Strong G4928συνοχή
anguish
- Transliteration
- sunochē
- Pronunciation
- soon-okh'-ay
- Morphology
- Greek Noun (Feminine)
Definition
From G4912; restraint that is (figuratively) anxiety: - anguish distress.
Detailed definition
συν-οχή, -ῆς, ή
(συνέχω), [in LXX: Jdg.2:3 (?), Job.30:3 (שׁוֹא), Job.38:28 A; Mic.5:1 (4:14), Jer.52:5 (מָצוֹר) *;]
1. a holding or being held together.
2. a narrow place (Hom., al.). Metaphorical, straits, distress: Luk.21:25; καρδίας, 2Co.2:4.†
(AS)
(συνέχω), [in LXX: Jdg.2:3 (?), Job.30:3 (שׁוֹא), Job.38:28 A; Mic.5:1 (4:14), Jer.52:5 (מָצוֹר) *;]
1. a holding or being held together.
2. a narrow place (Hom., al.). Metaphorical, straits, distress: Luk.21:25; καρδίας, 2Co.2:4.†
(AS)
In the Bible
Strong G4928 appears in 2 verses of the KJV.
Translated in the KJV by
- anguish1
- distress1
First verses
- Luke 21:25And there shall be signs in the sun, and in the moon, and in the stars; and upon the earth distress of nations, with perplexity; the sea and the waves roaring;
- 2 Corinthians 2:4For out of much affliction and anguish of heart I wrote unto you with many tears; not that ye should be grieved, but that ye might know the love which I have more abundantly unto you.
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Detailed Greek dictionary
συνοχ-ή, ἡ,
(συνέχω) holding together, μηχανημάτων [Refs 4th c.AD+ (4th c.AD: Oribasius Medicus 49.4.75)]; grasping in the hand, ῥόας [Refs 2nd c.AD+ (2nd-3rd c.AD: Philostratus Sophista “Vita Apollonii” 4.28.)]
2 maintenance, control, σ. ἡ ἑαυτοῦ selfmaintenance, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (3rd c.BC: Chrysippus Stoicus 2.173; προνοίᾳ καὶ σ. θεοῦ “Placita Philosophorum” 2.4.2; σ. τῆς ἰδίας εὐδαιμονίας 4th-3rd c.BC: Epicurus Philosophus “Fragmenta” 361.)]
II (συνέχομαι) a being held together,
II.1 contraction, ἐν ξυνοχῇσιν ὁδοῦ where the road contracts, at a narrow part of the road, [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 23.330)]; ἁλὸς ἐν ξυνοχῇσιν in the narrows or straits, [Refs 3rd c.BC+ (3rd c.BC: Apollonius Rhodius Epicus 2.318; ἐνὶ ξυνοχῇ λιμένος [prev. author] 1.1006.)]
II.2 conflict in battle, ἐνὶ ξυνοχῇσιν ἀγῶνος [Refs 3rd c.BC+ (4th c.AD(?): Quintus Smyrnaeus Epicus 4.342; ἐνὶ ξυνοχῇ πολέμοιο 3rd c.BC: Apollonius Rhodius Epicus 1.160; στυγερῶν ἐγ ξυνοχαῖς πολέμων “IG” 9(1).1064 (Anticyra, 3rd c.BC).)]
II.3 continuity, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Topica” 122b26, cf. Alex.Aphr. (at [prev. work]); σ. κατὰ τόπον 2nd c.BC: Apollodorus Seleuciensis Stoicus 3.260)]; coherence, σ. καὶ ἕνωσις τῶν μερῶν [Refs 5th c.AD+ (5th-6th c.AD: Damascius Philosophus “de Principiis” 112, +others)]; combination of elements, [Refs 3rd c.AD+ (3rd c.AD: Plotinus Philosophus 2.9.5.)]
II.3.b intension or connotation, [Refs 5th c.AD+ (5th-6th c.AD: Damascius Philosophus “de Principiis” 263.)]
II.4 line of union, meeting-place, βλεφάρων [Refs 5th c.AD+ (5th-6th c.AD: Coluthus Epicus 74)]; ξ. χιτῶνος the joining of the tunic on the shoulder, [Refs 3rd c.BC+ (3rd c.BC: Apollonius Rhodius Epicus 1.744)]; ἡ κατὰ τὴν ἐσθῆτα σ. the clinging of the garment to the body, [Refs 2nd c.AD+ (2nd c.AD: Arrianus Historicus “Epicteti Dissertationes” 4.11.12.)]
