Greek word · G4818

συλλυπέω

syllypeō

be grieved

Built from lypeō ('to grieve, be distressed') plus the prefix syn- ('with'). In Greek it can mean 'to grieve along with someone, sympathise', or, with the prefix only strengthening it, 'to be deeply grieved'.

Appears once in the Greek New Testament. ·

What it means

συν-λυπέω

(Rec. συλλ-), -ῶ, [in LXX: Psalms 69:20, Isaiah 51:19 (נוּד) * ;]

to make to grieve with (Arist.). Pass., to be moved to grief by sympathy: before ἐπί, with dative, Mark 3:5.†

(AS)

From G. Abbott-Smith, A Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament (1922), via STEPBible.org (CC BY 4.0).

In depth

From the study of Mark 3:5

Range of meaning

Built from lypeō ('to grieve, be distressed') plus the prefix syn- ('with'). In Greek it can mean 'to grieve along with someone, sympathise', or, with the prefix only strengthening it, 'to be deeply grieved'.

Against the English

KJV, WEB and YLT have 'being grieved', ESV 'grieved', BSB 'sorrow', and NIV/NLT 'deeply distressed' or 'deeply saddened' (taking the prefix as strengthening). None of them shows that Mark sets this ongoing grief against a single angry look.

Used elsewhere in the period

Used only here in the New Testament. In the Septuagint at Psalm 68:21 (69:20 in English Bibles) the sufferer looks for 'one to grieve with me' and finds no one, and Isaiah 51:19 asks 'who will grieve with you?' Herodotus and Plato use the word for sharing in someone's grief.

Where it appears

Mark · 1

  1. Mark 3:5 συλλυπούμενος being grieved

    Jesus looked around at them with anger and sorrow at their hardness of heart. Then He said to the man, “Stretch out your hand.” So he stretched it out, and it was restored.

    Here: The tense describes ongoing grief, unlike the single angry look. The prefix syn- ('with') either strengthens the word ('deeply grieved') or means grieving with or for them.

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