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Lexicon :: Strong's G2346 - thlibō

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θλίβω
Transliteration
thlibō (Key)
Pronunciation
thlee'-bo
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Part of Speech
verb
Root Word (Etymology)
Akin to the base of τρίβος (G5147)
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Vine's Expository Dictionary: View Entry

TDNT Reference: 3:139,334

Strong’s Definitions

θλίβω thlíbō, thlee'-bo; akin to the base of G5147; to crowd (literally or figuratively):—afflict, narrow, throng, suffer tribulation, trouble.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 10x

The KJV translates Strong's G2346 in the following manner: trouble (4x), afflict (3x), narrow (1x), throng (1x), suffer tribulation (1x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 10x
The KJV translates Strong's G2346 in the following manner: trouble (4x), afflict (3x), narrow (1x), throng (1x), suffer tribulation (1x).

  1. to press (as grapes), press hard upon

  2. a compressed way

    1. narrow straitened, contracted

  3. metaph. to trouble, afflict, distress

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
θλίβω thlíbō, thlee'-bo; akin to the base of G5147; to crowd (literally or figuratively):—afflict, narrow, throng, suffer tribulation, trouble.
STRONGS G2346:
θλίβω; passive, present θλίβομαι; perfect participle τεθλιμμένος; [allied with flagrum, affliction; from Homer down]; to press (as grapes), press hard upon: properly, τινά [A. V. throng], Mark 3:9; ὁδὸς τεθλιμμένη a compressed way, i. e. narrow, straitened, contracted, Matthew 7:14; metaphorically, to trouble, afflict, distress, (Vulg., tribulo): τινά, 2 Thessalonians 1:6; passive (Vulg. tribulor, [also augustior]; tribulationem patior): 2 Corinthians 1:6; 2 Corinthians 4:8; 2 Corinthians 7:5; [1 Thessalonians 3:4; 2 Thessalonians 1:7]; 1 Timothy 5:10; Hebrews 11:37. (οἱ θλίβοντες for צָרִים in the Sept.)
[Compare: ἀπο-, συνθλίβω.]
THAYER’S GREEK LEXICON, Electronic Database.
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BLB Scripture Index of Thayer's

Matthew
7:14
Mark
3:9
2 Corinthians
1:6; 4:8; 7:5
1 Thessalonians
3:4
2 Thessalonians
1:6; 1:7
1 Timothy
5:10
Hebrews
11:37

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number G2346 matches the Greek θλίβω (thlibō),
which occurs 10 times in 10 verses in the MGNT Greek.

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 7:14

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 7:14 - For the gate is narrow and the way is hard that leads to life, and those who find it are few.

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Unchecked Copy Box Mar 3:9

Unchecked Copy BoxMar 3:9 - And he told his disciples to have a boat ready for him because of the crowd, lest they crush him,

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Co 1:6

Unchecked Copy Box2Co 1:6 - If we are afflicted, it is for your comfort and salvation; and if we are comforted, it is for your comfort, which you experience when you patiently endure the same sufferings that we suffer.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Co 4:8

Unchecked Copy Box2Co 4:8 - We are afflicted in every way, but not crushed; perplexed, but not driven to despair;

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Co 7:5

Unchecked Copy Box2Co 7:5 - For even when we came into Macedonia, our bodies had no rest, but we were afflicted at every turn—fighting without and fear within.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Th 3:4

Unchecked Copy Box1Th 3:4 - For when we were with you, we kept telling you beforehand that we were to suffer affliction, just as it has come to pass, and just as you know.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Th 1:6 - since indeed God considers it just to repay with affliction those who afflict you,

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Th 1:7

Unchecked Copy Box2Th 1:7 - and to grant relief to you who are afflicted as well as to us, when the Lord Jesus is revealed from heaven with his mighty angels

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ti 5:10

Unchecked Copy Box1Ti 5:10 - and having a reputation for good works: if she has brought up children, has shown hospitality, has washed the feet of the saints, has cared for the afflicted, and has devoted herself to every good work.

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Unchecked Copy Box Heb 11:37

Unchecked Copy BoxHeb 11:37 - They were stoned, they were sawn in two,[fn] they were killed with the sword. They went about in skins of sheep and goats, destitute, afflicted, mistreated—
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