"what is suffered; suffering, affliction, Rom. 8:18; 2 Cor. 1:5, 6, 7; Phil. 3:10; emotion, passion, Rom. 7:5; Gal. 5:24"
Definition and meaning
what is suffered; suffering, affliction, Rom. 8:18; 2 Cor. 1:5, 6, 7; Phil. 3:10; emotion, passion, Rom. 7:5; Gal. 5:24
In the original Greek the word is written: πάθημα
Historical context
Paul wrote Romans from Corinth, one of the most important commercial cities in the empire. Rome had a Jewish population of around 50,000. The letter addresses real tensions between Jewish believers with centuries of Torah tradition and Gentile believers with no such background. Emperor Nero was on the throne. Within ten years he would execute both Paul and Peter.
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 pathema (G3804) across the King James Bible.
For when we were in the flesh, the motions of sins, which were by the law, did work in our members to bring forth fruit unto death.
For I reckon that the sufferings of this present time are not worthy to be compared with the glory which shall be revealed in us.
For as the sufferings of Christ abound in us, so our consolation also aboundeth by Christ.
And whether we be afflicted, it is for your consolation and salvation, which is effectual in the enduring of the same sufferings which we also suffer: or whether we be comforted, it is for your consolation and salvation.
And our hope of you is stedfast, knowing, that as ye are partakers of the sufferings, so shall ye be also of the consolation.
And they that are Christ's have crucified the flesh with the affections and lusts.
That I may know him, and the power of his resurrection, and the fellowship of his sufferings, being made conformable unto his death;
Who now rejoice in my sufferings for you, and fill up that which is behind of the afflictions of Christ in my flesh for his body's sake, which is the church:
Persecutions, afflictions, which came unto me at Antioch, at Iconium, at Lystra; what persecutions I endured: but out of them all the Lord delivered me.
But we see Jesus, who was made a little lower than the angels for the suffering of death, crowned with glory and honour; that he by the grace of God should taste death for every man.
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Common questions
Strong's G3804 (pathema) is a Greek word that means: what is suffered; suffering, affliction, Rom. 8:18; 2 Cor. 1:5, 6, 7; Phil. 3:10; emotion, passion, Rom. 7:5; Gal. 5:24 It appears 16 times in the King James Bible.
The word pathema (G3804) appears 16 times in the original Greek text.
Strong's G3804 is pathema, a Greek word defined as: what is suffered; suffering, affliction, Rom. 8:18; 2 Cor. 1:5, 6, 7; Phil. 3:10; emotion, passion, Rom. 7:5; Gal. 5:24. James Strong catalogued this in his 1890 concordance to help English readers study the original languages of the Bible.
pathema is a Greek word found in the New Testament.