Strong G2346θλίβω
to press on
- Transliteration
- thlibō
- Pronunciation
- thlee'-bo
- Morphology
- Greek Verb
Definition
Akin to the base of G5147; to crowd (literally or figuratively): - afflict narrow throng suffer tribulation trouble.
Detailed definition
θλίβω
[in LXX chiefly (ὁ θλίβων, ) for צוּר;]
to press: with accusative of person(s), Mrk.3:9; ὁδὸς τεθλιμμένη, a narrow (compressed) way, Mat.7:14. Metaphorical (as frequently in LXX), to oppress, afflict, distress: with accusative of person(s), 2Th.1:6; pass. (Vg., tribulor, tribulation em patior), 2Co.1:6 4:8 7:5, 1Th.3:4, 2Th.1:7, 1Ti.5:10, Heb.11:37 (cf. ἀπο-, συν-θλίβω).†
(AS)
[in LXX chiefly (ὁ θλίβων, ) for צוּר;]
to press: with accusative of person(s), Mrk.3:9; ὁδὸς τεθλιμμένη, a narrow (compressed) way, Mat.7:14. Metaphorical (as frequently in LXX), to oppress, afflict, distress: with accusative of person(s), 2Th.1:6; pass. (Vg., tribulor, tribulation em patior), 2Co.1:6 4:8 7:5, 1Th.3:4, 2Th.1:7, 1Ti.5:10, Heb.11:37 (cf. ἀπο-, συν-θλίβω).†
(AS)
In the Bible
Strong G2346 appears in 10 verses of the KJV.
Translated in the KJV by
- afflict2
- be2
- afflicted1
- narrow1
- throng1
- tribulation1
- trouble1
- troubled1
First verses
- Matthew 7:14Because strait is the gate, and narrow is the way, which leadeth unto life, and few there be that find it.
- Mark 3:9And he spake to his disciples, that a small ship should wait on him because of the multitude, lest they should throng him.
- 2 Corinthians 1:6And whether we be afflicted, it is for your consolation and salvation, which is effectual in the enduring of the same sufferings which we also suffer: or whether we be comforted, it is for your consolation and salvation.
- 2 Corinthians 4:8We are troubled on every side, yet not distressed; we are perplexed, but not in despair;
- 2 Corinthians 7:5For, when we were come into Macedonia, our flesh had no rest, but we were troubled on every side; without were fightings, within were fears.
- 1 Thessalonians 3:4For verily, when we were with you, we told you before that we should suffer tribulation; even as it came to pass, and ye know.
- 2 Thessalonians 1:6Seeing it is a righteous thing with God to recompense tribulation to them that trouble you;
- 2 Thessalonians 1:7And to you who are troubled rest with us, when the Lord Jesus shall be revealed from heaven with his mighty angels,
- 1 Timothy 5:10Well 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.
