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Lexicon :: Strong's G2347 - thlipsis

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θλῖψις
Transliteration
thlipsis (Key)
Pronunciation
thlip'-sis
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Part of Speech
feminine noun
Root Word (Etymology)
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Vine's Expository Dictionary: View Entry

TDNT Reference: 3:139,334

Trench's Synonyms: lv. θλῖψις, στενοχωρία.

Strong’s Definitions

†θλῖψις thlîpsis, thlip'-sis; from G2346; pressure (literally or figuratively):—afflicted(-tion), anguish, burdened, persecution, tribulation, trouble.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 45x

The KJV translates Strong's G2347 in the following manner: tribulation (21x), affliction (17x), trouble (3x), anguish (1x), persecution (1x), burdened (1x), to be afflicted (with G1519) (1x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 45x
The KJV translates Strong's G2347 in the following manner: tribulation (21x), affliction (17x), trouble (3x), anguish (1x), persecution (1x), burdened (1x), to be afflicted (with G1519) (1x).

  1. a pressing, pressing together, pressure

  2. metaph. oppression, affliction, tribulation, distress, straits

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
†θλῖψις thlîpsis, thlip'-sis; from G2346; pressure (literally or figuratively):—afflicted(-tion), anguish, burdened, persecution, tribulation, trouble.
STRONGS G2347:
θλῖψις, or θλῖψις (so L Tr) (cf. Winers Grammar, § 6, 1 e.; Lipsius, Grammat. Untersuch., p. 35), θλίψεως, ἡ (θλίβω), properly, a pressing, pressing together, pressure (Strabo, p. 52; Galen); in Biblical and ecclesiastical writings, a Greek metaphor, oppression, affliction, tribulation, distress, straits; Vulg.tribulatio, also pressura (2 Corinthians 1:4b; John 16:(21),33; (Philippians 1:16 (17); and in Colossians 1:24 passio)); (the Sept. for צָרָה, also for צַר, לַחַץ, etc.): Matthew 24:9; Acts 7:11; Acts 11:19; Romans 12:12; 2 Corinthians 1:4, 8; 2 Corinthians 4:17; 2 Corinthians 6:4; 2 Corinthians 7:4; 2 Corinthians 8:2; 2 Thessalonians 1:6; Revelation 1:9; Revelation 2:9, 22; Revelation 7:14; joined with στενοχωρία (cf. Trench, § lv.), Romans 2:9; Romans 8:35 (Deuteronomy 28:53f; Isa. (Isaiah 8:22); Isaiah 30:6); with ἀνάγκη, 1 Thessalonians 3:7; with διωγμός, Matthew 13:21; Mark 4:17; 2 Thessalonians 1:4; of the afflictions of those hard pressed by siege and the calamities of war, Matthew 24:21, 29; Mark 13:19, 24; of the straits of want, 2 Corinthians 8:13; Philippians 4:14 (here others give the word a wider reference); James 1:27; of the distress of a woman in childbirth; John 16:21. θλῖψιν ἔχω (equivalent to θλίβομαι), John 16:33; 1 Corinthians 7:28; Revelation 2:10; θλῖψις ἐπί τινα ἔρχεται, Acts 7:11; ἐν θλίψει, 1 Thessalonians 1:6. plural: Acts 7:10; Acts 14:22; Acts 20:23; Romans 5:3; Ephesians 3:13; 1 Thessalonians 3:3; Hebrews 10:33; τοῦ Χριστοῦ, the afflictions which Christ had to undergo (and which, therefore, his followers must not shrink from), Colossians 1:24 (see ἀνταναπληρόω); θλῖψις τῆς καρδίας (καί συνοχή), anxiety, burden of heart, 2 Corinthians 2:4; θλῖψιν ἐπιφέρειν (L T Tr WH ἐγείρειν, see ἐγείρω, 4 c.) τοῖς δεσμοῖς τίνος, to increase the misery of my imprisonment by causing me anxiety, Philippians 1:16 (17).
THAYER’S GREEK LEXICON, Electronic Database.
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BLB Scripture Index of Thayer's

Deuteronomy
28:53
Isaiah
8:22; 30:6
Matthew
13:21; 24:9; 24:21; 24:29
Mark
4:17; 13:19; 13:24
John
16; 16:21; 16:33
Acts
7:10; 7:11; 7:11; 11:19; 14:22; 20:23
Romans
2:9; 5:3; 8:35; 12:12
1 Corinthians
7:28
2 Corinthians
1:4; 1:4; 1:8; 2:4; 4:17; 6:4; 7:4; 8:2; 8:13
Ephesians
3:13
Philippians
1:16; 1:16; 4:14
Colossians
1:24; 1:24
1 Thessalonians
1:6; 3:3; 3:7
2 Thessalonians
1:4; 1:6
Hebrews
10:33
James
1:27
Revelation
1:9; 2:9; 2:10; 2:22; 7:14

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number G2347 matches the Greek θλῖψις (thlipsis),
which occurs 45 times in 43 verses in the TR Greek.

