King James Bible Dictionary

GROAN, verb intransitive [Latin grunnio; Heb. to cry out, to groan; Latin rana, a frog.]

1. To breathe with a deep murmuring sound; to utter a mournful voice, as in pain or sorrow.

For we that are in this tabernacle, do groan being burdened. 2 Corinthians 5:2.

2. To sigh; to be oppressed or afflicted; or to complain of oppression. A nation groans under the weight of taxes.

GROAN, noun A deep mournful sound, uttered in pain, sorrow or anguish.

1. Any low, rumbling sound; as the groans of roaring wind.

GROANFUL, adjective Sad; inducing groans.

GROANING, participle present tense Uttering a low mournful sound.

GROANING, noun The act of groaning; lamentation; complaint; a deep sound uttered in pain or sorrow.

I have heard the groaning of the children of

Israel. Exodus 6:5.

1. In hunting, the cry or noise of the buck.