Strong's Lexicon
G2346 — θλίβω
Greek entry for Bible study and original-language reference.
Definition / Gloss
| Strong's Number: | G2346 |
|---|---|
| Word: | θλίβω |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Etymology: | akin to the base of G5147 |
| Language: | Greek |
| Occurrences: | 10 |
| Transliteration: | thlibo |
| Phonetic Spelling/Pronunciation: | thlee'-bo |
| Meaning: | 1. to crowd {literally or figuratively} |
| KJV Renderings: | afflict, narrow, throng, suffer tribulation, trouble |
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Thayer's Greek Lexicon
θλίβω; passive, present θλίβομαι; perfect participle τεθλιμμενος; (allied with flogrum, affliction; from Homer down); to press (as grapes), press hard upon: properly, τινα (A. V. throng), Mar 3:9; ὁδός τεθλιμμένη a compressed way, i. e. narrow, straitened, contracted, Mat 7:14; metaphorically, to trouble, afflict, distress (Vulg., tribulo): τινα, 2Th 1:6; passive (Vulg. tribulor (also augustior); tribulationem patior): 2Co 1:6; 2Co 4:8; 2Co 7:5; (1Th 3:4; 2Th 1:7); 1Ti 5:10; Heb 11:37. (οἱ θλίβοντες for öÈøÄéí in the Sept.) (Compare: ἀποθλίβω, συνθλίβω.)
Other Resources
Englishman's Greek Concordance
θλίβω (afflict)
Matthew 7:14
- KJV: Because strait the gate and narrow the way which leadeth unto life and few there be that find it
- GK: ότι στενή η πύλη και τεθλιμμένη η οδός η απάγουσα εις την ζωήν και ολίγοι εισίν οι ευρίσκοντες αυτήν
Mark 3:9
- KJV: And he spake to his disciples that a small ship should wait on him because of the multitude lest they should throng him
- GK: και είπεν τοις μαθηταίς αυτού ίνα πλοιάριον προσκαρτερή αυτώ διά τον όχλον ίνα μη θλίβωσιν αυτόν
2 Corinthians 1:6
- KJV: And whether we be afflicted for your consolation and salvation which is effectual in the enduring of the same sufferings which we also suffer or whether we be comforted for your consolation and salvation
- GK: είτε δε θλιβόμεθα υπέρ της υμών παρακλήσεως και σωτηρίας της ενεργουμένης εν υπομονή των αυτών παθημάτων ων και ημείς πάσχομεν
2 Corinthians 4:8
- KJV: troubled on every side yet not distressed perplexed but not in despair
- GK: εν παντί θλιβόμενοι αλλ΄ ου στενοχωρούμενοι απορούμενοι αλλ΄ ουκ εξαπορούμενοι
2 Corinthians 7:5
- KJV: For when we were come into Macedonia our flesh had no rest but we were troubled on every side without fightings within fears
- GK: και γαρ ελθόντων ημών εις Μακεδονίαν ουδεμίαν έσχηκεν άνεσιν η σαρξ ημών αλλ΄ εν παντί θλιβόμενοι έξωθεν μάχαι έσωθεν φόβοι
1 Thessalonians 3:4
- KJV: For verily when we were with you we told you before that we should suffer tribulation even as it came to pass and ye know
- GK: και γαρ ότε προς υμάς ήμεν προελέγομεν υμίν ότι μέλλομεν θλίβεσθαι καθώς και εγένετο και οίδατε
2 Thessalonians 1:6
- KJV: Seeing a righteous thing with God to recompense tribulation to them that trouble you
- GK: είπερ δίκαιον παρά θεώ ανταποδούναι τοις θλίβουσιν υμάς θλίψιν
2 Thessalonians 1:7
- KJV: And to you who are troubled rest with us when the Lord Jesus shall be revealed from heaven with his mighty angels
- GK: και υμίν τοις θλιβομένοις άνεσιν μεθ΄ ημών εν τη αποκαλύψει του κυρίου Ιησού απ΄ ουρανού μετ΄ αγγέλων δυνάμεως αυτού
1 Timothy 5:10
- KJV: Well reported of for good works if she have brought up children if she have lodged strangers if she have washed the saints’ feet if she have relieved the afflicted if she have diligently followed every good work
- GK: εν έργοις καλοίς μαρτυρουμένη ει ετεκνοτρόφησεν ει εξενοδόχησεν ει αγίων πόδας ένιψεν ει θλιβομένοις επήρκεσεν ει παντί έργω αγαθώ επηκολούθησε