stenazo describes groaning amid burden, longing, complaint, or a direct personal response.

The attested uses describe groaning in contexts of burden and expectation, as in longing for a heavenly dwelling or awaiting bodily redemption; the same expression also occurs in warnings against complaint and in a single direct action.

1. Expressing burdened or troubled feeling · dominant

   In 2 Corinthians 5:2 the present plural form occurs with longing to put on a dwelling from heaven, and in 2 Corinthians 5:4 it occurs while being burdened in the tent. Romans 8:23 places the same present plural form within eager expectation of adoption and bodily redemption; Hebrews 13:17 contrasts doing a task with joy rather than “with groaning,” James 5:9 prohibits groaning against fellow believers, and Mark 7:34 reports a singular aorist action after looking toward heaven.

   2 Corinthians 5:22 Corinthians 5:4Romans 8:23Hebrews 13:17James 5:9Mark 7:34

In the Anselm Project Bible: The APB consistently uses “groan” or “groaning” in the supplied verses, including expressions of longing, burden, complaint, and a direct action. These English renderings confirm the verse-level contexts.