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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 - “But small is the gate and narrow and difficult to travel is the path that leads the way to [everlasting] life, and there are few who find it.

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Unchecked Copy BoxMar 3:9 - And He told His disciples to have a small boat stand ready for Him because of the many people, so that they would not crowd Him;

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Unchecked Copy Box2Co 1:6 - But if we are troubled and distressed, it is for your comfort and salvation; or if we are comforted and encouraged, it is for your comfort, which works [in you] when you patiently endure the same sufferings which we [fn]experience.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Co 4:8 - We are pressured in every way [hedged in], but not crushed; perplexed [unsure of finding a way out], but not driven to despair;

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Unchecked Copy Box2Co 7:5 -

For even when we arrived in Macedonia our bodies had no rest, but we were oppressed at every turn—conflicts and disputes without, fears and dread within.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Th 3:4 - For even when we were with you, we warned you plainly in advance that we were going to experience persecution; and so, as you know, it has come to pass.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Th 1:6 - For after all it is only just for God to repay with distress those who distress you,

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Unchecked Copy Box2Th 1:7 - and to give relief to you who are so distressed and to us as well when the Lord Jesus is revealed from heaven with His mighty angels in a flame of fire,

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ti 5:10 - and has a reputation for good deeds; [she is eligible] if she has brought up children, if she has shown hospitality to strangers, if she has washed the feet of the saints (God’s people), if she has assisted the distressed, and has devoted herself to doing good in every way.

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Unchecked Copy Box Heb 11:37

Unchecked Copy BoxHeb 11:37 - They were stoned [to death], they were sawn in two, they were lured with tempting offers [to renounce their faith], they were put to death by the sword; they went about wrapped in the skins of sheep and goats, utterly destitute, oppressed, cruelly treated
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