Strong's Greek · G4730

στενοχωρία

stenochōría

anguish, distress

Definition

narrowness of room, i.e. (figuratively) calamity

Derivation

from a compound of G4728 (στενός) and G5561 (χώρα);

Appears 4 times in Scripture

2 Corinthians 6:4

Rather, as servants of God we commend ourselves in every way: in great endurance; in troubles, hardships, and calamities;

Romans 8:35

Who shall separate us from the love of Christ? Shall trouble or distress or persecution or famine or nakedness or danger or sword?

Romans 2:9

There will be trouble and distress for every human being who does evil, first for the Jew, then for the Greek;

2 Corinthians 12:10

That is why, for the sake of Christ, I delight in weaknesses, in insults, in hardships, in persecutions, in difficulties. For when I am weak, then I am strong.

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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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