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Lexicon :: Strong's G2347 - thlipsis

Aa
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).
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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 104 times in 96 verses in the LXX Greek.

Page 1 / 2 (Gen 35:3–Psa 81:7)

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 35:3 - and let us arise, and go up to Beth-el; and I will make there an altar unto God, who answered me in the day of my distress, and was with me in the way which I went.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 42:21 - And they said one to another, We are verily guilty concerning our brother, in that we saw the distress of his soul, when he besought us, and we would not hear; therefore is this distress come upon us.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 4:31 - And the people believed: and when they heard that Jehovah had visited the children of Israel, and that he had seen their affliction, then they bowed their heads and worshipped.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 4:29

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 4:29 - But from thence ye shall seek Jehovah thy God, and thou shalt find him, when thou searchest after him with all thy heart and with all thy soul.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 28:53

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 28:53 - And thou shalt eat the fruit of thine own body, the flesh of thy sons and of thy daughters, whom Jehovah thy God hath given thee, in the siege and in the distress wherewith thine enemies shall distress thee.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 28:55

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 28:55 - so that he will not give to any of them of the flesh of his children whom he shall eat, because he hath nothing left him, in the siege and in the distress wherewith thine enemy shall distress thee in all thy gates.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 28:57

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 28:57 - and toward her young one that cometh out from between her feet, and toward her children whom she shall bear; for she shall eat them for want of all things secretly, in the siege and in the distress wherewith thine enemy shall distress thee in thy gates.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 31:17

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 31:17 - Then my anger shall be kindled against them in that day, and I will forsake them, and I will hide my face from them, and they shall be devoured, and many evils and troubles shall come upon them; so that they will say in that day, Are not these evils come upon us because our God is not among us?

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 10:14

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 10:14 - Go and cry unto the gods which ye have chosen; let them save you in the time of your distress.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 1:6

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 1:6 - And her rival provoked her sore, to make her fret, because Jehovah had shut up her womb.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 10:19

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 10:19 - but ye have this day rejected your God, who himself saveth you out of all your calamities and your distresses; and ye have said unto him, Nay, but set a king over us. Now therefore present yourselves before Jehovah by your tribes, and by your thousands.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 24:19

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 24:19 - For if a man find his enemy, will he let him go well away? wherefore Jehovah reward thee good for that which thou hast done unto me this day.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 26:24

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 26:24 - And, behold, as thy life was much set by this day in mine eyes, so let my life be much set by in the eyes of Jehovah, and let him deliver me out of all tribulation.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 4:9 - And David answered Rechab and Baanah his brother, the sons of Rimmon the Beerothite, and said unto them, As Jehovah liveth, who hath redeemed my soul out of all adversity,

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They came upon me in the day of my calamity;
But Jehovah was my stay.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 1:29 - And the king sware, and said, As Jehovah liveth, who hath redeemed my soul out of all adversity,

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 22:27

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 22:27 - and say, Thus saith the king, Put this fellow in the prison, and feed him with bread of affliction and with water of affliction, until I come in peace.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 13:4

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 13:4 - And Jehoahaz besought Jehovah, and Jehovah hearkened unto him; for he saw the oppression of Israel, how that the king of Syria oppressed them.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 19:3

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 19:3 - And they said unto him, Thus saith Hezekiah, This day is a day of trouble, and of rebuke, and of contumely; for the children are come to the birth, and there is not strength to bring forth.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 15:6

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 15:6 - And they were broken in pieces, nation against nation, and city against city; for God did vex them with all adversity.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 18:26

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 18:26 - and say, Thus saith the king, Put this fellow in the prison, and feed him with bread of affliction and with water of affliction, until I return in peace.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 20:9

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 20:9 - If evil come upon us, the sword, judgment, or pestilence, or famine, we will stand before this house, and before thee (for thy name is in this house), and cry unto thee in our affliction, and thou wilt hear and save.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 9:27 - Therefore thou deliveredst them into the hand of their adversaries, who distressed them: and in the time of their trouble, when they cried unto thee, thou heardest from heaven; and according to thy manifold mercies thou gavest them saviours who saved them out of the hand of their adversaries.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 9:37

Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 9:37 - And it yieldeth much increase unto the kings whom thou hast set over us because of our sins: also they have power over our bodies, and over our cattle, at their pleasure, and we are in great distress.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 15:24 -
Distress and anguish make him afraid;
They prevail against him, as a king ready to the battle.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 4:1 -
For the Chief Musician; on stringed instruments. A Psalm of David.
Answer me when I call, O God of my righteousness;
Thou hast set me at large when I was in distress:
Have mercy upon me, and hear my prayer.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 9:9 -
Jehovah also will be a high tower for the oppressed,
A high tower in times of trouble;

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 10:1

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 10:1 -
Why standest thou afar off, O Jehovah?
Why hidest thou thyself in times of trouble?

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 20:1 -
For the Chief Musician. A Psalm of David.
Jehovah answer thee in the day of trouble;
The name of the God of Jacob set thee up on high;

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 22:11 -
Be not far from me; for trouble is near;
For there is none to help.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 25:17 -
The troubles of my heart are enlarged:
Oh bring thou me out of my distresses.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 25:22 -
Redeem Israel, O God,
Out all of his troubles.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 32:7

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 32:7 -
Thou art my hiding-place; thou wilt preserve me from trouble;
Thou wilt compass me about with songs of deliverance.
[Selah

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 34:6 -
This poor man cried, and Jehovah heard him,
And saved him out of all his troubles.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 34:17 -
The righteous cried, and Jehovah heard,
And delivered them out of all their troubles.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 34:19 -
Many are the afflictions of the righteous;
But Jehovah delivereth him out of them all.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 37:39 -
But the salvation of the righteous is of Jehovah:
He is their stronghold in the time of trouble.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 44:24 -
Wherefore hidest thou thy face,
And forgettest our affliction and our oppression?

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 46:1

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 46:1 -
For the Chief Musician. A Psalm of the sons of Korah; set to Alamoth. A Song.
God is our refuge and strength,
A very present help in trouble.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 50:15

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 50:15 -
And call upon me in the day of trouble:
I will deliver thee, and thou shalt glorify me.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 54:7 -
For he hath delivered me out of all trouble;
And mine eye hath seen my desire upon mine enemies.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 55:3

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 55:3 -
Because of the voice of the enemy,
Because of the oppression of the wicked;
For they cast iniquity upon me,
And in anger they persecute me.

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But I will sing of thy strength;
Yea, I will sing aloud of thy lovingkindness in the morning:
For thou hast been my high tower,
And a refuge in the day of my distress.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 60:11 -
Give us help against the adversary;
For vain is the help of man.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 66:11 -
Thou broughtest us into the net;
Thou layedst a sore burden upon our loins.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 66:14

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 66:14 -
Which my lips uttered,
And my mouth spake, when I was in distress.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 71:20

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 71:20 -
Thou, who hast showed us many and sore troubles,
Wilt quicken us again,
And wilt bring us up again from the depths of the earth.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 77:2 -
In the day of my trouble I sought the Lord:
My hand was stretched out in the night, and slacked not;
My soul refused to be comforted.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 78:49

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 78:49 -
He cast upon them the fierceness of his anger,
Wrath, and indignation, and trouble,
A band of angels of evil.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 81:7 -
Thou calledst in trouble, and I delivered thee;
I answered thee in the secret place of thunder;
I proved thee at the waters of Meribah.
[Selah

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