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Lexicon :: Strong's G2347 - thlipsis

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θλῖψις
Transliteration
thlipsis (Key)
Pronunciation
thlip'-sis
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Part of Speech
feminine noun
Root Word (Etymology)
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Vine's Expository Dictionary: View Entry

TDNT Reference: 3:139,334

Trench's Synonyms: lv. θλῖψις, στενοχωρία.

Strong’s Definitions

†θλῖψις thlîpsis, thlip'-sis; from G2346; pressure (literally or figuratively):—afflicted(-tion), anguish, burdened, persecution, tribulation, trouble.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 45x

The KJV translates Strong's G2347 in the following manner: tribulation (21x), affliction (17x), trouble (3x), anguish (1x), persecution (1x), burdened (1x), to be afflicted (with G1519) (1x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 45x
The KJV translates Strong's G2347 in the following manner: tribulation (21x), affliction (17x), trouble (3x), anguish (1x), persecution (1x), burdened (1x), to be afflicted (with G1519) (1x).

  1. a pressing, pressing together, pressure

  2. metaph. oppression, affliction, tribulation, distress, straits

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
†θλῖψις thlîpsis, thlip'-sis; from G2346; pressure (literally or figuratively):—afflicted(-tion), anguish, burdened, persecution, tribulation, trouble.
STRONGS G2347:
θλῖψις, or θλῖψις (so L Tr) (cf. Winers Grammar, § 6, 1 e.; Lipsius, Grammat. Untersuch., p. 35), θλίψεως, ἡ (θλίβω), properly, a pressing, pressing together, pressure (Strabo, p. 52; Galen); in Biblical and ecclesiastical writings, a Greek metaphor, oppression, affliction, tribulation, distress, straits; Vulg.tribulatio, also pressura (2 Corinthians 1:4b; John 16:(21),33; (Philippians 1:16 (17); and in Colossians 1:24 passio)); (the Sept. for צָרָה, also for צַר, לַחַץ, etc.): Matthew 24:9; Acts 7:11; Acts 11:19; Romans 12:12; 2 Corinthians 1:4, 8; 2 Corinthians 4:17; 2 Corinthians 6:4; 2 Corinthians 7:4; 2 Corinthians 8:2; 2 Thessalonians 1:6; Revelation 1:9; Revelation 2:9, 22; Revelation 7:14; joined with στενοχωρία (cf. Trench, § lv.), Romans 2:9; Romans 8:35 (Deuteronomy 28:53f; Isa. (Isaiah 8:22); Isaiah 30:6); with ἀνάγκη, 1 Thessalonians 3:7; with διωγμός, Matthew 13:21; Mark 4:17; 2 Thessalonians 1:4; of the afflictions of those hard pressed by siege and the calamities of war, Matthew 24:21, 29; Mark 13:19, 24; of the straits of want, 2 Corinthians 8:13; Philippians 4:14 (here others give the word a wider reference); James 1:27; of the distress of a woman in childbirth; John 16:21. θλῖψιν ἔχω (equivalent to θλίβομαι), John 16:33; 1 Corinthians 7:28; Revelation 2:10; θλῖψις ἐπί τινα ἔρχεται, Acts 7:11; ἐν θλίψει, 1 Thessalonians 1:6. plural: Acts 7:10; Acts 14:22; Acts 20:23; Romans 5:3; Ephesians 3:13; 1 Thessalonians 3:3; Hebrews 10:33; τοῦ Χριστοῦ, the afflictions which Christ had to undergo (and which, therefore, his followers must not shrink from), Colossians 1:24 (see ἀνταναπληρόω); θλῖψις τῆς καρδίας (καί συνοχή), anxiety, burden of heart, 2 Corinthians 2:4; θλῖψιν ἐπιφέρειν (L T Tr WH ἐγείρειν, see ἐγείρω, 4 c.) τοῖς δεσμοῖς τίνος, to increase the misery of my imprisonment by causing me anxiety, Philippians 1:16 (17).
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BLB Scripture Index of Thayer's

