Adēmonéō — G85

Definition

verb

to be in distress (of mind)

1. to be troubled, distressed

Usually translated as

be very heavy, be full of heaviness

Origin

from a derivative of adéō (to be sated to loathing)

Occurrences

Adēmonéō occurs 3 times in the King James.

Distribution of the word across the Bible: Matthew (1), Mark (1), Philippians (1)

• Matthew 26:37 — And he took with him Peter and the two sons of Zebedee, and began to be sorrowful and very heavy (ἀδημονεῖν).
• Mark 14:33 — And he taketh with him Peter and James and John, and began to be sore amazed, and to be very heavy (ἀδημονεῖν);
• Philippians 2:26 — For he longed after you all, and was full of heaviness (ἀδημονῶν), because that ye had heard that he had been sick.