Strong G4729στενοχωρέω
to press upon
- Transliteration
- stenochōreō
- Pronunciation
- sten-okh-o-reh'-o
- Morphology
- Greek Verb
Definition
From the same as G4730; to hem in closely that is (figuratively) cramp: - distress straiten.
Detailed definition
στενο-χωρέω, -ῶ
(στενός + χῶρος, space) [in LXX: Jos.17:15 (אוּץ), Jdg.16:16 (אָלַץ pi.), Isa.28:19 (20) (קָצַר) Isa.49:19 (צָרַר), 4Ma.11:11 *;]
1. to be straitened (cf. Isa.49:19); metaphorically, to be anxious (Hipp., al.).
2. In late writers, trans., to straiten, compress (LXX, Diod., al.; π. ap. MM, xxiii): pass., trop., 2Co.4:8 6:12.†
(AS)
(στενός + χῶρος, space) [in LXX: Jos.17:15 (אוּץ), Jdg.16:16 (אָלַץ pi.), Isa.28:19 (20) (קָצַר) Isa.49:19 (צָרַר), 4Ma.11:11 *;]
1. to be straitened (cf. Isa.49:19); metaphorically, to be anxious (Hipp., al.).
2. In late writers, trans., to straiten, compress (LXX, Diod., al.; π. ap. MM, xxiii): pass., trop., 2Co.4:8 6:12.†
(AS)
In the Bible
Strong G4729 appears in 2 verses of the KJV.
Translated in the KJV by
- distress1
- straiten1
- ye1
First verses
- 2 Corinthians 4:8We are troubled on every side, yet not distressed; we are perplexed, but not in despair;
- 2 Corinthians 6:12Ye are not straitened in us, but ye are straitened in your own bowels.
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Detailed Greek dictionary
στενοχωρ-έω,
to be straitened, confined, [Refs 3rd c.BC+ (3rd c.BC: Macho Comicus cited in 2nd c.AD: Athenaeus Epigrammaticus 13.582b)]: metaphorically, to be anxious, in difficulty, ἐπί τινι [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Hippocrates Medicus “παραγγελίαι” 8; εὶς τὴν ἀκρίβειαν τῆς ἑρμηνείας στενοχωρεῖ ὁ λόγος “IPE” 12.39.18 (Olbia, not before 2nd c.AD).)]
II transitive, crowd, straiten, τοὺς ἀπαντῶντας [Refs 2nd c.AD+ (2nd c.AD: Lucianus Sophista “Nigr.” 13)]; τὰς πύλας, τὰς ὁδούς, [Refs 2nd c.AD+ (2nd c.AD(?): Charito Scriptor Eroticus 5.3, 4.7; ταλάντοις τοὺς θησαυρούς 4th c.AD: Libanius Sophista “Orationes” 59.15)]:—passive, with future middle [Refs 4th c.AD+ ((4th c.AD: Themistius Sophista “Orationes” 25.310d))], to be crowded together, [Refs 1st c.BC+ (1st c.BC: Diodorus Siculus Historicus 20.29, 2nd c.AD(?): Charito Scriptor Eroticus 3.2)]; ἐν ταὐτῷ σ. [Refs 1st c.BC+ (2nd c.AD: Lucianus Sophista “Tox.” 29; χῶραι -οῦνται ποσὶ μιαιφόνων 1st c.AD: Josephus Historicus “Bellum Judaicum” 4.3.10; ἀγορὰ -ουμένη ὄχλῳ 1st c.BC: Dionysius Halicarnassensis 6.67)]; of stricture, [Refs 1st c.AD+ (1st-2nd c.AD: Heliodorus Medicus cited in 4th c.AD: Oribasius Medicus 50.9.1)]; to be cramped or confined, ὁ Εὐφράτης -ούμενος [Refs 8th c.BC+ (1st c.BC-1st c.AD: Isidorus Characenus Geographus 1, cf. Scholia 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” “Oxy.” 221 xi 8, 3rd c.AD: Porphyrius Tyrius Philosophus “Sententiae ad intelligibilia ducentes” 27)]; of a picture, [Refs 4th c.AD+ (4th c.AD: Themistius Sophista [prev. cited])]
II.2 metaphorically, press closely, tina [LXX (LXX.Judg.16.16)]:—passive, to be straitened, cramped,[LXX+5th c.AD+ (LXX.Isa.28.19(20), 5th c.AD: Proclus Philosophus “Inst.” 98)]; ἐν τοῖς σπλάγχνοις [NT (NT.2Cor.6.12)]; ὑπὸ τῶν κακῶν [Refs 5th c.BC+ (Scholia 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Medea” 57.)]
to be straitened, confined, [Refs 3rd c.BC+ (3rd c.BC: Macho Comicus cited in 2nd c.AD: Athenaeus Epigrammaticus 13.582b)]: metaphorically, to be anxious, in difficulty, ἐπί τινι [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Hippocrates Medicus “παραγγελίαι” 8; εὶς τὴν ἀκρίβειαν τῆς ἑρμηνείας στενοχωρεῖ ὁ λόγος “IPE” 12.39.18 (Olbia, not before 2nd c.AD).)]
II transitive, crowd, straiten, τοὺς ἀπαντῶντας [Refs 2nd c.AD+ (2nd c.AD: Lucianus Sophista “Nigr.” 13)]; τὰς πύλας, τὰς ὁδούς, [Refs 2nd c.AD+ (2nd c.AD(?): Charito Scriptor Eroticus 5.3, 4.7; ταλάντοις τοὺς θησαυρούς 4th c.AD: Libanius Sophista “Orationes” 59.15)]:—passive, with future middle [Refs 4th c.AD+ ((4th c.AD: Themistius Sophista “Orationes” 25.310d))], to be crowded together, [Refs 1st c.BC+ (1st c.BC: Diodorus Siculus Historicus 20.29, 2nd c.AD(?): Charito Scriptor Eroticus 3.2)]; ἐν ταὐτῷ σ. [Refs 1st c.BC+ (2nd c.AD: Lucianus Sophista “Tox.” 29; χῶραι -οῦνται ποσὶ μιαιφόνων 1st c.AD: Josephus Historicus “Bellum Judaicum” 4.3.10; ἀγορὰ -ουμένη ὄχλῳ 1st c.BC: Dionysius Halicarnassensis 6.67)]; of stricture, [Refs 1st c.AD+ (1st-2nd c.AD: Heliodorus Medicus cited in 4th c.AD: Oribasius Medicus 50.9.1)]; to be cramped or confined, ὁ Εὐφράτης -ούμενος [Refs 8th c.BC+ (1st c.BC-1st c.AD: Isidorus Characenus Geographus 1, cf. Scholia 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” “Oxy.” 221 xi 8, 3rd c.AD: Porphyrius Tyrius Philosophus “Sententiae ad intelligibilia ducentes” 27)]; of a picture, [Refs 4th c.AD+ (4th c.AD: Themistius Sophista [prev. cited])]
II.2 metaphorically, press closely, tina [LXX (LXX.Judg.16.16)]:—passive, to be straitened, cramped,[LXX+5th c.AD+ (LXX.Isa.28.19(20), 5th c.AD: Proclus Philosophus “Inst.” 98)]; ἐν τοῖς σπλάγχνοις [NT (NT.2Cor.6.12)]; ὑπὸ τῶν κακῶν [Refs 5th c.BC+ (Scholia 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Medea” 57.)]