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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’s arise and go up to Bethel, and I will make an altar there to God, who answered me on 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, “Truly we are guilty concerning our brother, because we saw the distress of his soul when he pleaded with us, yet we would not listen; for that reason this distress has happened to us.”
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 4:31 - So the people believed; and when they heard that the LORD [fn]was concerned about the sons of Israel and that He had seen their affliction, they bowed low and worshiped.
Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 4:29 - “But from there you will seek the LORD your God, and you will find Him if you search for Him with all your heart and all your soul.
Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 28:53 - “Then you will eat the [fn]offspring of your own body, the flesh of your sons and of your daughters whom the LORD your God has given you, during the siege and the hardship 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 left, during the siege and the hardship by which your enemy will [fn]oppress you in all your [fn]towns.
Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 28:57 - and toward her afterbirth that comes from between her [fn]legs, and toward her children to whom she gives birth, because she will eat them secretly for lack of anything else, during the siege and the hardship with which your enemy will [fn]oppress you in your [fn]towns.
Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 31:17 - “Then My anger will be kindled against them on that day, and I will abandon them and hide My face from them, and they will be consumed, and many evils and troubles will find them; so they will say on 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, moreover, would provoke her bitterly to irritate her, because the LORD had closed her womb.
Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 10:19 - “But today you have rejected your God, who saves you from all your catastrophes and your distresses; yet you have [fn]said, ‘No, but put a king over us!’ Now then, present yourselves before the LORD by your tribes and by your [fn]groups of thousands.”
Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 24:19 - “Though if a man finds his enemy, will he let him go away [fn]unharmed? May the LORD therefore reward you with good in return for what you have done to me this day.
Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 26:24 - “Therefore behold, just as your life was highly valued in my sight this day, so may my life be highly valued in the sight of the LORD, and may He rescue me from all distress.”
Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 4:9 -

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

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 22:19 -

“They confronted me on the day of my disaster,

But the LORD was my support.

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 1:29 - Then the king vowed and said, “As the LORD lives, who has redeemed my life from all distress,
Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 22:27 - and say, ‘This is what the king says: “Put this man in prison, and feed him enough bread and water to survive until I [fn]return safely.”’”
Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 13:4 - Then Jehoahaz appeased the LORD, and the LORD 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, “This is what Hezekiah says: ‘This day is a day of distress, rebuke, and humiliation; for children have come to the point of birth, and there is no strength to deliver them.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 15:6 - “Nation was crushed by nation, and city by city, for God troubled them with every kind of distress.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 18:26 - and say, ‘This is what the king says: “Put this man in prison, and feed him enough bread and water to survive until I [fn]return safely.”’”
Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 20:9 - ‘If disaster comes upon us, the sword, or judgment, or plague, or famine, we will stand before this house and before You (for Your name is in this house), and cry out to You in our distress, and You will hear and save us.
Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 9:27 -

“Therefore You handed them over to their enemies who oppressed them,

But when they cried out to You in the time of their distress,

You heard from heaven, and according to Your great compassion

You gave them [fn]people who saved them from the hand of their enemies.

Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 9:37 -

“And its abundant produce is for the kings

Whom You have set over us because of our sins;

They also rule over our bodies

And over our cattle as they please,

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 music director; on stringed instruments. A Psalm of David.

Answer me when I call, 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 -

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

A stronghold in times of trouble;

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 10:1 -

Why do You stand far away, LORD?

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

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 20:1 -

For the music director. A Psalm of David.

May the LORD answer you on a day of trouble!

May the name of the God of Jacob [fn]protect you!

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 22:11 -

Do not be far from me, for [fn]trouble is near;

For there is no one to help.

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 25:17 -

[fn]The troubles of my heart are enlarged;

Bring me out of my distresses.

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 25:22 -

Redeem Israel, God,

From all his distress.

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 32:7 -

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

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

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 34:6 -

This wretched man cried out, and the LORD heard him,

And saved him out of all his troubles.

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 34:17 -

The righteous cry out, and the LORD hears

And rescues them from all their troubles.

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 34:19 -

The afflictions of the righteous are many,

But the LORD rescues him from them all.

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 37:39 -

But the salvation of the righteous is from the LORD;

He is their strength in time of trouble.

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 44:24 -

Why do You hide Your face

And forget our affliction and oppression?

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 46:1 -

For the music director. A Psalm of the sons of Korah, [fn]set to Alamoth. A Song.

God is our refuge and strength,

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

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 50:15 -

Call upon Me on the day of trouble;

I will rescue you, and you will honor Me.”

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 54:7 -

For [fn]He has saved me from all [fn]trouble,

And my eye has looked with satisfaction upon my enemies.

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 55:3 -

Because of the voice of the enemy,

Because of the pressure of the wicked;

For they bring down [fn]trouble upon me

And in anger they hold a grudge against me.

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 59:16 -

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

Yes, I will joyfully sing of Your faithfulness in the morning,

For You have been my refuge

And a place of refuge on the day of my distress.

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 60:11 -

Oh give us help against the enemy,

For rescue [fn]by man is worthless.

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 66:11 -

You brought us into the net;

You laid an oppressive burden upon [fn]us.

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 distresses

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 trouble I sought the Lord;

In the night my hand was stretched out and did not grow weary;

My soul refused to be comforted.

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 78:49 -

He sent His burning anger upon them,

Fury and indignation and trouble,

A band of [fn]destroying angels.

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 81:7 -

“You called in trouble and I rescued you;

I answered you in the hiding place of thunder;

I put you to the test at the waters of Meribah. Selah


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