389. anastenazó
Berean Strong's Lexicon
anastenazó: To groan deeply, to sigh

Original Word: ἀναστενάζω
Part of Speech: Verb
Transliteration: anastenazó
Pronunciation: an-as-ten-AH-zo
Phonetic Spelling: (an-as-ten-ad'-zo)
Definition: To groan deeply, to sigh
Meaning: I groan or sigh deeply.

Word Origin: From the Greek prefix ἀνά (ana, meaning "up" or "again") and the verb στενάζω (stenazó, meaning "to groan" or "to sigh").

Corresponding Greek / Hebrew Entries: - H5008: נָאָק (na'aq) - to groan, to sigh

- H602: אָנַח (anach) - to sigh, to groan

Usage: The verb ἀναστενάζω conveys a deep, audible expression of distress or longing. It is often used to describe a profound emotional response, such as grief, frustration, or yearning. In the New Testament, it reflects a sense of burden or a deep-seated emotional reaction to circumstances or spiritual realities.

Cultural and Historical Background: In the Greco-Roman world, expressions of groaning or sighing were common in literature and daily life, often associated with lamentation, prayer, or the expression of deep emotions. In the Jewish context, groaning was sometimes linked to the cries of the oppressed or the longing for divine intervention. The use of ἀναστενάζω in the New Testament reflects these cultural understandings, emphasizing the depth of human emotion in response to spiritual and physical realities.

HELPS Word-studies

389 anastenázō (from 303 /aná, "moving up from down" which intensifies 4727 /stenázō, "groan") – properly, to sigh (groan) to the uppermost; "to groan or to sigh deeply or intensely – 'to groan deeply, to sigh deeply' " (L & N, 1, 25.144), used only in Mk 8:12.

NAS Exhaustive Concordance
Word Origin
from ana and stenazó
Definition
to sigh deeply
NASB Translation
Sighing deeply (1).

Thayer's Greek Lexicon
STRONGS NT 389: ἀναστενάζω

ἀναστενάζω: 1 aorist ἀνεστεναξα; to draw sighs up frown the bottom of the breast, to sigh deeply: Mark 8:12. (Lamentations 1:4; Sir. 25:18 (17); 2 Macc. 6:30, and in Greek writings from (Aeschylus choëph. 335) Herodotus 1, 86 down.)

Strong's Exhaustive Concordance
sigh deeply.

From ana and stenazo; to sigh deeply -- sigh deeply.

see GREEK ana

see GREEK stenazo

Forms and Transliterations
αναστενάζουσιν αναστεναξας αναστενάξας ἀναστενάξας ανάστημα anastenaxas anastenáxas
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Mark 8:12 V-APA-NMS
GRK: καὶ ἀναστενάξας τῷ πνεύματι
NAS: Sighing deeply in His spirit, He said,
KJV: And he sighed deeply in his spirit,
INT: And having groaned in the spirit

Strong's Greek 389
1 Occurrence


ἀναστενάξας — 1 Occ.

















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