be in labor

Greek Verb

ὠδίνω [in LXX chiefly for חוּל, also for חָבַל pi, etc;] to have birthpangs, to travail: Gal.4:27 (LXX), Rev.12:2; metaphorically, Gal.4:19 (cf. συν-ωδίνω). (AS)

be in labor

Greek Verb

ὠδίνω [ῑ], used by early writers only in present: future ὠδῑνήσω [LXX]: aorist ὤδῑνα [LXX+3rd c.AD+]aorist middle and passive, ὠδινησάμην, -ήθην, [LXX+2nd c.AD+]:—to have the pains of childbirth, be in travail, ὡς δ᾽ ὅταν ὠδίνουσαν ἔχῃ βέλος ὀξὺ γυναῖκα [Refs 8th c.BC+] 2) with accusative, to be in travail of a child, bring forth, [LXX+5th c.BC+] II) metaphorically of any great pain, to be in travail or anguish, of the Cyclops, στενάχων τε καὶ ὠδίνων ὀδύνῃσι [Refs 8th c.BC+]; labour painfully, ὠδίνουσι μέλισσαι [Refs 1st c.BC+]; of the mind, to be in the throes or agonies of thought, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; κυοῦμέν τε καὶ ὠ. περὶ ἐπιστήμης [Refs 5th c.BC+]; ὥστε μ᾽ ὠδίνειν τί φῄς what you mean, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; ὠδίνειν εἴς τι to long painfully for a thing, [Refs 3rd c.AD+]: with infinitive, [Refs 3rd c.AD+] II.b) worry, fuss, ὠδίνοντα μήποτε λήγειν περὶ τοῦ σώματος [Refs 5th c.BC+] II.2) with accusative, to be in travail with, συμφορᾶς βάρος [Refs 5th c.BC+] II.3) Causal, cause to quiver, as in travail, φωνὴ βροντῆς ὠδίνησε γῆν [LXX+2nd c.AD+]

Greek

Verb

to experience the pains of parturition (literally or figuratively); travail in (birth); from g5604 (ὠδίν)