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Lexicon :: Strong's G4730 - stenochōria

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στενοχωρία
Transliteration
stenochōria (Key)
Pronunciation
sten-okh-o-ree'-ah
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Part of Speech
feminine noun
Root Word (Etymology)
From a compound of στενός (G4728) and χώρα (G5561)
mGNT
4x in 2 unique form(s) TR
4x in 2 unique form(s) LXX
6x in 2 unique form(s)
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Vine's Expository Dictionary: View Entry

TDNT Reference: 7:604,1077

Trench's Synonyms: lv. θλῖψις, στενοχωρία.

Strong’s Definitions

στενοχωρία stenochōría, sten-okh-o-ree'-ah; from a compound of G4728 and G5561; narrowness of room, i.e. (figuratively) calamity:—anguish, distress.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 4x

The KJV translates Strong's G4730 in the following manner: distress (3x), anguish (1x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 4x
The KJV translates Strong's G4730 in the following manner: distress (3x), anguish (1x).

  1. narrowness of place, a narrow place

  2. metaph. dire calamity, extreme affliction

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
στενοχωρία stenochōría, sten-okh-o-ree'-ah; from a compound of G4728 and G5561; narrowness of room, i.e. (figuratively) calamity:—anguish, distress.
STRONGS G4730:
στενοχωρία, στενοχωρίας, ἡ (στενόχωρος), narrowness of place, a narrow space (Isaiah 8:22 (others take this as metaphorically); Thucydides, Plato, others); metaphorically, dire calamity, extreme affliction, (A. V. distress, anguish): Romans 2:9; Romans 8:35; 2 Corinthians 6:4; 2 Corinthians 12:10. (Deuteronomy 28:53, 55, 57; Sir. 10:26; (Wis. 5:3); 1 Macc. 2:53 1 Macc. 13:3; Polybius 1, 67, 1; (Artemidorus Daldianus, oeir. 3, 14); Aelian v. h. 2, 41; (others).) (Cf. Trench, § lv.)
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BLB Scripture Index of Thayer's

Deuteronomy
28:53; 28:55; 28:57
Isaiah
8:22
Romans
2:9; 8:35
2 Corinthians
6:4; 12:10

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number G4730 matches the Greek στενοχωρία (stenochōria),
which occurs 6 times in 6 verses in the LXX Greek.

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 28:53

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 28:53 - And you shall eat the fruit of your womb, the flesh of your sons and daughters, whom the LORD your God has given you, in the siege and in the distress with which your enemies shall distress you.

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 28:55

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 28:55 - so that he will not give to any of them any of the flesh of his children whom he is eating, because he has nothing else left, in the siege and in the distress with which your enemy shall distress you in all your towns.

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 28:57

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 28:57 - her afterbirth that comes out from between her feet and her children whom she bears, because lacking everything she will eat them secretly, in the siege and in the distress with which your enemy shall distress you in your towns.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 8:22

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 8:22 - And they will look to the earth, but behold, distress and darkness, the gloom of anguish. And they will be thrust into thick darkness.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 9:1

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 9:1 - [fn] But there will be no gloom for her who was in anguish. In the former time he brought into contempt the land of Zebulun and the land of Naphtali, but in the latter time he has made glorious the way of the sea, the land beyond the Jordan, Galilee of the nations.[fn]

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 30:6

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 30:6 - An oracle on the beasts of the Negeb.
Through a land of trouble and anguish,
from where come the lioness and the lion,
the adder and the flying fiery serpent,
they carry their riches on the backs of donkeys,
and their treasures on the humps of camels,
to a people that cannot profit them.
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