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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 - Then come, let us go up to Bethel, where I will build an altar to God, who answered me in the day of my distress and who has been with me wherever I have gone.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 42:21 - They said to one another, “Surely we are being punished because of our brother. We saw how distressed he was when he pleaded with us for his life, but we would not listen; that’s why this distress has come on us.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 4:31 - and they believed. And when they heard that the LORD was concerned about them and had seen their misery, they bowed down and worshiped.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 4:29

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 4:29 - But if from there you seek the LORD your God, you will find him if you seek him with all your heart and with all your soul.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 28:53

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 28:53 - Because of the suffering your enemy will inflict on you during the siege, you will eat the fruit of the womb, the flesh of the sons and daughters the LORD your God has given you.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 28:55

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 28:55 - and he will not give to one of them any of the flesh of his children that he is eating. It will be all he has left because of the suffering your enemy will inflict on you during the siege of all your cities.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 28:57

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 28:57 - the afterbirth from her womb and the children she bears. For in her dire need she intends to eat them secretly because of the suffering your enemy will inflict on you during the siege of your cities.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 31:17

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 31:17 - And in that day I will become angry with them and forsake them; I will hide my face from them, and they will be destroyed. Many disasters and calamities will come on them, and in that day they will ask, ‘Have not these disasters come on us because our God is not with us?’

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 10:14

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 10:14 - Go and cry out to the gods you have chosen. Let them save you when you are in trouble!”

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 1:6

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 1:6 - Because the LORD had closed Hannah’s womb, her rival kept provoking her in order to irritate her.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 10:19

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 10:19 - But you have now rejected your God, who saves you out of all your disasters and calamities. And you have said, ‘No, appoint a king over us.’ So now present yourselves before the LORD by your tribes and clans.”

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 24:19

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 24:19 - When a man finds his enemy, does he let him get away unharmed? May the LORD reward you well for the way you treated me today.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 26:24

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 26:24 - As surely as I valued your life today, so may the LORD value my life and deliver me from all trouble.”

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 4:9

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 4:9 - David answered Rekab and his brother Baanah, the sons of Rimmon the Beerothite, “As surely as the LORD lives, who has delivered me out of every trouble,

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 22:19

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 22:19 - They confronted me in the day of my disaster, but the LORD was my support.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 1:29

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 1:29 - The king then took an oath: “As surely as the LORD lives, who has delivered me out of every trouble,

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 22:27

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 22:27 - and say, ‘This is what the king says: Put this fellow in prison and give him nothing but bread and water until I return safely.’ ”

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 13:4

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 13:4 - Then Jehoahaz sought the LORD’s favor, and the LORD listened to him, for he saw how severely the king of Aram was oppressing Israel.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 19:3

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 19:3 - They told him, “This is what Hezekiah says: This day is a day of distress and rebuke and disgrace, as when children come to the moment of birth and there is no strength to deliver them.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 15:6

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 15:6 - One nation was being crushed by another and one city by another, because God was troubling them with every kind of distress.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 18:26

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 18:26 - and say, ‘This is what the king says: Put this fellow in prison and give him nothing but bread and water until I return safely.’ ”

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 20:9

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 20:9 - ‘If calamity comes upon us, whether the sword of judgment, or plague or famine, we will stand in your presence before this temple that bears your Name and will cry out to you in our distress, and you will hear us and save us.’

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Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 9:27

Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 9:27 - So you delivered them into the hands of their enemies, who oppressed them. But when they were oppressed they cried out to you. From heaven you heard them, and in your great compassion you gave them deliverers, who rescued them from the hand of their enemies.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 9:37

Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 9:37 - Because of our sins, its abundant harvest goes to the kings you have placed over us. They rule over our bodies and our cattle as they please. We are in great distress.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 15:24

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 15:24 - Distress and anguish fill him with terror; troubles overwhelm him, like a king poised to attack,

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 4:1

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 4:1 - [fn]For the director of music. With stringed instruments. A psalm of David. Answer me when I call to you, my righteous God. Give me relief from my distress; have mercy on me and hear my prayer.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 9:9

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 9:9 - The LORD is a refuge for the oppressed, a stronghold in times of trouble.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 10:1

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 10:1 - [fn]Why, LORD, do you stand far off? Why do you hide yourself in times of trouble?

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 20:1

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 20:1 - [fn]For the director of music. A psalm of David. May the LORD answer you when you are in distress; may the name of the God of Jacob protect you.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 22:11

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 22:11 - Do not be far from me, for trouble is near and there is no one to help.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 25:17

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 25:17 - Relieve the troubles of my heart and free me from my anguish.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 25:22

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 25:22 - Deliver Israel, O God, from all their troubles!

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 32:7

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 32:7 - You are my hiding place; you will protect me from trouble and surround me with songs of deliverance.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 34:6

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

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 34:17

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 34:17 - The righteous cry out, and the LORD hears them; he delivers them from all their troubles.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 34:19

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 34:19 - The righteous person may have many troubles, but the LORD delivers him from them all;

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 37:39

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 37:39 - The salvation of the righteous comes from the LORD; he is their stronghold in time of trouble.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 44:24

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 44:24 - Why do you hide your face and forget our misery and oppression?

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 46:1

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 46:1 - [fn]For the director of music. Of the Sons of Korah. According to alamoth.[fn] A song. God is our refuge and strength, an ever-present help in trouble.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 50:15

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 50:15 - and call on me in the day of trouble; I will deliver you, and you will honor me.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 54:7

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 54:7 - You have delivered me from all my troubles, and my eyes have looked in triumph on my foes.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 55:3

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 55:3 - because of what my enemy is saying, because of the threats of the wicked; for they bring down suffering on me and assail me in their anger.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 59:16

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 59:16 - But I will sing of your strength, in the morning I will sing of your love; for you are my fortress, my refuge in times of trouble.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 60:11

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 60:11 - Give us aid against the enemy, for human help is worthless.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 66:11

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 66:11 - You brought us into prison and laid burdens on our backs.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 66:14

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 66:14 - vows my lips promised and my mouth spoke when I was in trouble.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 71:20

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 71:20 - Though you have made me see troubles, many and bitter, you will restore my life again; from the depths of the earth you will again bring me up.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 77:2

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 77:2 - When I was in distress, I sought the Lord; at night I stretched out untiring hands, and I would not be comforted.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 78:49

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 78:49 - He unleashed against them his hot anger, his wrath, indignation and hostility— a band of destroying angels.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 81:7

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 81:7 - In your distress you called and I rescued you, I answered you out of a thundercloud; I tested you at the waters of Meribah.[fn]

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