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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

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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 he has no root in himself, but is only temporary, and when affliction G2347 or persecution arises because of the word, immediately he [fn]falls away.

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 24:9

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 24:9 -

“Then they will deliver you to tribulation G2347, and will kill you, and you will be hated by all nations because of My name.

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 24:21

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 24:21 - “For then there will be a great tribulation G2347, such as has not occurred since the beginning of the world until now, nor ever will.

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Unchecked Copy BoxMat 24:29 -

“But immediately after the tribulation G2347 of those days THE SUN WILL BE DARKENED, AND THE MOON WILL NOT GIVE ITS LIGHT, AND THE STARS WILL FALL from [fn]the sky, and the POWERS OF [fn]THE HEAVENS will be shaken.

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Unchecked Copy BoxMar 4:17 - and they have no root in themselves, but are only temporary; then, when affliction G2347 or persecution arises because of the word, immediately they [fn]fall away.

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Unchecked Copy BoxMar 13:19 - “For those days will be a time of tribulation G2347 such as has not occurred since the beginning of the creation which God created until now, and never will.

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Unchecked Copy BoxMar 13:24 -

“But in those days, after that tribulation G2347, THE SUN WILL BE DARKENED AND THE MOON WILL NOT GIVE ITS LIGHT,

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Unchecked Copy Box Jhn 16:21

Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 16:21 - “Whenever a woman is in labor she has sorrow, because her hour has come; but when she gives birth to the child, she no longer remembers the suffering G2347 because of the joy that a [fn]child has been born into the world.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jhn 16:33

Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 16:33 - “These things I have spoken to you, so that in Me you may have peace. In the world you have tribulation G2347, but take courage; I have overcome the world.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 7:10

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 7:10 - and rescued him from all his afflictions G2347, and granted him favor and wisdom in the sight of Pharaoh, king of Egypt, and he appointed him governor over Egypt and all his household.

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 7:11

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 7:11 -

“Now a famine came over all Egypt and Canaan, and great affliction G2347 with it, and our fathers [fn]could find no food.

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Unchecked Copy BoxAct 11:19 -

So then those who were scattered because of the [fn]persecution G2347 that occurred in connection with Stephen made their way [fn]to Phoenicia and Cyprus and Antioch, speaking the word to no one except to Jews alone.

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 14:22

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 14:22 - strengthening the souls of the disciples, encouraging them to continue in the faith, and saying, “Through many afflictions G2347 we must enter the kingdom of God.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 20:23

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 20:23 - except that the Holy Spirit solemnly testifies to me in every city, saying that chains and afflictions G2347 await me.

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Unchecked Copy Box Rom 2:9

Unchecked Copy BoxRom 2:9 - There will be affliction G2347 and turmoil [fn]for every soul of man who works out 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 this, but [fn]we also boast in our afflictions G2347, knowing that affliction G2347 brings about perseverance;

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Unchecked Copy Box Rom 8:35

Unchecked Copy BoxRom 8:35 - Who will separate us from the love of [fn]Christ? Will affliction G2347, or turmoil, 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, persevering in affliction G2347, being devoted to prayer,

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Co 7:28

Unchecked Copy Box1Co 7:28 - But if you marry, you have not sinned. And if a virgin marries, she has not sinned. Yet such will have [fn]trouble G2347 in this life, and I am trying to spare you.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Co 1:4

Unchecked Copy Box2Co 1:4 - who comforts us in all our affliction G2347 so that we will be able to comfort those who are in [fn]any affliction G2347 with the comfort with which we ourselves are comforted by God.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Co 1:8

Unchecked Copy Box2Co 1:8 -

For we do not want you to be unaware, brothers, of our affliction G2347 which came to us in [fn]Asia, that we were burdened excessively, beyond our strength, so that we despaired even to live.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Co 2:4

Unchecked Copy Box2Co 2:4 - For out of much affliction G2347 and anguish of heart I wrote to you with many tears; not so that you would be made sorrowful, but that you might know the love which I have abundantly for you.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Co 4:17

