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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)
Dictionary Aids

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 TR Greek.

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.
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,
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.
Unchecked Copy Box2Co 4:8 - We are afflicted in every way, but not crushed; perplexed, but not driven to despair;
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.
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.
Unchecked Copy Box2Th 1:6 - since indeed God considers it just to repay with affliction those who afflict you,
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
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.
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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