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 13:21

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 13:21 - οὐκ ἔχει δὲ ῥίζαν ἐν ἑαυτῷ ἀλλὰ πρόσκαιρός ἐστιν γενομένης δὲ θλίψεως G2347 ἢ διωγμοῦ διὰ τὸν λόγον εὐθὺς σκανδαλίζεται

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 24:9

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 24:9 - τότε παραδώσουσιν ὑμᾶς εἰς θλῖψιν G2347 καὶ ἀποκτενοῦσιν ὑμᾶς καὶ ἔσεσθε μισούμενοι ὑπὸ πάντων τῶν ἐθνῶν διὰ τὸ ὄνομά μου

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 24:21

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 24:21 - ἔσται γὰρ τότε θλῖψις G2347 μεγάλη οἵα οὐ γέγονεν ἀπ᾽ ἀρχῆς κόσμου ἕως τοῦ νῦν οὐδ οὐ μὴ γένηται

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 24:29

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 24:29 - Εὐθέως δὲ μετὰ τὴν θλῖψιν G2347 τῶν ἡμερῶν ἐκείνων ὁ ἥλιος σκοτισθήσεται καὶ ἡ σελήνη οὐ δώσει τὸ φέγγος αὐτῆς καὶ οἱ ἀστέρες πεσοῦνται ἀπὸ τοῦ οὐρανοῦ καὶ αἱ δυνάμεις τῶν οὐρανῶν σαλευθήσονται

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Unchecked Copy Box Mar 4:17

Unchecked Copy BoxMar 4:17 - καὶ οὐκ ἔχουσιν ῥίζαν ἐν ἑαυτοῖς ἀλλὰ πρόσκαιροί εἰσιν εἶτα γενομένης θλίψεως G2347 ἢ διωγμοῦ διὰ τὸν λόγον εὐθὲως σκανδαλίζονται

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Unchecked Copy Box Mar 13:19

Unchecked Copy BoxMar 13:19 - ἔσονται γὰρ αἱ ἡμέραι ἐκεῖναι θλῖψις G2347 οἵα οὐ γέγονεν τοιαύτη ἀπ᾽ ἀρχῆς κτίσεως ἣς ἔκτισεν ὁ θεὸς ἕως τοῦ νῦν καὶ οὐ μὴ γένηται

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Unchecked Copy Box Mar 13:24

Unchecked Copy BoxMar 13:24 - ἀλλ᾽ ἐν ἐκείναις ταῖς ἡμέραις μετὰ τὴν θλῖψιν G2347 ἐκείνην ὁ ἥλιος σκοτισθήσεται καὶ ἡ σελήνη οὐ δώσει τὸ φέγγος αὐτῆς

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Unchecked Copy Box Jhn 16:21

Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 16:21 - ἡ γυνὴ ὅταν τίκτῃ λύπην ἔχει ὅτι ἦλθεν ἡ ὥρα αὐτῆς· ὅταν δὲ γεννήσῃ τὸ παιδίον οὐκ ἔτι μνημονεύει τῆς θλίψεως G2347 διὰ τὴν χαρὰν ὅτι ἐγεννήθη ἄνθρωπος εἰς τὸν κόσμον

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Unchecked Copy Box Jhn 16:33

Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 16:33 - ταῦτα λελάληκα ὑμῖν ἵνα ἐν ἐμοὶ εἰρήνην ἔχητε· ἐν τῷ κόσμῳ θλῖψιν G2347 ἔχετε ἀλλὰ θαρσεῖτε ἐγὼ νενίκηκα τὸν κόσμον

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 7:10

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 7:10 - καὶ ἐξείλετο αὐτὸν ἐκ πασῶν τῶν θλίψεων G2347 αὐτοῦ καὶ ἔδωκεν αὐτῷ χάριν καὶ σοφίαν ἐναντίον Φαραὼ βασιλέως Αἰγύπτου καὶ κατέστησεν αὐτὸν ἡγούμενον ἐπ᾽ Αἴγυπτον καὶ ὅλον τὸν οἶκον αὐτοῦ

