Words the Bible translates as sorrows

English uses one word here. The Bible uses 2 words, and they do not mean the same thing. Each is listed with what it actually means, most frequent first.

ōdinὠδίνa birth pang: the gripping pain of labor, used in the New Testament as a picture of anguish that seizes suddenly and cannot be escaped
tsirצִירan envoy: a person formally dispatched with a message on someone else's authority, most often between rulers or nations
+2 more meanings
- a hinge: the pivot a door swings on
- a writhing pang: the seizing, doubling-over pain of labor, or that same pain brought on by dread

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