Strong's Concordance thlipsis: tribulation Original Word: θλῖψις, εως, ἡPart of Speech: Noun, Feminine Transliteration: thlipsis Phonetic Spelling: (thlip'-sis) Short Definition: persecution, affliction, distress Definition: persecution, affliction, distress, tribulation. HELPS Word-studies 2347 thlípsis – properly, pressure (what constricts or rubs together), used of a narrow place that "hems someone in"; tribulation, especially internal pressure that causes someone to feel confined (restricted, "without options"). 2347 /thlípsis ("compression, tribulation") carries the challenge of coping with the internal pressure of a tribulation, especially when feeling there is "no way of escape" ("hemmed in"). [By contrast, 4730 (stenoxōría) focuses on the external pressure exerted by circumstances.] Thayer's Greek Lexicon STRONGS NT 2347: θλῖψιςθλῖψις, 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. ( Strong's Exhaustive Concordance affliction, persecution, tribulationFrom thlibo; pressure (literally or figuratively) -- afflicted(-tion), anguish, burdened, persecution, tribulation, trouble. see GREEK thlibo Forms and Transliterations θλιψει θλίψει θλιψεις θλίψεις θλίψεσι θλίψεσί θλιψεσιν θλίψεσιν θλίψεσίν θλιψεων θλίψεων θλιψεως θλιψεώς θλίψεως θλίψεώς θλιψιν θλίψιν θλῖψιν θλιψις θλίψις θλῖψις θνησιμαία θνησιμαίοις θνησιμαίον θνησιμαίου θνησιμαίων thlipsei thlípsei thlipseis thlípseis thlipseon thlipseōn thlípseon thlípseōn thlipseos thlipseōs thlípseos thlípseōs thlipsesin thlípsesin thlípsesín thlipsin thlípsin thlipsis thlípsisLinks Interlinear Greek • Interlinear Hebrew • Strong's Numbers • Englishman's Greek Concordance • Englishman's Hebrew Concordance • Parallel TextsEnglishman's Concordance Strong's Greek 234745 Occurrences θλίψει — 9 Occ. θλίψεις — 1 Occ. θλίψεων — 3 Occ. θλίψεως — 9 Occ. θλίψεσιν — 6 Occ. θλίψιν — 10 Occ. θλίψις — 7 Occ. Matthew 13:21 N-GFS GRK: γενομένης δὲ θλίψεως ἢ διωγμοῦ NAS: but is [only] temporary, and when affliction or KJV: for when tribulation or INT: having come however tribulation or persecution Matthew 24:9 N-AFS Matthew 24:21 N-NFS Matthew 24:29 N-AFS Mark 4:17 N-GFS Mark 13:19 N-NFS Mark 13:24 N-AFS John 16:21 N-GFS John 16:33 N-AFS Acts 7:10 N-GFP Acts 7:11 N-NFS Acts 11:19 N-GFS Acts 14:22 N-GFP Acts 20:23 N-NFP Romans 2:9 N-NFS Romans 5:3 N-DFP Romans 5:3 N-NFS Romans 8:35 N-NFS Romans 12:12 N-DFS 1 Corinthians 7:28 N-AFS 2 Corinthians 1:4 N-DFS 2 Corinthians 1:4 N-DFS 2 Corinthians 1:8 N-GFS 2 Corinthians 2:4 N-GFS 2 Corinthians 4:17 N-GFS |