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 7:11

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 7:11 - ἦλθεν δὲ λιμὸς ἐφ᾽ ὅλην τὴν γὴν Αἰγύπτου καὶ Χανάαν καὶ θλῖψις G2347 μεγάλη καὶ οὐχ εὕρισκον χορτάσματα οἱ πατέρες ἡμῶν

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 11:19

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 11:19 - Οἱ μὲν οὖν διασπαρέντες ἀπὸ τῆς θλίψεως G2347 τῆς γενομένης ἐπὶ Στεφάνῳ διῆλθον ἕως Φοινίκης καὶ Κύπρου καὶ Ἀντιοχείας μηδενὶ λαλοῦντες τὸν λόγον εἰ μὴ μόνον Ἰουδαίοις

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 14:22

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 14:22 - ἐπιστηρίζοντες τὰς ψυχὰς τῶν μαθητῶν παρακαλοῦντες ἐμμένειν τῇ πίστει καὶ ὅτι διὰ πολλῶν θλίψεων G2347 δεῖ ἡμᾶς εἰσελθεῖν εἰς τὴν βασιλείαν τοῦ θεοῦ

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 20:23

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 20:23 - πλὴν ὅτι τὸ πνεῦμα τὸ ἅγιον κατὰ πόλιν διαμαρτύρεταί λέγον ὅτι δεσμὰ με καὶ θλίψεις G2347 μένουσιν

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Unchecked Copy Box Rom 2:9

Unchecked Copy BoxRom 2:9 - θλῖψις G2347 καὶ στενοχωρία ἐπὶ πᾶσαν ψυχὴν ἀνθρώπου τοῦ κατεργαζομένου τὸ κακόν Ἰουδαίου τε πρῶτον καὶ Ἕλληνος·

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Unchecked Copy Box Rom 5:3

Unchecked Copy BoxRom 5:3 - οὐ μόνον δέ ἀλλὰ καὶ καυχώμεθα ἐν ταῖς θλίψεσιν G2347 εἰδότες ὅτι ἡ θλῖψις G2347 ὑπομονὴν κατεργάζεται

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Unchecked Copy Box Rom 8:35

Unchecked Copy BoxRom 8:35 - τίς ἡμᾶς χωρίσει ἀπὸ τῆς ἀγάπης τοῦ Χριστοῦ θλῖψις G2347 ἢ στενοχωρία ἢ διωγμὸς ἢ λιμὸς ἢ γυμνότης ἢ κίνδυνος ἢ μάχαιρα

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Unchecked Copy Box Rom 12:12

Unchecked Copy BoxRom 12:12 - τῇ ἐλπίδι χαίροντες τῇ θλίψει G2347 ὑπομένοντες τῇ προσευχῇ προσκαρτεροῦντες

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Co 7:28

Unchecked Copy Box1Co 7:28 - ἐὰν δὲ καὶ γήμῃς, οὐχ ἥμαρτες· καὶ ἐὰν γήμῃ ἡ παρθένος οὐχ ἥμαρτεν θλῖψιν G2347 δὲ τῇ σαρκὶ ἕξουσιν οἱ τοιοῦτοι ἐγὼ δὲ ὑμῶν φείδομαι

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Co 1:4

Unchecked Copy Box2Co 1:4 - ὁ παρακαλῶν ἡμᾶς ἐπὶ πάσῃ τῇ θλίψει G2347 ἡμῶν εἰς τὸ δύνασθαι ἡμᾶς παρακαλεῖν τοὺς ἐν πάσῃ θλίψει G2347 διὰ τῆς παρακλήσεως ἡς παρακαλούμεθα αὐτοὶ ὑπὸ τοῦ θεοῦ·

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Co 1:8

Unchecked Copy Box2Co 1:8 - Οὐ γὰρ θέλομεν ὑμᾶς ἀγνοεῖν ἀδελφοί ὑπὲρ τῆς θλίψεως G2347 ἡμῶν τῆς γενομένης ἡμῖν ἐν τῇ Ἀσίᾳ ὅτι καθ᾽ ὑπερβολὴν ἐβαρήθημεν ὑπὲρ δύναμιν ὥστε ἐξαπορηθῆναι ἡμᾶς καὶ τοῦ ζῆν·

