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38 lines
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# labor pains
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## Related Ideas:
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birth pains, in labor, suffering the pains of childbirth
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## Definition:
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A woman who is "in labor" is experiencing the pains that lead up to the birth of her child. These are called "labor pains" or "birth pains."
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* In his letter to the Galatians, the apostle Paul used this term figuratively to describe his own intense striving to help his fellow believers become more and more like Christ.
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* The analogy of labor pains is also used in the Bible to describe how disasters in the last days will happen with increasing frequency and intensity.
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(See also: [labor](../other/labor.md), [last day](../kt/lastday.md))
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## Picture of Labor Pains:
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<a href="https://content.bibletranslationtools.org/WycliffeAssociates/en_tw/raw/branch/master/PNGs/l/Laborpains.png"><img src="https://content.bibletranslationtools.org/WycliffeAssociates/en_tw/raw/branch/master/PNGs/l/Laborpains.png" ></a>
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## Bible References:
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* [1 Samuel 04:19-20](rc://en/tn/help/1sa/04/19)
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* [Galatians 04:19](rc://en/tn/help/gal/04/19)
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* [Isaiah 13:08](rc://en/tn/help/isa/13/08)
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* [Jeremiah 13:21](rc://en/tn/help/jer/13/21)
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* [Psalms 048:06](rc://en/tn/help/psa/048/06)
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* [Romans 08:22](rc://en/tn/help/rom/08/22)
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## Word Data:
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* Strong's: H2342, H3018, H3205, H5999, H6001, H6887, G3449, G4944, G5604, G5605
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## Forms Found in the English ULB:
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birth pains, in labor, labor pains, labors in pain together, pains of childbirth
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