II.5 metaphorically, distress, affliction, [NT (NT.Luke.21.25, NT.2Cor.2.4)]; oppression, [Refs 2nd c.AD+ (2nd c.AD: Vettius Valens Astrologus 2.8 (_plural_), “PMag.Lond.” 122.35)]; detention, imprisonment, [Refs 1st c.BC+ (“BGU” 1821.21 (1st c.BC), “PLond.” 2.354.24 (1st c.BC), 2nd c.AD: Vettius Valens Astrologus 74.23, 4th c.AD(?): Manetho Astrologus 1.313 (_plural_), +others)]: but of going to bed in disease, ἀκίνδυνος ἔσται ἡ σ. [Refs 2nd c.BC+ (2nd-1st c.BC(?): Serapio Astrologus in “Catalogus Codicum Astrologorum” 1.102.)]
II.6 trap, gin, snare, [LXX (LXX.Judg.2.3 (_plural_).)]
(συνέχω) holding together, μηχανημάτων [Refs 4th c.AD+ (4th c.AD: Oribasius Medicus 49.4.75)]; grasping in the hand, ῥόας [Refs 2nd c.AD+ (2nd-3rd c.AD: Philostratus Sophista “Vita Apollonii” 4.28.)]
2 maintenance, control, σ. ἡ ἑαυτοῦ selfmaintenance, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (3rd c.BC: Chrysippus Stoicus 2.173; προνοίᾳ καὶ σ. θεοῦ “Placita Philosophorum” 2.4.2; σ. τῆς ἰδίας εὐδαιμονίας 4th-3rd c.BC: Epicurus Philosophus “Fragmenta” 361.)]
II (συνέχομαι) a being held together,
II.1 contraction, ἐν ξυνοχῇσιν ὁδοῦ where the road contracts, at a narrow part of the road, [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 23.330)]; ἁλὸς ἐν ξυνοχῇσιν in the narrows or straits, [Refs 3rd c.BC+ (3rd c.BC: Apollonius Rhodius Epicus 2.318; ἐνὶ ξυνοχῇ λιμένος [prev. author] 1.1006.)]
II.2 conflict in battle, ἐνὶ ξυνοχῇσιν ἀγῶνος [Refs 3rd c.BC+ (4th c.AD(?): Quintus Smyrnaeus Epicus 4.342; ἐνὶ ξυνοχῇ πολέμοιο 3rd c.BC: Apollonius Rhodius Epicus 1.160; στυγερῶν ἐγ ξυνοχαῖς πολέμων “IG” 9(1).1064 (Anticyra, 3rd c.BC).)]
II.3 continuity, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Topica” 122b26, cf. Alex.Aphr. (at [prev. work]); σ. κατὰ τόπον 2nd c.BC: Apollodorus Seleuciensis Stoicus 3.260)]; coherence, σ. καὶ ἕνωσις τῶν μερῶν [Refs 5th c.AD+ (5th-6th c.AD: Damascius Philosophus “de Principiis” 112, +others)]; combination of elements, [Refs 3rd c.AD+ (3rd c.AD: Plotinus Philosophus 2.9.5.)]
II.3.b intension or connotation, [Refs 5th c.AD+ (5th-6th c.AD: Damascius Philosophus “de Principiis” 263.)]
II.4 line of union, meeting-place, βλεφάρων [Refs 5th c.AD+ (5th-6th c.AD: Coluthus Epicus 74)]; ξ. χιτῶνος the joining of the tunic on the shoulder, [Refs 3rd c.BC+ (3rd c.BC: Apollonius Rhodius Epicus 1.744)]; ἡ κατὰ τὴν ἐσθῆτα σ. the clinging of the garment to the body, [Refs 2nd c.AD+ (2nd c.AD: Arrianus Historicus “Epicteti Dissertationes” 4.11.12.)]
II.5 metaphorically, distress, affliction, [NT (NT.Luke.21.25, NT.2Cor.2.4)]; oppression, [Refs 2nd c.AD+ (2nd c.AD: Vettius Valens Astrologus 2.8 (_plural_), “PMag.Lond.” 122.35)]; detention, imprisonment, [Refs 1st c.BC+ (“BGU” 1821.21 (1st c.BC), “PLond.” 2.354.24 (1st c.BC), 2nd c.AD: Vettius Valens Astrologus 74.23, 4th c.AD(?): Manetho Astrologus 1.313 (_plural_), +others)]: but of going to bed in disease, ἀκίνδυνος ἔσται ἡ σ. [Refs 2nd c.BC+ (2nd-1st c.BC(?): Serapio Astrologus in “Catalogus Codicum Astrologorum” 1.102.)]
II.6 trap, gin, snare, [LXX (LXX.Judg.2.3 (_plural_).)]