Unchecked Copy Box2Co 4:17 - For our momentary, light affliction G2347 is working out for us an eternal weight of glory far beyond all comparison,

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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 perseverance, in afflictions G2347, in distresses, in hardships,

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Co 7:4

Unchecked Copy Box2Co 7:4 - Great is my boldness toward you; great is my boasting on your behalf. I have been filled with comfort; I am overflowing with joy in all our affliction G2347.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Co 8:2

Unchecked Copy Box2Co 8:2 - that in a great testing by affliction G2347 their abundance of joy and their deep poverty abounded unto the richness of their [fn]generosity.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Co 8:13

Unchecked Copy Box2Co 8:13 - For this is not for the relief of others and for your affliction G2347, but by way of equality—

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Unchecked Copy Box Eph 3:13

Unchecked Copy BoxEph 3:13 - Therefore I ask [fn]you not to lose heart at my afflictions G2347 on your behalf, which are your glory.

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Unchecked Copy Box Phl 1:16

Unchecked Copy BoxPhl 1:16 - the latter do it out of love, knowing that I am appointed for the defense of the gospel;

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Unchecked Copy Box Phl 4:14

Unchecked Copy BoxPhl 4:14 - Nevertheless, you have done well to fellowship with me in my affliction G2347.

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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 I fill up what is lacking of Christ’s afflictions G2347 in my flesh, on behalf of His body, which is the church,

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Th 1:6

Unchecked Copy Box1Th 1:6 - You also became imitators of us and of the Lord, having received the word in much affliction G2347 with the joy of the Holy Spirit,

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Th 3:3

Unchecked Copy Box1Th 3:3 - so that no one would be shaken by these afflictions G2347, for you yourselves know that we have been destined for this.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Th 3:7

Unchecked Copy Box1Th 3:7 - for this reason, brothers, in all our distress and affliction G2347 we were comforted about you through your faith;

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Th 1:4

Unchecked Copy Box2Th 1:4 - so that we ourselves boast about you among the churches of God for your [fn]perseverance and faith in the midst of all your persecutions and afflictions G2347 which you endure.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Th 1:6

Unchecked Copy Box2Th 1:6 - [fn]Since it is right [fn]for God to repay with affliction G2347 those who afflict you,

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Unchecked Copy Box Heb 10:33

Unchecked Copy BoxHeb 10:33 - partly by being made a public spectacle through reproaches and afflictions G2347, and partly by becoming sharers with those who were so treated.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jas 1:27

Unchecked Copy BoxJas 1:27 - Pure and undefiled religion before our God and Father is this: to visit orphans and widows in their affliction G2347, and to keep oneself unstained [fn]by the world.

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I, John, your brother and fellow partaker in the tribulation G2347 and kingdom and [fn]perseverance which are in Jesus, was on the island called Patmos because of the word of God and the witness of Jesus.

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‘I know your tribulation G2347 and your poverty (but you are rich), and the blasphemy by those who say they are Jews and are not, but are a synagogue of Satan.

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Unchecked Copy Box Rev 2:10

Unchecked Copy BoxRev 2:10 - ‘Do not fear what you are about to suffer. Behold, the devil is about to cast some of you into prison, so that you will be tested, and you will have tribulation G2347 for ten days. [fn]Be faithful until death, and I will give you the crown of life.

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Unchecked Copy Box Rev 2:22

Unchecked Copy BoxRev 2:22 - ‘Behold, I will throw her [fn]on a bed of sickness, and those who commit adultery with her into great tribulation G2347, unless they repent of [fn]her deeds.

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Unchecked Copy Box Rev 7:14

Unchecked Copy BoxRev 7:14 - And I [fn]said to him, “My lord, you know.” And he said to me, “These are the ones who come out of the great tribulation G2347, and they washed their robes and made them white in the blood of the Lamb.
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