'Pangs' in the Bible

But all these things are merely the beginning of birth pangs.

For nation will rise up against nation, and kingdom against kingdom; there will be earthquakes in various places; there will also be famines. These things are merely the beginning of birth pangs.

whom God raised up, having loosed the pangs of death: because it was not possible that he should be holden of it.

My little children, for whom I am again in [the pains of] labor until Christ is [completely and permanently] formed within you—

For it is written [in the Scriptures],“Rejoice, o barren woman who has not given birth;Break forth into a [joyful] shout, you who are not in labor;For the desolate woman has many more childrenThan she who has a husband.”

While they are saying, “Peace and safety!” then destruction will come upon them suddenly like labor pains upon a woman with child, and they will not escape.

For the love of money [that is, the greedy desire for it and the willingness to gain it unethically] is a root of all sorts of evil, and some by longing for it have wandered away from the faith and pierced themselves [through and through] with many sorrows.

She was with child (the Messiah) and she cried out, being in labor and in pain to give birth.