Strong's Lexicon
G2347 — θλίψις
Greek entry for Bible study and original-language reference.
Definition / Gloss
| Strong's Number: | G2347 |
|---|---|
| Word: | θλίψις |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Etymology: | from G2346 |
| Language: | Greek |
| Occurrences: | 45 |
| Transliteration: | thlipsis |
| Phonetic Spelling/Pronunciation: | thlip'-sis |
| Meaning: | 1. pressure {literally or figuratively} |
| KJV Renderings: | afflicted(-tion), anguish, burdened, persecution, tribulation, trouble |
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Thayer's Greek Lexicon
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 (2Co 1:4 b; Joh 16:1-33:(21),33; (Php 1:16 (17); and in Col 1:24 passio)); (the Sept. for öÈøÈä, also for öÇø, ìÇçÇõ, etc.): Mat 24:9; Act 7:11; Act 11:19; Rom 12:12; 2Co 1:4; 2Co 1:8; 2Co 4:17; 2Co 6:4; 2Co 7:4; 2Co 8:2; 2Th 1:6; Rev 1:9; Rev 2:9; Rev 2:22; Rev 7:14; joined with στενοχωρία (cf. Trench, § lv.), Rom 2:9; Rom 8:35 (Deu 28:53 f; Isa. (); ); with ἀνάγκη, 1Th 3:7; with διωγμός, Mat 13:21; Mar 4:17; 2Th 1:4; of the afflictions of those hard pressed by siege and the calamities of war, Mat 24:21; Mat 24:29; Mar 13:19; Mar 13:24; of the straits of want, 2Co 8:13; Php 4:14 (here others give the word a wider reference); Jas 1:27; of the distress of a woman in childbirth; Joh 16:21. θλῖψιν ἔχω (equivalent to θλίβομαι), Joh 16:33; 1Co 7:28; Rev 2:10; θλῖψις ἐπί τινα ἔρχεται, Act 7:11; ἐν θλίψει, 1Th 1:6. plural: Act 7:10; Act 14:22; Act 20:23; Rom 5:3; Eph 3:13; 1Th 3:3; Heb 10:33; τοῦ Χριστοῦ, the afflictions which Christ had to undergo (and which, therefore, his followers must not shrink from), Col 1:24 (see ἀνταναπληρόω); θλῖψις τῆς καρδίας (καί συνοχή), anxiety, burden of heart, 2Co 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, Php 1:16 (17).
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Englishman's Greek Concordance
θλῖψις (afflicted(-tion))
Matthew 13:21
- KJV: Yet hath he not root in himself but dureth for a while for when tribulation or persecution ariseth because of the word by and by he is offended
- GK: ουκ έχει δε ρίζαν εν εαυτώ αλλά πρόσκαιρός εστι γενομένης δε θλίψεως η διωγμού διά τον λόγον ευθύς σκανδαλίζεται
Matthew 24:9
- KJV: Then shall they deliver you up to be afflicted and shall kill you and ye shall be hated of all nations for my name’s sake
- GK: τότε παραδώσουσιν υμάς εις θλίψιν και αποκτενούσιν υμάς και έσεσθε μισούμενοι υπό πάντων των εθνών διά το όνομά μου
Matthew 24:21
- KJV: For then shall be great tribulation such as was not since the beginning of the world to this time no nor ever shall be
- GK: έσται γαρ τότε θλίψις μεγάλη οία ου γέγονεν απ΄ αρχής κόσμου έως του νυν ουδ΄ ου γένηται
Matthew 24:29
- KJV: Immediately after the tribulation of those days shall the sun be darkened and the moon shall not give her light and the stars shall fall from heaven and the powers of the heavens shall be shaken
- GK: ευθέως δε μετά την θλίψιν των ημερών εκείνων ο ήλιος σκοτισθήσεται και η σελήνη ου δώσει το φέγγος αυτής και οι αστέρες πεσούνται από του ουρανού και αι δυνάμεις των ουρανών σαλευθήσονται
Mark 4:17
- KJV: And have no root in themselves and so endure but for a time afterward when affliction or persecution ariseth for the word’s sake immediately they are offended
- GK: και ουκ έχουσι ρίζαν εν εαυτοίς αλλά πρόσκαιροί εισιν είτα γενομένης θλίψεως η διωγμού διά τον λόγον ευθέως σκανδαλίζονται
Mark 13:19
- KJV: For those days shall be affliction such as was not from the beginning of the creation which God created unto this time neither shall be
- GK: έσονται γαρ αι ημέραι εκείναι θλίψις οία ου γέγονε τοιαύτη απ΄ αρχής κτίσεως ης έκτισεν ο θεος έως του νυν και ου γένηται
Mark 13:24
- KJV: But in those days after that tribulation the sun shall be darkened and the moon shall not give her light
- GK: αλλ΄ εν εκείναις ταις ημέραις μετά την θλίψιν εκείνην ο ήλιος σκοτισθήσεται και η σελήνη ου δώσει το φέγγος αυτής
John 16:21
- KJV: A woman when she is in travail hath sorrow because her hour is come but as soon as she is delivered of the child she remembereth no more the anguish for joy that a man is born into the world
- GK: η γυνή όταν τίκτη λύπην έχει ότι ήλθεν η ώρα αυτής όταν δε γεννήση το παιδίον ουκέτι μνημονεύει της θλίψεως διά την χαράν ότι εγεννήθη άνθρωπος εις τον κόσμον
John 16:33
- KJV: These things I have spoken unto you that in me ye might have peace In the world ye shall have tribulation but be of good cheer I have overcome the world
- GK: ταύτα λελάληκα υμίν ίνα εν εμοί ειρήνην έχητε εν τω κόσμω θλίψιν έχετε αλλά θαρσείτε εγώ νενίκηκα τον κόσμον
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