STRONGS G4944:
συνωδίνω;
a. properly,
to feel the pains of travail with, be in travail together:
οἶδε ἐπί τῶν ζοωον τάς ὠδῖνας ὁ σύνοικος καί συνωδίνει γέ τά πολλά ὥσπερ καί ἀλεκτρυονες,
Porphyry, de abstin. 3, 10; (cf.
Aristotle, eth. Eud. 7, 6, p. 1240a, 36).
b. metaphorically,
to undergo agony (like a woman in childbirth)
along with:
Romans 8:22 (where
σύν refers to the several parts of which
ἡ κτίσις consists, cf. Meyer at the passage);
κακοῖς,
Euripides, Hel. 727.
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