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θλίβω

thlíbō · G2346 · Greek · 10 occurrences

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Meanings

  1. to press against, to crowd against

    To crowd in hard against

    Examples

    Mark 3:9 And He told His disciples to see that a boat would be ready for Him because of the masses, so that they would not crowd Him;

  2. to cause trouble to, to persecute, to cause to suffer hardship

    To cause someone to suffer trouble or hardship

    Examples

    Matthew 7:14 “For the gate is narrow and the way is constricted that leads to life, and there are few who find it.

    2 Thessalonians 1:6 For after all it is only right for God to repay with affliction those who afflict you,

  3. to suffer hardship, to be troubled

    To suffer hardship

    Examples

    2 Corinthians 1:6 But if we are afflicted, it is for your comfort and salvation; or if we are comforted, it is for your comfort, which is effective in the patient enduring of the same sufferings which we also suffer;

    2 Corinthians 4:8 we are afflicted in every way, but not crushed; perplexed, but not despairing;

    2 Corinthians 7:5 For even when we came into Macedonia our flesh had no rest, but we were afflicted on every side: conflicts on the outside, fears inside.

How it’s used In 7 roles

Every occurrence, grouped by the words it is grammatically related to.

the word studied the word it goes with

Who or what does itSubject

9 occurrences in 4 groups

What it acts on, or what is saidObject

2 occurrences in 2 groups

With prepositionsPrepositional phrases

2 occurrences in 1 groups

With adverbsAdverbs

1 occurrences in 1 groups

Named alongside itApposition

1 occurrences in 1 groups

It is given or told toIndirect object

1 occurrences in 1 groups

What is said to be itIt is the predicate

1 occurrences in 1 groups

When two words share a role, as in “Paul and Barnabas said”, the verse appears under each, so a section’s counts can add up to more than the number of occurrences.

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Semantic domains 3 entries
To press against, to crowd against19.44
In Mark 3:9, of the crowds pressing around Jesus, He told His disciples “to see that a boat would be ready for Him because of the masses, so that they would not crowd Him,” using this verb for the physical press of a crowd.
To suffer hardship, to be troubled22.15
In 2 Corinthians 7:5, Paul writes, “even when we came into Macedonia our flesh had no rest, but we were afflicted on every side: conflicts on the outside, fears inside,” using this verb for undergoing hardship or distress.
To cause trouble to, to persecute, to cause to suffer hardship22.21
In 2 Thessalonians 1:6, Paul writes that “it is only right for God to repay with affliction those who afflict you,” using this verb for causing others to suffer hardship or persecution.
Word family 4 words

Words formed from the same root. They share a form, not always a meaning.

θλίβωthlíbō · G2346θλῖψις thlîpsis · G2347 · trouble and suffering, suffering, persecution · 45×συνθλίβω synthlíbō · G4918 · to press in, to crowd around · 2×ἀποθλίβω apothlíbō · G598 · to press against, to crowd against · 1×
Thayer's Greek-English Lexicon passive, present θλίβομαι; perfect participle τεθλιμμενος; (allied with flogrum,…
passive, present θλίβομαι; perfect participle τεθλιμμενος; (allied with flogrum, affliction; from Homer down); to press (as grapes), press hard upon: properly, τινα (A. V. throng), Mk 3:9; ὁδός τεθλιμμένη a compressed way, i. e. narrow, straitened, contracted, Mt 7:14; metaphorically, to trouble, afflict, distress (Vulg., tribulo): τινα, 2 Thess 1:6; passive (Vulg. tribulor (also augustior); tribulationem patior): 2 Cor 1:6; 2 Cor 4:8; 2 Cor 7:5; (1 Thess 3:4; 2 Thess 1:7); 1 Tim 5:10; Heb 11:37. (οἱ θλίβοντες for צָרִים in the Sept.) (Compare: ἀποθλίβω, συνθλίβω.)

Thayer's Greek-English Lexicon of the New Testament (1889), public domain

Topical studies with this word 3 entries
Press1 occurrenceExperience Trouble, Hardship7 occurrencesCause Trouble, Hardship2 occurrences

Meanings adapted from the UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament, © United Bible Societies, CC BY-SA 4.0 and the UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew (from the Semantic Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew), © United Bible Societies, CC BY-SA 4.0; MACULA Greek Linguistic Datasets, available at https://github.com/Clear-Bible/macula-greek/, licensed CC BY 4.0; MACULA Hebrew Linguistic Datasets © 2022-2024 by Biblica, Inc., CC BY 4.0. Westminster Leningrad Codex (tanach.us). OpenScriptures Hebrew Bible morphology (hb.openscriptures.org), CC BY 4.0.

Sources

eRhema lexical overview, based on the UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew and the UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament (© United Bible Societies, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Macula Hebrew and Greek (Clear Bible, CC BY 4.0); released under CC BY-SA 4.0

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