Odin denotes birth-related pains and, in one clause, pangs associated with death.

The attested usage chiefly concerns birth-related pains: events are called their “beginning,” and sudden destruction is compared with pains coming upon a pregnant woman. A single occurrence places the plural form in the clause about the “pangs of death.”

1. Birth-related pains · dominant

   In Matthew 24:8 and Mark 13:8, the genitive plural occurs in clauses calling upheavals the beginning of such pains; the APB renders these clauses “the beginning of labor” and “the beginning of birth pains.” In 1 Thessalonians 5:3, the nominative singular is compared with pains coming upon a pregnant woman as sudden destruction arrives.

   Matthew 24:8Mark 13:81 Thessalonians 5:3
2. Pangs associated with death · rare

   In Acts 2:24, the accusative plural stands in the clause that God loosed them; the APB renders the phrase “the pangs of death.”

   Acts 2:24

In the Anselm Project Bible: The APB uses “labor,” “birth pains,” and “labor pains” in the birth-related clauses, while Acts 2:24 has “pangs of death.” These renderings confirm the clauses' presentation rather than define each form independently.