Strong G2347θλῖψις

pressure

Transliteration
thlipsis
Pronunciation
thlip'-sis
Morphology
Greek Noun (Feminine)

Definition

From G2346; pressure (literally or figuratively): - afflicted (-tion) anguish burdened persecution tribulation trouble.

Detailed definition

θλίψις (LTr., θλῖψις), -εως, ἡ
(θλίβω), [in LXX for צָרָה, etc.;]
pressure (Arist.). In LXX and NT metaphorically, tribulation, affliction, distress: Mat.24:9, 21 24:29, Mrk.13:19, 24, Jhn.16:21, Act.7:11 11:19, Rom.12:12, 2Co.1:4 1:8 4:17 6:4 7:4 8:2 8:13, Php.4:14, 2Th.1:6, Jas.1:27, Rev.1:9 2:9, 22 7:14; with ἀνάγκη (which see), 1Th.3:7; στενοχωρία (which from the order of the words would appear to be the stronger term), Rom.2:9 8:35; διωγμός, Mat.13:21, Mrk.4:17, 2Th.1:4; θ. ἔχω, Jhn.16:33, 1Co.7:23, Rev.2:10; ἔρχεσθαι ἐπί, Act.7:11; ἐν θλίψει 1Th.1:6; pl., Act.7:10 14:22 20:28, Rom.5:3, Eph.3:13, 1Th.3:3, Heb.10:33; τ. Χριστοῦ, Col.1:24; θ. τῆς καρδίας, 2Co.2:4; θ. ἐγείρειν, Php.1:17.†
SYN.: ἀνάγκη, διωγμός, στενοχωρία (see supr., and cf. Tr., Syn, iv; Lft., Notes, 45) (AS)

In the Bible

Strong G2347 appears in 43 verses of the KJV.

Translated in the KJV by

  • tribulation20
  • affliction17
  • trouble3
  • afflict1
  • anguish1
  • burden1
  • persecution1
  • with1

First verses

  1. Matthew 13:21
    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.
  2. Matthew 24:9
    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.
  3. Matthew 24:21
    For then shall be great tribulation, such as was not since the beginning of the world to this time, no, nor ever shall be.
  4. Matthew 24:29
    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:
  5. Mark 4:17
    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.
  6. Mark 13:19
    For in those days shall be affliction, such as was not from the beginning of the creation which God created unto this time, neither shall be.
  7. Mark 13:24
    But in those days, after that tribulation, the sun shall be darkened, and the moon shall not give her light,
  8. John 16:21
    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.
  9. John 16:33
    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.
  10. Acts 7:10
    And delivered him out of all his afflictions, and gave him favour and wisdom in the sight of Pharaoh king of Egypt; and he made him governor over Egypt and all his house.
  11. Acts 7:11
    Now there came a dearth over all the land of Egypt and Chanaan, and great affliction: and our fathers found no sustenance.
  12. Acts 11:19
    Now they which were scattered abroad upon the persecution that arose about Stephen travelled as far as Phenice, and Cyprus, and Antioch, preaching the word to none but unto the Jews only.
  13. Acts 14:22
    Confirming the souls of the disciples, and exhorting them to continue in the faith, and that we must through much tribulation enter into the kingdom of God.
  14. Acts 20:23
    Save that the Holy Ghost witnesseth in every city, saying that bonds and afflictions abide me.
  15. Romans 2:9
    Tribulation and anguish, upon every soul of man that doeth evil, of the Jew first, and also of the Gentile;
  16. Romans 5:3
    And not only so, but we glory in tribulations also: knowing that tribulation worketh patience;
  17. Romans 8:35
    Who shall separate us from the love of Christ? shall tribulation, or distress, or persecution, or famine, or nakedness, or peril, or sword?
  18. Romans 12:12
    Rejoicing in hope; patient in tribulation; continuing instant in prayer;
  19. 1 Corinthians 7:28
    But and if thou marry, thou hast not sinned; and if a virgin marry, she hath not sinned. Nevertheless such shall have trouble in the flesh: but I spare you.
  20. 2 Corinthians 1:4
    Who comforteth us in all our tribulation, that we may be able to comfort them which are in any trouble, by the comfort wherewith we ourselves are comforted of God.
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Detailed Greek dictionary
θλῖψις, εως, ἡ,
pressure, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Meteorologica” 382a13, “Pr.” 890a2; τῶν νεφῶν 4th-3rd c.BC: Epicurus Philosophus “Epistulae” 2 P. 49 U.)]; ἀντέρεισις καὶ θ. [Refs 1st c.BC+ (1st c.BC-1st c.AD: Strabo Geographus 1.3.6)]; of the pulse, [Refs 2nd c.AD+ (2nd c.AD: Rufus Medicus cited in 4th c.AD: Oribasius Medicus 8.24.61, compare 2nd c.AD: Galenus Medicus 7.306; θ. στομάχου 4th c.AD: Oribasius Medicus “fragment” 42)]; ὑστερικαὶ θ. [Refs 2nd c.AD+ (2nd c.AD: Soranus Medicus 1.42.)]
2 crushing, castration, πώλων [Refs (“Hippiatrica” 20.)]
3 metaphorically, oppression, affliction, [LXX+1st c.BC+ (LXX.Gen.35.3, +others, “BGU” 1139.4 (1st c.BC), NT.Act.14.22 (_plural_), +others, 2nd c.AD: Vettius Valens Astrologus 71.16 (_plural_), “POxy.” 939.13 (4th c.AD).)]