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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 - but has no root in himself, but is for a time only; and when tribulation or persecution happens on account of the word, he is immediately offended.

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 24:9

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 24:9 - Then shall they deliver you up to tribulation, and shall kill you; and ye will 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 there be great tribulation, such as has not been from the beginning of the world until now, 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 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 are for a time: then, tribulation arising, or persecution on account of the word, immediately they are offended.

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Unchecked Copy Box Mar 13:19

Unchecked Copy BoxMar 13:19 - for those days shall be distress such as there has not been the like since the beginning of 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 distress, the sun shall be darkened and the moon shall not give its light;

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Unchecked Copy Box Jhn 16:21

Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 16:21 - A woman, when she gives birth to a child, has grief because her hour has come; but when the child is born, she no longer remembers the trouble, on account of the joy that a man has been born into the world.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jhn 16:33

Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 16:33 - These things have I spoken to you that in me ye might have peace. In the world ye have tribulation; but be of good courage: 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 tribulations, and gave him favour and wisdom in the sight of Pharaoh king of Egypt, and he appointed him chief over Egypt and all his house.

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 7:11

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 7:11 - But a famine came upon all the land of Egypt and Canaan, and great distress, and our fathers found no food.

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 11:19

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 11:19 - They then who had been scattered abroad through the tribulation that took place on the occasion of Stephen, passed through the country to Phoenicia and Cyprus and Antioch, speaking the word to no one but to Jews alone.

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 14:22

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 14:22 - establishing the souls of the disciples, exhorting them to abide 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 - only that the Holy Spirit testifies to me in every city, saying that bonds and tribulations await me.

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Unchecked Copy Box Rom 2:9

Unchecked Copy BoxRom 2:9 - tribulation and distress, on every soul of man that works evil, both of Jew first, and of Greek;

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Unchecked Copy Box Rom 5:3

Unchecked Copy BoxRom 5:3 - And not only that, but we also boast in tribulations, knowing that tribulation works endurance;

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Unchecked Copy Box Rom 8:35

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

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Unchecked Copy Box Rom 12:12

Unchecked Copy BoxRom 12:12 - As regards hope, rejoicing: as regards tribulation, enduring: as regards prayer, persevering:

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Co 7:28

Unchecked Copy Box1Co 7:28 - But if thou shouldest also marry, thou hast not sinned; and if the virgin marry, they have not sinned: but such shall have tribulation in the flesh; but I spare you.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Co 1:4

Unchecked Copy Box2Co 1:4 - who encourages us in all our tribulation, that we may be able to encourage those who are in any tribulation whatever, through the encouragement with which we ourselves are encouraged of God.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Co 1:8

Unchecked Copy Box2Co 1:8 - For we do not wish you to be ignorant, brethren, as to our tribulation which happened to us in Asia, that we were excessively pressed beyond our power, so as to despair even of living.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Co 2:4

Unchecked Copy Box2Co 2:4 - For out of much tribulation and distress of heart I wrote to you, with many tears; not that ye may be grieved, but that ye may know the love which I have very abundantly towards you.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Co 4:17

Unchecked Copy Box2Co 4:17 - For our momentary and light affliction works for us in surpassing measure 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 God's ministers, in much endurance, in afflictions, in necessities, in straits,

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Co 7:4

Unchecked Copy Box2Co 7:4 - Great is my boldness towards you, great my exulting in respect of you; I am filled with encouragement; I overabound in joy under all our affliction.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Co 8:2

Unchecked Copy Box2Co 8:2 - that in a great trial of affliction the abundance of their joy and their deep poverty has abounded to the riches of their free-hearted liberality.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Co 8:13

Unchecked Copy Box2Co 8:13 - For it is not in order that there may be ease for others, and for you distress,

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Unchecked Copy Box Eph 3:13

Unchecked Copy BoxEph 3:13 - Wherefore I beseech you not to faint through my tribulations for you, which is your glory.

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Unchecked Copy Box Phl 1:16

Unchecked Copy BoxPhl 1:16 - These indeed out of love, knowing that I am set for the defence of the glad tidings;

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Unchecked Copy Box Phl 4:14

Unchecked Copy BoxPhl 4:14 - But ye have done well in taking part in my affliction.

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Unchecked Copy Box Col 1:24

Unchecked Copy BoxCol 1:24 - Now, I rejoice in sufferings for you, and I fill up that which is behind of the tribulations of Christ in my flesh, for his body, which is the assembly;

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Th 1:6

Unchecked Copy Box1Th 1:6 - and *ye* became our imitators, and of the Lord, having accepted the word in much tribulation with joy of the Holy Spirit,

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Th 3:3

Unchecked Copy Box1Th 3:3 - that no one might be moved by these afflictions. (For yourselves know that we are set for this;

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Th 3:7

Unchecked Copy Box1Th 3:7 - for this reason we have been comforted in you, brethren, in all our distress and tribulation, through your faith,

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Th 1:4

Unchecked Copy Box2Th 1:4 - so that we ourselves make our boast in you in the assemblies of God for your endurance and faith in all your persecutions and tribulations, which ye are sustaining;

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Th 1:6

Unchecked Copy Box2Th 1:6 - if at least it is a righteous thing with God to render tribulation to those that trouble you,

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Unchecked Copy Box Heb 10:33

Unchecked Copy BoxHeb 10:33 - on the one hand, when ye were made a spectacle both in reproaches and afflictions; and on the other, when ye became partakers with those who were passing through them.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jas 1:27

Unchecked Copy BoxJas 1:27 - Pure and undefiled religion before God and the Father is this: to visit orphans and widows in their affliction, 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 fellow-partaker in the tribulation and kingdom and patience, in Jesus, was in the island called Patmos, for the word of God, and for 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 railing of those who say that they themselves are Jews, and are not, but a synagogue of Satan.

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Unchecked Copy Box Rev 2:10

Unchecked Copy BoxRev 2:10 - Fear nothing of what thou art about to suffer. Behold, the devil is about to cast 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 to 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 those that commit adultery with her into great tribulation, unless they repent of her works,

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Unchecked Copy Box Rev 7:14

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