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A woman (ἡ γυνὴ)
Literally, the woman. The generic article marking the woman as representing her sex: woman as such.
She is in travail
A common Old Testament image of sorrow issuing in joy. See Isa 21:3; Isa 26:17; Isa 66:7; Hos 13:13; Mic 4:9, Mic 4:10.
The anguish (τῆς θλίψεως)
Commonly rendered affliction or tribulation in A.V. See on Mat 13:21.
Joy (τὴν χαρὰν)
Properly, the joy which answers to the anguish.
A man (ἄνθρωπος)
See on Joh 1:30.