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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 104 times in 96 verses in the LXX Greek.

Page 1 / 2 (Gen 35:3–Psa 81:7)

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 35:3 - And let us arise, and go up to Bethel; and I will make there an altar unto God, who answered me in the day of my distress, and was with me in the way which I went.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 42:21 - And they said one to another, We are verily guilty concerning our brother, in that we saw the anguish of his soul, when he besought us, and we would not hear; therefore is this distress come upon us.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 4:31 - And the people believed: and when they heard that the LORD had visited the children of Israel, and that he had looked upon their affliction, then they bowed their heads and worshipped.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 4:29 - But if from thence thou shalt seek the LORD thy God, thou shalt find him, if thou seek him with all thy heart and with all thy soul.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 28:53 - And thou shalt eat the fruit of thine own body, the flesh of thy sons and of thy daughters, which the LORD thy God hath given thee, in the siege, and in the straitness, wherewith thine enemies shall distress thee:

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 28:55 - So that he will not give to any of them of the flesh of his children whom he shall eat: because he hath nothing left him in the siege, and in the straitness, wherewith thine enemies shall distress thee in all thy gates.

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 28:57

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 28:57 - And toward her young one that cometh out from between her feet, and toward her children which she shall bear: for she shall eat them for want of all things secretly in the siege and straitness, wherewith thine enemy shall distress thee in thy gates.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 31:17 - Then my anger shall be kindled against them in that day, and I will forsake them, and I will hide my face from them, and they shall be devoured, and many evils and troubles shall befall them; so that they will say in that day, Are not these evils come upon us, because our God is not among us?

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 10:14 - Go and cry unto the gods which ye have chosen; let them deliver you in the time of your tribulation.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 1:6 - And her adversary also provoked her sore, for to make her fret, because the LORD had shut up her womb.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 10:19 - And ye have this day rejected your God, who himself saved you out of all your adversities and your tribulations; and ye have said unto him, Nay, but set a king over us. Now therefore present yourselves before the LORD by your tribes, and by your thousands.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 24:19 - For if a man find his enemy, will he let him go well away? wherefore the LORD reward thee good for that thou hast done unto me this day.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 26:24 - And, behold, as thy life was much set by this day in mine eyes, so let my life be much set by in the eyes of the LORD, and let him deliver me out of all tribulation.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 4:9 - And David answered Rechab and Baanah his brother, the sons of Rimmon the Beerothite, and said unto them, As the LORD liveth, who hath redeemed my soul out of all adversity,

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 22:19 - They prevented me in the day of my calamity: but the LORD was my stay.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 1:29 - And the king sware, and said, As the LORD liveth, that hath redeemed my soul out of all distress,

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 22:27 - And say, Thus saith the king, Put this fellow in the prison, and feed him with bread of affliction and with water of affliction, until I come in peace.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 13:4 - And Jehoahaz besought the LORD, and the LORD hearkened unto him: for he saw the oppression of Israel, because the king of Syria oppressed them.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 19:3 - And they said unto him, Thus saith Hezekiah, This day is a day of trouble, and of rebuke, and blasphemy: for the children are come to the birth, and there is not strength to bring forth.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 15:6 - And nation was destroyed of nation, and city of city: for God did vex them with all adversity.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 18:26 - And say, Thus saith the king, Put this fellow in the prison, and feed him with bread of affliction and with water of affliction, until I return in peace.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 20:9 - If, when evil cometh upon us, as the sword, judgment, or pestilence, or famine, we stand before this house, and in thy presence, (for thy name is in this house,) and cry unto thee in our affliction, then thou wilt hear and help.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 9:27 - Therefore thou deliveredst them into the hand of their enemies, who vexed them: and in the time of their trouble, when they cried unto thee, thou heardest them from heaven; and according to thy manifold mercies thou gavest them saviours, who saved them out of the hand of their enemies.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 9:37 - And it yieldeth much increase unto the kings whom thou hast set over us because of our sins: also they have dominion over our bodies, and over our cattle, at their pleasure, and we are in great distress.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 15:24 - Trouble and anguish shall make him afraid; they shall prevail against him, as a king ready to the battle.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 4:1

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 4:1 - [[To the chief Musician on Neginoth, A Psalm of David.]] Hear me when I call, O God of my righteousness: thou hast enlarged me when I was in distress; have mercy upon me, and hear my prayer.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 9:9 - The LORD also will be a refuge for the oppressed, a refuge in times of trouble.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 10:1 - Why standest thou afar off, O LORD? why hidest thou thyself in times of trouble?

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 20:1

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 20:1 - [[To the chief Musician, A Psalm of David.]] The LORD hear thee in the day of trouble; the name of the God of Jacob defend thee;

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 22:11

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 22:11 - Be not far from me; for trouble is near; for there is none to help.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 25:17

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 25:17 - The troubles of my heart are enlarged: O bring thou me out of my distresses.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 25:22 - Redeem Israel, O God, out of all his troubles.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 32:7

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 32:7 - Thou art my hiding place; thou shalt preserve me from trouble; thou shalt compass me about with songs of deliverance. Selah.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 34:6 - This poor man cried, and the LORD heard him, and saved him out of all his troubles.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 34:17 - The righteous cry, and the LORD heareth, and delivereth them out of all their troubles.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 34:19 - Many are the afflictions of the righteous: but the LORD delivereth him out of them all.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 37:39 - But the salvation of the righteous is of the LORD: he is their strength in the time of trouble.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 44:24 - Wherefore hidest thou thy face, and forgettest our affliction and our oppression?

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 46:1 - [[To the chief Musician for the sons of Korah, A Song upon Alamoth.]] God is our refuge and strength, a very present help in trouble.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 50:15 - And call upon me in the day of trouble: I will deliver thee, and thou shalt glorify me.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 54:7 - For he hath delivered me out of all trouble: and mine eye hath seen his desire upon mine enemies.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 55:3 - Because of the voice of the enemy, because of the oppression of the wicked: for they cast iniquity upon me, and in wrath they hate me.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 59:16

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 59:16 - But I will sing of thy power; yea, I will sing aloud of thy mercy in the morning: for thou hast been my defence and refuge in the day of my trouble.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 60:11 - Give us help from trouble: for vain is the help of man.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 66:11

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 66:11 - Thou broughtest us into the net; thou laidst affliction upon our loins.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 66:14 - Which my lips have uttered, and my mouth hath spoken, when I was in trouble.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 71:20

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 71:20 - Thou, which hast shewed me great and sore troubles, shalt quicken me again, and shalt bring me up again from the depths of the earth.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 77:2 - In the day of my trouble I sought the Lord: my sore ran in the night, and ceased not: my soul refused to be comforted.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 78:49

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 78:49 - He cast upon them the fierceness of his anger, wrath, and indignation, and trouble, by sending evil angels among them.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 81:7 - Thou calledst in trouble, and I delivered thee; I answered thee in the secret place of thunder: I proved thee at the waters of Meribah. Selah.

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