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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 16 times in 13 verses in 'Isa' in the LXX Greek.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 8:22

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 8:22 - Then they will look to the earth, and behold, distress and darkness, the gloom of anguish; and they will be driven away into darkness.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 10:3

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 10:3 -

Now what will you do in the day of punishment,

And in the devastation which will come from afar?

To whom will you flee for help?

And where will you leave your wealth?

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 10:26

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 10:26 - The LORD of armies will wield a whip against him like the defeat of Midian at the rock of Oreb; and His staff will be over the sea, and He will lift it up the way He did in Egypt.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 26:16

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 26:16 -

LORD, they sought You in distress;

They [fn]could only whisper a prayer,

Your discipline was upon them.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 28:10

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 28:10 -

“For He says,

‘[fn]Order on order, order on order,

Line on line, line on line,

A little here, a little there.’”

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 28:13

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 28:13 -

So the word of the LORD to them will be,

“[fn]Order on order, order on order,

Line on line, line on line,

A little here, a little there,”

That they may go and stumble backward, be broken, snared, and taken captive.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 30:6

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 30:6 -

The pronouncement concerning the animals of the Negev:

Through a land of distress and anguish,

From [fn]where come lioness and lion, viper and flying serpent,

They carry their riches on the [fn]backs of young donkeys,

And their treasures on camels’ humps,

To a people who will not benefit them;

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 30:20

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 30:20 - Although the Lord has given you bread of deprivation and water of oppression, He, your Teacher, will no longer hide Himself, but your eyes will see your Teacher.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 33:2

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 33:2 -

LORD, be gracious to us; we have waited for You.

Be [fn]their [fn]strength every morning,

Our salvation also in the time of distress.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 37:3

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 37:3 - 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 [fn]deliver them.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 57:13

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 57:13 -

“When you cry out, let your collection of idols save you.

But the wind will carry them all up,

And a breath will take them away.

But the one who takes refuge in Me will inherit the land

And possess My holy mountain.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 63:9

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 63:9 -

In all their distress [fn]He was distressed,

And the angel of His presence saved them;

In His love and in His mercy He redeemed them,

And He lifted them and carried them all the days of old.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 65:16

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 65:16 -

“Because the one who [fn]is blessed on the earth

Will [fn]be blessed by the God of truth;

And the one who swears an oath on the earth

Will swear by the God of truth;

Because the former troubles are forgotten,

And because they are hidden from My sight!

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