STRONGS NUMBER G4727


Word Summary
stenazō: to groan (within oneself)
Original Word: στενάζω
Transliteration: stenazō
Phonetic Spelling: (sten-ad'-zo)
Part of Speech: Verb
Short Definition: to groan (within oneself)
Meaning: to groan (within oneself)
Strong's Concordance
groan, sigh deeply.

From stenos; to make (intransitively, be) in straits, i.e. (by implication) to sigh, murmur, pray inaudibly -- with grief, groan, grudge, sigh.

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Thayer's Greek Lexicon
STRONGS NT 4727: στενάζω

στενάζω; 1 aorist ἐστέναξα; (στένω, akin is German stohnen (cf. stentorian; Vanicek, p. 1141; Fick Part i. 249)); to sigh, to gross: 2 Corinthians 5:2, 4,(cf. Winer's Grammar, 353 (331)); Hebrews 13:17; ἐν ἑαυτοῖς, within ourselves, i. e. in our souls, inwardly, Romans 8:23; to pray sighing, Mark 7:34; κατά τίνος, James 5:9 (here R. V. murmur). (The Sept.; Tragg., Demosthenes, Plutarch, others) [COMPARE: ἀναστενάζω, σὑν᾿στενάζω. SYNONYM: cf. κλαίω, at the end.]