Deuteronomy
28:53
Isaiah
8:22; 30:6
Matthew
13:21; 24:9; 24:21; 24:29
Mark
4:17; 13:19; 13:24
John
16; 16:21; 16:33
Acts
7:10; 7:11; 7:11; 11:19; 14:22; 20:23
Romans
2:9; 5:3; 8:35; 12:12
1 Corinthians
7:28
2 Corinthians
1:4; 1:4; 1:8; 2:4; 4:17; 6:4; 7:4; 8:2; 8:13
Ephesians
3:13
Philippians
1:16; 1:16; 4:14
Colossians
1:24; 1:24
1 Thessalonians
1:6; 3:3; 3:7
2 Thessalonians
1:4; 1:6
Hebrews
10:33
James
1:27
Revelation
1:9; 2:9; 2:10; 2:22; 7:14

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number G2347 matches the Greek θλῖψις (thlipsis),
which occurs 45 times in 43 verses in the TR Greek.

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 13:21

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 13:21 - yet hath he not root in himself, but endureth for a while; and when tribulation or persecution ariseth because of the word, straightway he stumbleth.

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 24:9

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 24:9 - Then shall they deliver you up unto tribulation, and shall kill you: and ye shall be hated of all the nations for my name’s sake.

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 24:21

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 24:21 - for then shall be great tribulation, such as hath not been from the beginning of the world until now, no, nor ever shall be.

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 24:29

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 24:29 - But immediately after the tribulation of those days the sun shall be darkened, and the moon shall not give her light, and the stars shall fall from heaven, and the powers of the heavens shall be shaken:

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Unchecked Copy Box Mar 4:17

Unchecked Copy BoxMar 4:17 - and they have no root in themselves, but endure for a while; then, when tribulation or persecution ariseth because of the word, straightway they stumble.

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Unchecked Copy BoxMar 13:19 - For those days shall be tribulation, such as there hath not been the like from the beginning of the creation which God created until now, and never shall be.

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Unchecked Copy BoxMar 13:24 - But in those days, after that tribulation, the sun shall be darkened, and the moon shall not give her light,

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Unchecked Copy Box Jhn 16:21

Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 16:21 - A woman when she is in travail hath sorrow, because her hour is come: but when she is delivered of the child, she remembereth no more the anguish, for the joy that a man is born into the world.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jhn 16:33

Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 16:33 - These things have I spoken unto you, that in me ye may have peace. In the world ye have tribulation: but be of good cheer; I have overcome the world.

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 7:10

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 7:10 - and delivered him out of all his afflictions, and gave him favor and wisdom before Pharaoh king of Egypt; and he made him governor over Egypt and all his house.

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 7:11

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 7:11 - Now there came a famine over all Egypt and Canaan, and great affliction: and our fathers found no sustenance.

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 11:19

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 11:19 - They therefore that were scattered abroad upon the tribulation that arose about Stephen travelled as far as Phoenicia, and Cyprus, and Antioch, speaking the word to none save only to Jews.

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 14:22

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 14:22 - confirming the souls of the disciples, exhorting them to continue in the faith, and that through many tribulations we must enter into the kingdom of God.

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 20:23

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 20:23 - save that the Holy Spirit testifieth unto me in every city, saying that bonds and afflictions abide me.

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Unchecked Copy Box Rom 2:9

Unchecked Copy BoxRom 2:9 - tribulation and anguish, upon every soul of man that worketh evil, of the Jew first, and also of the Greek;

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Unchecked Copy Box Rom 5:3

Unchecked Copy BoxRom 5:3 - And not only so, but we also rejoice in our tribulations: knowing that tribulation worketh stedfastness;

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Unchecked Copy Box Rom 8:35

Unchecked Copy BoxRom 8:35 - Who shall separate us from the love of Christ? shall tribulation, or anguish, or persecution, or famine, or nakedness, or peril, or sword?

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Unchecked Copy Box Rom 12:12

Unchecked Copy BoxRom 12:12 - rejoicing in hope; patient in tribulation; continuing stedfastly in prayer;

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Co 7:28

Unchecked Copy Box1Co 7:28 - But shouldest thou marry, thou hast not sinned; and if a virgin marry, she hath not sinned. Yet such shall have tribulation in the flesh: and I would spare you.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Co 1:4

Unchecked Copy Box2Co 1:4 - who comforteth us in all our affliction, that we may be able to comfort them that are in any affliction, through the comfort wherewith we ourselves are comforted of God.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Co 1:8