- Hebrews 11:37They were stoned, they were sawn asunder, were tempted, were slain with the sword: they wandered about in sheepskins and goatskins; being destitute, afflicted, tormented;
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Detailed Greek dictionary
θλῐβ-ω [ῑ],
[Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Pax” 1239, etc.:)]future θλίψω (ἀπο-) [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Cyclops” 237)]: aorist ἔθλιψα [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Timaeus” 60c, 3rd c.BC: Callimachus Epicus “Hymnus in Delum” 35)]: perfect τέθλῐφα [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Crobylus Comicus 4 (conjecture), 2nd c.BC: Polybius Historicus 18.24.3:)] —middle, future θλίψομαι (see. below):—passive, future θλῐβήσομαι variant in [Refs 2nd c.AD+ (2nd c.AD: Soranus Medicus 1.33)]: aorist 1 ἐθλίφθην [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Timaeus” 91a, 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Problemata” 925b20:)]aorist 2 participle θλῐβείς[Refs 1st c.AD+ ([prev. work] 13, variant in 1st c.AD: Dioscorides (Dioscurides) Medicus 3.7)] (compare subjunctive ἐκφλῐβῇ [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Hippocrates Medicus “περὶ τόπων τῶν κατὰ ἄνθρωπον” 9))]: perfect τέθλιμμαι [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Problemata” 925b14, “Anthologia Graeca” 7.472.5 (1st c.AD: Leonidas Alexandrinus Epigrammaticus))]:— squeeze, chafe, θλίβει τὸν ὄρρον [ὁ θώραξ] [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Pax” 1239, compare “Lys.” 314; τοὺς ὄφεις θλίβων 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 18.260)]; ὅπου με θλίβει where [the shoe] pinches, [Refs 3rd c.BC+ (1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus 2.141a: _metaphorically_, δούλης ὦτα νωθρίη θλίβει 3rd c.BC: Herodas Mimographus 4.53)]: absolutely, exercise pressure, [Refs 3rd c.AD+ (3rd c.AD: Plotinus Philosophus 3.6.6)]:—passive, of a person heavy-laden, ὡς θλίβομαι! [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Ranae” 5, compare “V.” 1289)]:—middle, πολλῇς φλιῇσι παραστὰς θλίψεται (variant{φλίψεται}) ὤμους he will rub his shoulders against many doorposts, of a beggar, [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 17.221: χείλεα θλίβειν, of kissing, 3rd c.BC: Theocritus Poeta Bucolicus 20.4.)]
II compress, straiten, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Timaeus” 60c)]; reduce, compress, εἰς τὸ μὴ ὂν τὰ ὄντα θλίβοντες [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th-3rd c.BC: Epicurus Philosophus “Epistulae” 1p.16U.)]:—passive, to be compressed, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Timaeus” 91a; ὥστε ἐξωθεῖσθαι τὸ ἧσσον θλιβόμενον ὑπὸ τοῦ μᾶλλον θλιβομένου 3rd c.BC: Archimedes Geometra “περὶ τῶν ὀχουμένων” 1 “Prooem.”)]; θλιβομένα καλύβα a small, close hut, [Refs 3rd c.BC+ (3rd c.BC: Theocritus Poeta Bucolicus 21.18)]; ὁδὸς τεθλιμμένη, opposed to εὐρύχωρος, [NT (NT.Matt.7.14)]; βίος τεθλ. a scanty subsistence, [Refs 1st c.BC+ (1st c.BC: Dionysius Halicarnassensis 8.73, compare “Anthologia Graeca” 7.472.5 (1st c.AD: Leonidas Alexandrinus Epigrammaticus).)]
II.2 metaphorically, oppress, afflict, distress, ἀνάγκη ἔθλιψέ τινα [Refs 4th c.BC+ (3rd c.BC: Callimachus Epicus “Hymnus in Delum” 35; θ. καὶ λυμαίνεσθαι τὸ μακάριον 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Ethica Nicomachea” 1100b28; θ. τὰς πόλεις τοῖς ὀψωνίοις “SIG” 700.25 (Macedonia, 2nd c.BC))]; press hard in battle, [Refs 2nd c.BC+ (2nd c.BC: Polybius Historicus 18.24.3)]:— passive, θ. διὰ τὸν πόλεμον [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Politica” 1307a1; ὑπό τινων “SIG” 685.39 (2nd c.BC))]; ὑπὸ τῆς ἀδοξίας [Refs 8th c.BC+ (1st c.BC: Philodemus Philosophus “περὶ παρρησίας” p.61 O.—Once in 8th c.BC: Homerus Epicus, never in Trag.)]
[Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Pax” 1239, etc.:)]future θλίψω (ἀπο-) [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Cyclops” 237)]: aorist ἔθλιψα [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Timaeus” 60c, 3rd c.BC: Callimachus Epicus “Hymnus in Delum” 35)]: perfect τέθλῐφα [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Crobylus Comicus 4 (conjecture), 2nd c.BC: Polybius Historicus 18.24.3:)] —middle, future θλίψομαι (see. below):—passive, future θλῐβήσομαι variant in [Refs 2nd c.AD+ (2nd c.AD: Soranus Medicus 1.33)]: aorist 1 ἐθλίφθην [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Timaeus” 91a, 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Problemata” 925b20:)]aorist 2 participle θλῐβείς[Refs 1st c.AD+ ([prev. work] 13, variant in 1st c.AD: Dioscorides (Dioscurides) Medicus 3.7)] (compare subjunctive ἐκφλῐβῇ [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Hippocrates Medicus “περὶ τόπων τῶν κατὰ ἄνθρωπον” 9))]: perfect τέθλιμμαι [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Problemata” 925b14, “Anthologia Graeca” 7.472.5 (1st c.AD: Leonidas Alexandrinus Epigrammaticus))]:— squeeze, chafe, θλίβει τὸν ὄρρον [ὁ θώραξ] [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Pax” 1239, compare “Lys.” 314; τοὺς ὄφεις θλίβων 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 18.260)]; ὅπου με θλίβει where [the shoe] pinches, [Refs 3rd c.BC+ (1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus 2.141a: _metaphorically_, δούλης ὦτα νωθρίη θλίβει 3rd c.BC: Herodas Mimographus 4.53)]: absolutely, exercise pressure, [Refs 3rd c.AD+ (3rd c.AD: Plotinus Philosophus 3.6.6)]:—passive, of a person heavy-laden, ὡς θλίβομαι! [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Ranae” 5, compare “V.” 1289)]:—middle, πολλῇς φλιῇσι παραστὰς θλίψεται (variant{φλίψεται}) ὤμους he will rub his shoulders against many doorposts, of a beggar, [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 17.221: χείλεα θλίβειν, of kissing, 3rd c.BC: Theocritus Poeta Bucolicus 20.4.)]
II compress, straiten, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Timaeus” 60c)]; reduce, compress, εἰς τὸ μὴ ὂν τὰ ὄντα θλίβοντες [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th-3rd c.BC: Epicurus Philosophus “Epistulae” 1p.16U.)]:—passive, to be compressed, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Timaeus” 91a; ὥστε ἐξωθεῖσθαι τὸ ἧσσον θλιβόμενον ὑπὸ τοῦ μᾶλλον θλιβομένου 3rd c.BC: Archimedes Geometra “περὶ τῶν ὀχουμένων” 1 “Prooem.”)]; θλιβομένα καλύβα a small, close hut, [Refs 3rd c.BC+ (3rd c.BC: Theocritus Poeta Bucolicus 21.18)]; ὁδὸς τεθλιμμένη, opposed to εὐρύχωρος, [NT (NT.Matt.7.14)]; βίος τεθλ. a scanty subsistence, [Refs 1st c.BC+ (1st c.BC: Dionysius Halicarnassensis 8.73, compare “Anthologia Graeca” 7.472.5 (1st c.AD: Leonidas Alexandrinus Epigrammaticus).)]
II.2 metaphorically, oppress, afflict, distress, ἀνάγκη ἔθλιψέ τινα [Refs 4th c.BC+ (3rd c.BC: Callimachus Epicus “Hymnus in Delum” 35; θ. καὶ λυμαίνεσθαι τὸ μακάριον 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Ethica Nicomachea” 1100b28; θ. τὰς πόλεις τοῖς ὀψωνίοις “SIG” 700.25 (Macedonia, 2nd c.BC))]; press hard in battle, [Refs 2nd c.BC+ (2nd c.BC: Polybius Historicus 18.24.3)]:— passive, θ. διὰ τὸν πόλεμον [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Politica” 1307a1; ὑπό τινων “SIG” 685.39 (2nd c.BC))]; ὑπὸ τῆς ἀδοξίας [Refs 8th c.BC+ (1st c.BC: Philodemus Philosophus “περὶ παρρησίας” p.61 O.—Once in 8th c.BC: Homerus Epicus, never in Trag.)]