Strong G4730στενοχωρία
hardship
- Transliteration
- stenochōria
- Pronunciation
- sten-okh-o-ree'-ah
- Morphology
- Greek Noun (Feminine)
Definition
Detailed definition
στενοχωρία, -ας, ἡ (see supr.)
[in LXX for צוֹק, etc.;]
narrowness of space, want of room (Thuc., al.). Metaphorical (Ken., Polyb., Deu.28:53, Wis.5:3, al.), difficulty, distress: θλίψις καὶ (ἢ) σ., Rom.2:9 8:35 (EV, anguish); pl. (cf. Bl., § 32, 6; WM, 220), 2Co.6:4 12:10.†
SYN.: θλίψις, q.v (AS)
[in LXX for צוֹק, etc.;]
narrowness of space, want of room (Thuc., al.). Metaphorical (Ken., Polyb., Deu.28:53, Wis.5:3, al.), difficulty, distress: θλίψις καὶ (ἢ) σ., Rom.2:9 8:35 (EV, anguish); pl. (cf. Bl., § 32, 6; WM, 220), 2Co.6:4 12:10.†
SYN.: θλίψις, q.v (AS)
In the Bible
Strong G4730 appears in 4 verses of the KJV.
Translated in the KJV by
- distress3
- anguish1
First verses
- Romans 2:9Tribulation and anguish, upon every soul of man that doeth evil, of the Jew first, and also of the Gentile;
- Romans 8:35Who shall separate us from the love of Christ? shall tribulation, or distress, or persecution, or famine, or nakedness, or peril, or sword?
- 2 Corinthians 6:4But in all things approving ourselves as the ministers of God, in much patience, in afflictions, in necessities, in distresses,
- 2 Corinthians 12:10Therefore I take pleasure in infirmities, in reproaches, in necessities, in persecutions, in distresses for Christ’s sake: for when I am weak, then am I strong.
Occurrences by book
Related words
Detailed Greek dictionary
στενοχωρ-ία,
Ionic dialect -ίη, ἡ, narrowness of space, a confined space, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Hippocrates Medicus “περὶ ἄρθρων ἐμβολῆς” 14 (codices, but see at {στενυγροχωρίη}) σ. τῇ φάρυγγι παρέχειν [prev. work] 41)]; want of room, by sea or land, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 2.89, 4.26, 30, 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Leges” 708b; ὑπὸ στενοχωρίας [prev. author] “Tht.” 195a)]; opposed to εὐρυχωρία and ἄνεσις, [Refs 1st c.AD+ (1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus 2.679f)], compare 182b; σ. βίου the short space of life remaining, [Refs 2nd c.AD+ (2nd-3rd c.AD: Aelianus “Varia Historia” 2.41; τὸν λόγον ἀπὸ τῆς ἐκεῖ στενοχωρίας εἰς πεδίον ἐξαγάγῃ 4th c.AD: Libanius Sophista “Orationes” 64.10.)]
II metaphorically, straits, difficulty, ἡ σ. τοῦ ποταμοῦ difficulty of passing the river, [LXX+5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Historia Graeca (Hellenica)” 1.3.7, cf. LXX.Deu.28.53, +others)]; distress, [Refs 2nd c.BC+ (“OGI” 339.103 (Sestos, 2nd c.BC))]; ἡ τῆς πόλεως [NT+2nd c.BC+ (2nd c.BC: Polybius Historicus 1.67.1, etc.; ἡ τοῦ καιροῦ 2nd-3rd c.AD: Dio Cassius Historicus 39.34: _plural_ in NT.2Cor.6.4, “PLond.” 5.1677.11 (6th c.AD))]; also, narrow limits, probably in [Refs 5th c.BC+ (1st c.BC: Philodemus Gadarensis Epigrammaticus “Rh.” 2.220 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus)]
Ionic dialect -ίη, ἡ, narrowness of space, a confined space, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Hippocrates Medicus “περὶ ἄρθρων ἐμβολῆς” 14 (codices, but see at {στενυγροχωρίη}) σ. τῇ φάρυγγι παρέχειν [prev. work] 41)]; want of room, by sea or land, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 2.89, 4.26, 30, 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Leges” 708b; ὑπὸ στενοχωρίας [prev. author] “Tht.” 195a)]; opposed to εὐρυχωρία and ἄνεσις, [Refs 1st c.AD+ (1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus 2.679f)], compare 182b; σ. βίου the short space of life remaining, [Refs 2nd c.AD+ (2nd-3rd c.AD: Aelianus “Varia Historia” 2.41; τὸν λόγον ἀπὸ τῆς ἐκεῖ στενοχωρίας εἰς πεδίον ἐξαγάγῃ 4th c.AD: Libanius Sophista “Orationes” 64.10.)]
II metaphorically, straits, difficulty, ἡ σ. τοῦ ποταμοῦ difficulty of passing the river, [LXX+5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Historia Graeca (Hellenica)” 1.3.7, cf. LXX.Deu.28.53, +others)]; distress, [Refs 2nd c.BC+ (“OGI” 339.103 (Sestos, 2nd c.BC))]; ἡ τῆς πόλεως [NT+2nd c.BC+ (2nd c.BC: Polybius Historicus 1.67.1, etc.; ἡ τοῦ καιροῦ 2nd-3rd c.AD: Dio Cassius Historicus 39.34: _plural_ in NT.2Cor.6.4, “PLond.” 5.1677.11 (6th c.AD))]; also, narrow limits, probably in [Refs 5th c.BC+ (1st c.BC: Philodemus Gadarensis Epigrammaticus “Rh.” 2.220 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus)]