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Lexicon :: Strong's G4730 - stenochōria

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στενοχωρία
Transliteration
stenochōria (Key)
Pronunciation
sten-okh-o-ree'-ah
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Part of Speech
feminine noun
Root Word (Etymology)
From a compound of στενός (G4728) and χώρα (G5561)
mGNT
4x in 2 unique form(s) TR
4x in 2 unique form(s) LXX
6x in 2 unique form(s)
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Vine's Expository Dictionary: View Entry

TDNT Reference: 7:604,1077

Trench's Synonyms: lv. θλῖψις, στενοχωρία.

Strong’s Definitions

στενοχωρία stenochōría, sten-okh-o-ree'-ah; from a compound of G4728 and G5561; narrowness of room, i.e. (figuratively) calamity:—anguish, distress.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 4x

The KJV translates Strong's G4730 in the following manner: distress (3x), anguish (1x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 4x
The KJV translates Strong's G4730 in the following manner: distress (3x), anguish (1x).

  1. narrowness of place, a narrow place

  2. metaph. dire calamity, extreme affliction

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
στενοχωρία stenochōría, sten-okh-o-ree'-ah; from a compound of G4728 and G5561; narrowness of room, i.e. (figuratively) calamity:—anguish, distress.
STRONGS G4730:
στενοχωρία, στενοχωρίας, ἡ (στενόχωρος), narrowness of place, a narrow space (Isaiah 8:22 (others take this as metaphorically); Thucydides, Plato, others); metaphorically, dire calamity, extreme affliction, (A. V. distress, anguish): Romans 2:9; Romans 8:35; 2 Corinthians 6:4; 2 Corinthians 12:10. (Deuteronomy 28:53, 55, 57; Sir. 10:26; (Wis. 5:3); 1 Macc. 2:53 1 Macc. 13:3; Polybius 1, 67, 1; (Artemidorus Daldianus, oeir. 3, 14); Aelian v. h. 2, 41; (others).) (Cf. Trench, § lv.)
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BLB Scripture Index of Thayer's

Deuteronomy
28:53; 28:55; 28:57
Isaiah
8:22
Romans
2:9; 8:35
2 Corinthians
6:4; 12:10

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number G4730 matches the Greek στενοχωρία (stenochōria),
which occurs 6 times in 6 verses in the LXX Greek.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 28:53

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 28:53 - Because of the suffering your enemy will inflict on you during the siege, you will eat the fruit of the womb, the flesh of the sons and daughters the LORD your God has given you.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 28:55

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 28:55 - and he will not give to one of them any of the flesh of his children that he is eating. It will be all he has left because of the suffering your enemy will inflict on you during the siege of all your cities.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 28:57

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 28:57 - the afterbirth from her womb and the children she bears. For in her dire need she intends to eat them secretly because of the suffering your enemy will inflict on you during the siege of your cities.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 8:22

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 8:22 - Then they will look toward the earth and see only distress and darkness and fearful gloom, and they will be thrust into utter darkness.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 9:1

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 9:1 - Nevertheless, there will be no more gloom for those who were in distress. In the past he humbled the land of Zebulun and the land of Naphtali, but in the future he will honor Galilee of the nations, by the Way of the Sea, beyond the Jordan—

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 30:6

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 30:6 - A prophecy concerning the animals of the Negev: Through a land of hardship and distress, of lions and lionesses, of adders and darting snakes, the envoys carry their riches on donkeys’ backs, their treasures on the humps of camels, to that unprofitable nation,
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