"pain, distress, Jn. 16:21; grief, sorrow, Jn. 16:6, 20, 22; meton. cause of grief, trouble, affliction, 1 Pet. 2:19"
Definition and meaning
pain, distress, Jn. 16:21; grief, sorrow, Jn. 16:6, 20, 22; meton. cause of grief, trouble, affliction, 1 Pet. 2:19
In the original Greek the word is written: λύπη
Historical context
Luke wrote as a historian addressing a Greek audience. He carefully interviewed eyewitnesses and arranged events in order. The social and economic realities he describes — Roman taxation, Jewish religious hierarchy, the marginalization of women and the poor — are consistent with first-century Judea under Roman administration.
The people who first heard this word were not reading a book — they were living through empires, oppression, exile, and covenant. Every word carried the weight of that reality. Understanding it changes how you read Scripture.
Scripture references
These are the most notable occurrences of lype (G3077) across the King James Bible.
And when he rose up from prayer, and was come to his disciples, he found them sleeping for sorrow,
But because I have said these things unto you, sorrow hath filled your heart.
Verily, verily, I say unto you, That ye shall weep and lament, but the world shall rejoice: and ye shall be sorrowful, but your sorrow shall be turned into joy.
A woman when she is in travail hath sorrow, because her hour is come: but as soon as she is delivered of the child, she remembereth no more the anguish, for joy that a man is born into the world.
And ye now therefore have sorrow: but I will see you again, and your heart shall rejoice, and your joy no man taketh from you.
That I have great heaviness and continual sorrow in my heart.
But I determined this with myself, that I would not come again to you in heaviness.
And I wrote this same unto you, lest, when I came, I should have sorrow from them of whom I ought to rejoice; having confidence in you all, that my joy is the joy of you all.
So that contrariwise ye ought rather to forgive him, and comfort him, lest perhaps such a one should be swallowed up with overmuch sorrow.
For godly sorrow worketh repentance to salvation not to be repented of: but the sorrow of the world worketh death.
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Common questions
Strong's G3077 (lype) is a Greek word that means: pain, distress, Jn. 16:21; grief, sorrow, Jn. 16:6, 20, 22; meton. cause of grief, trouble, affliction, 1 Pet. 2:19 It appears 13 times in the King James Bible.
The word lype (G3077) appears 13 times in the original Greek text.
Strong's G3077 is lype, a Greek word defined as: pain, distress, Jn. 16:21; grief, sorrow, Jn. 16:6, 20, 22; meton. cause of grief, trouble, affliction, 1 Pet. 2:19. James Strong catalogued this in his 1890 concordance to help English readers study the original languages of the Bible.
lype is a Greek word found in the New Testament.