">mourning</span> let be turned and<p><b><a href="/text/revelation/18-7.htm" title="Biblos Lexicon">Revelation 18:7</a> <a href="/abbrev.htm" title="Noun - Accusative Neuter Singular">N-ANS</a></b><br><a href="/interlinear/revelation/18.htm" title="Greek">GRK:</a> <span class="greek3">βασανισμὸν καὶ <b>πένθος</b> ὅτι ἐν</span><br><a href="http://biblehub.com/nas/revelation/18.htm" title="New American Standard Bible">NAS:</a> her torment <span class="itali">and mourning;</span> for she says<br><a href="/kjvs/revelation/18.htm" title="King James Bible with Strong's">KJV:</a> torment and <span class="itali">sorrow</span> give her:<br><a href="/interlinear/revelation/18-7.htm" title="Biblos Interlinear Bible">INT:</a> torment and <span class="itali">mourning</span> Because in<p><b><a href="/text/revelation/18-7.htm" title="Biblos Lexicon">Revelation 18:7</a> <a href="/abbrev.htm" title="Noun - Accusative Neuter Singular">N-ANS</a></b><br><a href="/interlinear/revelation/18.htm" title="Greek">GRK:</a> <span class="greek3">εἰμί καὶ <b>πένθος</b> οὐ μὴ</span><br><a href="http://biblehub.com/nas/revelation/18.htm" title="New American Standard Bible">NAS:</a> and will never see <span class="itali">mourning.'</span><br><a href="/kjvs/revelation/18.htm" title="King James Bible with Strong's">KJV:</a> shall see no <span class="itali">sorrow.</span><br><a href="/interlinear/revelation/18-7.htm" title="Biblos Interlinear Bible">INT:</a> I am and <span class="itali">mourning</span> never not<p><b><a href="/text/revelation/18-8.htm" title="Biblos Lexicon">Revelation 18:8</a> <a href="/abbrev.htm" title="Noun - Nominative Neuter Singular">N-NNS</a></b><br><a href="/interlinear/revelation/18.htm" title="Greek">GRK:</a> <span class="greek3">θάνατος καὶ <b>πένθος</b> καὶ λιμός</span><br><a href="http://biblehub.com/nas/revelation/18.htm" title="New American Standard Bible">NAS:</a> pestilence <span class="itali">and mourning</span> and famine,<br><a href="/kjvs/revelation/18.htm" title="King James Bible with Strong's">KJV:</a> death, and <span class="itali">mourning,</span> and famine;<br><a href="/interlinear/revelation/18-8.htm" title="Biblos Interlinear Bible">INT:</a> death and <span class="itali">mourning</span> and famine<p><b><a href="/text/revelation/21-4.htm" title="Biblos Lexicon">Revelation 21:4</a> <a href="/abbrev.htm" title="Noun - Nominative Neuter Singular">N-NNS</a></b><br><a href="/interlinear/revelation/21.htm" title="Greek">GRK:</a> <span class="greek3">ἔτι οὔτε <b>πένθος</b> οὔτε κραυγὴ</span><br><a href="http://biblehub.com/nas/revelation/21.htm" title="New American Standard Bible">NAS:</a> longer <span class="itali">be [any] mourning,</span> or<br><a href="/kjvs/revelation/21.htm" title="King James Bible with Strong's">KJV:</a> death, neither <span class="itali">sorrow,</span> nor crying,<br><a href="/interlinear/revelation/21-4.htm" title="Biblos Interlinear Bible">INT:</a> any longer nor <span class="itali">mourning</span> nor crying<p><b><a href="/greek/3997.htm">Strong's Greek 3997</a><br><a href="/greek/strongs_3997.htm">5 Occurrences</a></b><br><br><a href="/greek/penthos_3997.htm">πένθος — 5 Occ.</a><br><br></div></div></td></tr></table></div><div id="mdd"><div align="center"><div class="bot2"><table align="center" width="100%"><tr><td><div align="center"> <script id="3d27ed63fc4348d5b062c4527ae09445"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=51ce25d5-1a8c-424a-8695-4bd48c750f35&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; </script> <script id="b817b7107f1d4a7997da1b3c33457e03"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=cb0edd8b-b416-47eb-8c6d-3cc96561f7e8&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; </script><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-2'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-0' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-3'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-1' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div><br /><br />  <div align="center" id='div-gpt-ad-1531425649696-0'> </div><br /><br /> <ins class="adsbygoogle" style="display:inline-block;width:200px;height:200px" data-ad-client="ca-pub-3753401421161123" data-ad-slot="3592799687"></ins> <script> (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); </script><br /><br /> </div> <div id="left"><a href="/greek/3996.htm" onmouseover='lft.src="/leftgif.png"' onmouseout='lft.src="/left.png"' title="3996"><img src="/left.png" name="lft" border="0" alt="3996" /></a></div><div id="right"><a href="/greek/3998.htm" onmouseover='rght.src="/rightgif.png"' onmouseout='rght.src="/right.png"' title="3998"><img src="/right.png" name="rght" border="0" alt="3998" /></a></div><div id="botleft"><a href="#" onmouseover='botleft.src="/botleftgif.png"' onmouseout='botleft.src="/botleft.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botleft.png" name="botleft" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="botright"><a href="#" onmouseover='botright.src="/botrightgif.png"' onmouseout='botright.src="/botright.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botright.png" name="botright" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="bot"><iframe width="100%" height="1500" scrolling="no" src="/botmenubhchap.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></div></td></tr></table></div></body></html>