Unchecked Copy Box2Co 1:8 - For we would not have you ignorant, brethren, concerning our affliction which befell us in Asia, that we were weighed down exceedingly, beyond our power, insomuch that we despaired even of life:

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Co 2:4

Unchecked Copy Box2Co 2:4 - For out of much affliction and anguish of heart I wrote unto you with many tears; not that ye should be made sorry, but that ye might know the love which I have more abundantly unto you.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Co 4:17

Unchecked Copy Box2Co 4:17 - For our light affliction, which is for the moment, worketh for us more and more exceedingly an eternal weight of glory;

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Co 6:4

Unchecked Copy Box2Co 6:4 - but in everything commending ourselves, as ministers of God, in much patience, in afflictions, in necessities, in distresses,

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Co 7:4

Unchecked Copy Box2Co 7:4 - Great is my boldness of speech toward you, great is my glorying on your behalf: I am filled with comfort, I overflow with joy in all our affliction.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Co 8:2

Unchecked Copy Box2Co 8:2 - how that in much proof of affliction the abundance of their joy and their deep poverty abounded unto the riches of their liberality.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Co 8:13

Unchecked Copy Box2Co 8:13 - For I say not this that others may be eased and ye distressed;

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Unchecked Copy Box Eph 3:13

Unchecked Copy BoxEph 3:13 - Wherefore I ask that ye may not faint at my tribulations for you, which are your glory.

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Unchecked Copy Box Phl 1:16

Unchecked Copy BoxPhl 1:16 - the one do it of love, knowing that I am set for the defence of the gospel;

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Unchecked Copy Box Phl 4:14

Unchecked Copy BoxPhl 4:14 - Howbeit ye did well that ye had fellowship with my affliction.

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Unchecked Copy Box Col 1:24

Unchecked Copy BoxCol 1:24 - Now I rejoice in my sufferings for your sake, and fill up on my part that which is lacking of the afflictions of Christ in my flesh for his body’s sake, which is the church;

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Th 1:6

Unchecked Copy Box1Th 1:6 - And ye became imitators of us, and of the Lord, having received the word in much affliction, with joy of the Holy Spirit;

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Th 3:3

Unchecked Copy Box1Th 3:3 - that no man be moved by these afflictions; for yourselves know that hereunto we are appointed.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Th 3:7

Unchecked Copy Box1Th 3:7 - for this cause, brethren, we were comforted over you in all our distress and affliction through your faith:

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Th 1:4

Unchecked Copy Box2Th 1:4 - so that we ourselves glory in you in the churches of God for your patience and faith in all your persecutions and in the afflictions which ye endure;

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Th 1:6

Unchecked Copy Box2Th 1:6 - if so be that it is a righteous thing with God to recompense affliction to them that afflict you,

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Unchecked Copy Box Heb 10:33

Unchecked Copy BoxHeb 10:33 - partly, being made a gazingstock both by reproaches and afflictions; and partly, becoming partakers with them that were so used.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jas 1:27

Unchecked Copy BoxJas 1:27 - Pure religion and undefiled before our God and Father is this, to visit the fatherless and widows in their affliction, and to keep oneself unspotted from the world.

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Unchecked Copy Box Rev 1:9

Unchecked Copy BoxRev 1:9 - I John, your brother and partaker with you in the tribulation and kingdom and patience which are in Jesus, was in the isle that is called Patmos, for the word of God and the testimony of Jesus.

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Unchecked Copy Box Rev 2:9

Unchecked Copy BoxRev 2:9 - I know thy tribulation, and thy poverty (but thou art rich), and the blasphemy of them that say they are Jews, and they are not, but are a synagogue of Satan.

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Unchecked Copy Box Rev 2:10

Unchecked Copy BoxRev 2:10 - Fear not the things which thou art about to suffer: behold, the devil is about to cast some of you into prison, that ye may be tried; and ye shall have tribulation ten days. Be thou faithful unto death, and I will give thee the crown of life.

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Unchecked Copy Box Rev 2:22

Unchecked Copy BoxRev 2:22 - Behold, I cast her into a bed, and them that commit adultery with her into great tribulation, except they repent of her works.

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Unchecked Copy Box Rev 7:14

Unchecked Copy BoxRev 7:14 - And I say unto him, My lord, thou knowest. And he said to me, These are they that come out of the great tribulation, and they washed their robes, and made them white in the blood of the Lamb.
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