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Co 2:4

Unchecked Copy Box2Co 2:4 - ἐκ γὰρ πολλῆς θλίψεως G2347 καὶ συνοχῆς καρδίας ἔγραψα ὑμῖν διὰ πολλῶν δακρύων οὐχ ἵνα λυπηθῆτε ἀλλὰ τὴν ἀγάπην ἵνα γνῶτε ἣν ἔχω περισσοτέρως εἰς ὑμᾶς

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Co 4:17

Unchecked Copy Box2Co 4:17 - τὸ γὰρ παραυτίκα ἐλαφρὸν τῆς θλίψεως G2347 ἡμῶν καθ᾽ ὑπερβολὴν εἰς ὑπερβολὴν αἰώνιον βάρος δόξης κατεργάζεται ἡμῖν

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Co 6:4

Unchecked Copy Box2Co 6:4 - ἀλλ᾽ ἐν παντὶ συνιστώντες ἑαυτοὺς ὡς θεοῦ διάκονοι ἐν ὑπομονῇ πολλῇ ἐν θλίψεσιν G2347 ἐν ἀνάγκαις ἐν στενοχωρίαις

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Co 7:4

Unchecked Copy Box2Co 7:4 - πολλή μοι παρρησία πρὸς ὑμᾶς πολλή μοι καύχησις ὑπὲρ ὑμῶν· πεπλήρωμαι τῇ παρακλήσει ὑπερπερισσεύομαι τῇ χαρᾷ ἐπὶ πάσῃ τῇ θλίψει G2347 ἡμῶν

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Co 8:2

Unchecked Copy Box2Co 8:2 - ὅτι ἐν πολλῇ δοκιμῇ θλίψεως G2347 ἡ περισσεία τῆς χαρᾶς αὐτῶν καὶ ἡ κατὰ βάθους πτωχεία αὐτῶν ἐπερίσσευσεν εἰς τὸν πλοῦτον τῆς ἁπλότητος αὐτῶν·

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Co 8:13

Unchecked Copy Box2Co 8:13 - οὐ γὰρ ἵνα ἄλλοις ἄνεσις ὑμῖν δὲ θλῖψις G2347

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Unchecked Copy Box Eph 3:13

Unchecked Copy BoxEph 3:13 - διὸ αἰτοῦμαι μὴ ἐκκακεῖν ἐν ταῖς θλίψεσίν G2347 μου ὑπὲρ ὑμῶν ἥτις ἐστὶν δόξα ὑμῶν

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Unchecked Copy Box Phl 1:16

Unchecked Copy BoxPhl 1:16 - οἱ μὲν ἐξ ἐριθείας τὸν Χριστὸν καταγγέλλουσιν, οὐχ ἁγνῶς, οἰόμενοι θλῖψιν G2347 ἐπιφέρειν τοῖς δεσμοῖς μου·

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Unchecked Copy Box Phl 4:14

Unchecked Copy BoxPhl 4:14 - πλὴν καλῶς ἐποιήσατε συγκοινωνήσαντές μου τῇ θλίψει G2347

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Unchecked Copy Box Col 1:24

Unchecked Copy BoxCol 1:24 - Νῦν χαίρω ἐν τοῖς παθήμασιν μου ὑπὲρ ὑμῶν καὶ ἀνταναπληρῶ τὰ ὑστερήματα τῶν θλίψεων G2347 τοῦ Χριστοῦ ἐν τῇ σαρκί μου ὑπὲρ τοῦ σώματος αὐτοῦ ὅ ἐστιν ἡ ἐκκλησία

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Th 1:6

Unchecked Copy Box1Th 1:6 - καὶ ὑμεῖς μιμηταὶ ἡμῶν ἐγενήθητε καὶ τοῦ κυρίου δεξάμενοι τὸν λόγον ἐν θλίψει G2347 πολλῇ μετὰ χαρᾶς πνεύματος ἁγίου

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Th 3:3

Unchecked Copy Box1Th 3:3 - τῷ μηδένα σαίνεσθαι ἐν ταῖς θλίψεσιν G2347 ταύταις αὐτοὶ γὰρ οἴδατε ὅτι εἰς τοῦτο κείμεθα·

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Th 3:7

Unchecked Copy Box1Th 3:7 - διὰ τοῦτο παρεκλήθημεν ἀδελφοί ἐφ᾽ ὑμῖν ἐπὶ πάσῃ τῇ θλίψει G2347 καὶ ἀνάγκῃ ἡμῶν διὰ τῆς ὑμῶν πίστεως

