Strong's Greek · G2346

θλίβω

thlíbō

afflict, narrow, throng, suffer tribulation, trouble

Definition

to crowd (literally or figuratively)

Derivation

akin to the base of G5147 (τρίβος);

Appears 10 times in Scripture

1 Thessalonians 3:4

Indeed, when we were with you, we kept warning you that we would suffer persecution; and as you know, it has come to pass.

Mark 3:9

Jesus asked His disciples to have a boat ready for Him so that the crowd would not crush Him.

Matthew 7:14

But small is the gate and narrow the way that leads to life, and only a few find it.

2 Thessalonians 1:7

and to grant relief to you who are oppressed and to us as well. This will take place when the Lord Jesus is revealed from heaven with His mighty angels

2 Corinthians 4:8

We are hard pressed on all sides, but not crushed; perplexed, but not in despair;

2 Corinthians 7:5

For when we arrived in Macedonia, our bodies had no rest, but we were pressed from every direction—conflicts on the outside, fears within.

1 Timothy 5:10

and well known for good deeds such as bringing up children, entertaining strangers, washing the feet of the saints, imparting relief to the afflicted, and devoting herself to every good work.

2 Corinthians 1:6

If we are afflicted, it is for your comfort and salvation; if we are comforted, it is for your comfort, which accomplishes in you patient endurance of the same sufferings we experience.

2 Thessalonians 1:6

After all, it is only right for God to repay with affliction those who afflict you,

Hebrews 11:37

They were stoned, they were sawed in two, they were put to death by the sword. They went around in sheepskins and goatskins, destitute, oppressed, and mistreated.

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Lexicon: Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (James Strong, 1890, public domain), digital edition by Open Scriptures (CC BY-SA). Verse mappings: Berean Standard Bible interlinear tables (public domain).

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