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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, (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)

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 35:3 - and let us arise and go up to Bethel, and I will make an altar there to God, who answered me in the day of my distress and has been with me [fn]wherever I have gone.”
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 42:21 - Then they said to one another, “Surely we are guilty concerning our brother because we saw the distress of his soul when he begged us, yet we would not listen; therefore this distress has come upon us.”
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 4:31 - So the people believed; and they heard that Yahweh [fn]cared about the sons of Israel and that He had seen their affliction. So they bowed low and worshiped.
Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 4:29 - “But from there you will seek Yahweh your God, and you will find Him, for you will search for Him with all your heart and all your soul.
Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 28:53 - “Then you shall eat the [fn]offspring of your own body, the flesh of your sons and of your daughters whom Yahweh your God has given you, during the siege and the distress by which your enemy will [fn]oppress you.
Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 28:55 - so that he will not give even one of them any of the flesh of his children which he will eat, since he has nothing else remaining, during the siege and the distress by which your enemy will [fn]oppress you in all your gates.
Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 28:57 - and toward her afterbirth which issues from between her [fn]legs and toward her children whom she bears; for she will eat them secretly for lack of anything else, during the siege and the distress by which your enemy will [fn]oppress you in your gates.
Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 31:17 - “Then My anger will be kindled against them in that day, and I will forsake them and hide My face from them, and they will be consumed, and many evils and troubles will find them, so that they will say in that day, ‘Is it not because our God is not among us that these evils have found us?’
Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 10:14 - “Go and cry out to the gods which you have chosen; let them save you in the time of your distress.”
Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 1:6 - Her rival, however, would provoke her bitterly to irritate her because Yahweh had closed her womb.
Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 10:19 - “But you have today rejected your God, who saves you from all your calamities and your distresses; yet you have [fn]said, ‘No, but set a king over us!’ So now, take your stand before Yahweh by your tribes and by your clans.”
Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 24:19 - “For if a man finds his enemy, will he let him go away [fn]safely? May Yahweh therefore reward you with good in return for what you have done to me this day.
Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 26:24 - “Now behold, as your life was highly valued in my sight this day, so may my life be highly valued in the sight of Yahweh, and may He deliver me from all distress.”
Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 4:9 -

And David answered Rechab and Baanah his brother, sons of Rimmon the Beerothite, and said to them, “As Yahweh lives, who has redeemed my life from all distress,

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 22:19 -

“They confronted me in the day of my disaster,

But Yahweh was my support.

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 1:29 - And the king swore and said, “As Yahweh lives, who has redeemed my life from all distress,
Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 22:27 - and say, ‘Thus says the king, “Put this man in prison and feed him [fn]sparingly with bread and water until I come back safely.”’”
Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 13:4 - Then Jehoahaz entreated the face of Yahweh, and Yahweh listened to him; for He saw the oppression of Israel, how the king of Aram oppressed them.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 19:3 - And they said to him, “Thus says Hezekiah, ‘This day is a day of distress, reproof, and rejection; for children have come to the point of breaking forth, but there is no strength to give birth.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 15:6 - “And nation was crushed by nation, and city by city, for God threw them into confusion with every kind of distress.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 18:26 - and say, ‘Thus says the king, “Put this man in prison and feed him [fn]sparingly with bread and water until I return safely.”’”
Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 20:9 - ‘Should evil come upon us, the sword, or judgment, or pestilence, or famine, we will stand before this house and before You (for Your name is in this house) and cry to You in our distress, and You will hear and save us.’
Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 9:27 -

“Therefore You gave them into the hand of the ones who distressed them, and they afflicted them with distress,

But at the time of their distress they cried to You,

And You listened from heaven, and according to Your abundant compassion

You gave them saviors and they saved them from the hand of the ones that distressed them.

Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 9:37 -

“Its abundant produce is for the kings

Whom You have put over us because of our sins;

They also rule over our bodies

And over our cattle according to their desire,

So we are in great distress.

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 15:24 -

“Distress and anguish terrify him;

They overpower him like a king ready for the attack,

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 4:1 -

[fn]For the choir director. With stringed instruments. A Psalm of David.

Answer me when I call, O God [fn]of my righteousness!

You have [fn]relieved me in my distress;

Be gracious to me and hear my prayer.

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 9:9 -

Vav

[fn]Yahweh also will be a stronghold for the oppressed,

A stronghold in times of [fn]distress;

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 10:1 -

Lamedh

[fn]Why do You stand afar off, O Yahweh?

Why do You hide [fn]Yourself in times of distress?

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 20:1 -

For the choir director. A Psalm of David.

May Yahweh answer you in the day of distress!

May the name of the God of Jacob set you securely on high!

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 22:11 -

Be not far from me, for [fn]distress is near;

For there is none to help.

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 25:17 -

Tsadhe

[fn]The troubles of my heart are enlarged;

Bring me out of my distresses.

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 25:22 -

Redeem Israel, O God,

Out of all his troubles.

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 32:7 -

You are my hiding place; You guard me from trouble;

You surround me with [fn]songs of deliverance. Selah.

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 34:6 -

Zayin

This [fn]poor man called out, and Yahweh heard him

And saved him out of all his troubles.

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 34:17 -

Tsadhe

The righteous cry, and Yahweh hears

And delivers them out of all their troubles.

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 34:19 -

Resh

Many are the evils against the righteous,

But Yahweh delivers him out of them all.

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 37:39 -

Tav

But the salvation of the righteous is from Yahweh;

He is their strength in time of distress.

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 44:24 -

Why do You hide Your face

And forget our affliction and our oppression?

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 46:1 -

For the choir director. Of the sons of Korah. [fn]According to Alamoth. A Song.

God is our refuge and strength,

[fn]A very present help in [fn]trouble.

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 50:15 -

Call upon Me in the day of distress;

I shall rescue you, and you will glorify Me.”

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 54:7 -

For [fn]He has delivered me from all [fn]distress,

And my eye has looked in triumph upon my enemies.

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 55:3 -

Because of the voice of the enemy,

Because of the pressure of the wicked;

For they shake wickedness down upon me

And in anger they bear a grudge against me.

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 59:16 -

But as for me, I shall sing of Your strength;

And I shall joyfully sing of Your lovingkindness in the morning,

For You have been my stronghold

And a refuge in the day of my distress.

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 60:11 -

Oh give us help against the adversary,

For salvation [fn]by man is worthless.

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 66:11 -

You brought us into the net;

You established an oppressive burden upon our loins.

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 66:14 -

Which my lips uttered

And my mouth spoke when I was in distress.

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 71:20 -

You, who have shown [fn]me many troubles and [fn]evils,

Will revive [fn]me again,

And will bring [fn]me up again from the depths of the earth.

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 77:2 -

In the day of my distress I sought the Lord;

In the night my hand was stretched out [fn]without weariness;

My soul refused to be comforted.

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 78:49 -

He sent upon them His burning anger,

Fury and indignation and [fn]distress,

[fn]A band of destroying angels.

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 81:7 -

“You called in distress and I rescued you;

I answered you in the hiding place of thunder;

I tested you at the waters of Meribah. [fn]Selah.


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