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Th 1:4

Unchecked Copy Box2Th 1:4 - ὥστε ἡμᾶς αὐτοὺς ἐν ὑμῖν καυχᾶσθαι ἐν ταῖς ἐκκλησίαις τοῦ θεοῦ ὑπὲρ τῆς ὑπομονῆς ὑμῶν καὶ πίστεως ἐν πᾶσιν τοῖς διωγμοῖς ὑμῶν καὶ ταῖς θλίψεσιν G2347 αἷς ἀνέχεσθε

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Th 1:6

Unchecked Copy Box2Th 1:6 - εἴπερ δίκαιον παρὰ θεῷ ἀνταποδοῦναι τοῖς θλίβουσιν ὑμᾶς θλῖψιν G2347

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Unchecked Copy Box Heb 10:33

Unchecked Copy BoxHeb 10:33 - τοῦτο μὲν ὀνειδισμοῖς τε καὶ θλίψεσιν G2347 θεατριζόμενοι τοῦτο δὲ κοινωνοὶ τῶν οὕτως ἀναστρεφομένων γενηθέντες

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Unchecked Copy Box Jas 1:27

Unchecked Copy BoxJas 1:27 - θρησκεία καθαρὰ καὶ ἀμίαντος παρὰ τῷ θεῷ καὶ πατρὶ αὕτη ἐστίν ἐπισκέπτεσθαι ὀρφανοὺς καὶ χήρας ἐν τῇ θλίψει G2347 αὐτῶν ἄσπιλον ἑαυτὸν τηρεῖν ἀπὸ τοῦ κόσμου

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Unchecked Copy Box Rev 1:9

Unchecked Copy BoxRev 1:9 - Ἐγὼ Ἰωάννης ὁ καὶ ἀδελφὸς ὑμῶν καὶ συγκοινωνὸς ἐν τῇ θλίψει G2347 καὶ ἐν τῇ βασιλείᾳ καὶ ὑπομονῇ Ἰησοῦ Χριστοῦ, ἐγενόμην ἐν τῇ νήσῳ τῇ καλουμένῃ Πάτμῳ διὰ τὸν λόγον τοῦ θεοῦ καὶ διὰ τὴν μαρτυρίαν Ἰησοῦ Χριστοῦ

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Unchecked Copy Box Rev 2:9

Unchecked Copy BoxRev 2:9 - Οἶδά σου τὰ ἔργα καὶ τὴν θλῖψιν G2347 καὶ τὴν πτωχείαν πλούσιος δὲ εἶ καὶ τὴν βλασφημίαν τῶν λεγόντων Ἰουδαίους εἶναι ἑαυτούς καὶ οὐκ εἰσὶν ἀλλὰ συναγωγὴ τοῦ Σατανᾶ

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Unchecked Copy Box Rev 2:10

Unchecked Copy BoxRev 2:10 - μηδὲν φοβοῦ ἃ μέλλεις πάσχειν ἰδού, μέλλει βάλειν ἐξ ὑμῶν ὁ διάβολος εἰς φυλακὴν ἵνα πειρασθῆτε καὶ ἕξετε θλῖψιν G2347 ἡμερῶν δέκα γίνου πιστὸς ἄχρι θανάτου καὶ δώσω σοι τὸν στέφανον τῆς ζωῆς

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Unchecked Copy Box Rev 2:22

Unchecked Copy BoxRev 2:22 - ἰδού, ἐγὼ βάλλω αὐτὴν εἰς κλίνην καὶ τοὺς μοιχεύοντας μετ᾽ αὐτῆς εἰς θλῖψιν G2347 μεγάλην ἐὰν μὴ μετανοήσωσιν ἐκ τῶν ἔργων αὐτῶν

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Unchecked Copy Box Rev 7:14

Unchecked Copy BoxRev 7:14 - καὶ εἴρηκα αὐτῷ Κύριέ σὺ οἶδας καὶ εἶπέν μοι Οὗτοί εἰσιν οἱ ἐρχόμενοι ἐκ τῆς θλίψεως G2347 τῆς μεγάλης καὶ ἔπλυναν τὰς στολὰς αὐτῶν καὶ ἐλεύκαναν στολὰς αὐτῶν ἐν τῷ αἵματι τοῦ ἀρνίου
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