συνοχή
synochḗ · G4928 · Greek · 2 occurrences
Meanings
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distress
A state of mental distress, involving acute anxiety
ExamplesLuke 21:25 “There will be signs in the sun and moon and stars, and on the earth distress among nations, in perplexity at the roaring of the sea and the waves,
2 Corinthians 2:4 For out of much affliction and anguish of heart I wrote to you with many tears; not so that you would be made sorrowful, but that you might know the love which I have especially for you.
How it’s used In 4 roles
Every occurrence, grouped by the words it is grammatically related to.
the word studied the word it goes with
Whose, or of whatGenitive or possessive
2 occurrences in 2 groups
- ἔθνοςnation, Gentiles 1
- καρδίαheart 1
Words describing itAdjectives, demonstratives, participles
1 occurrences in 1 groups
- πολύςmany 1
What it is said to bePredicate
1 occurrences in 1 groups
- γῆearth 1
After prepositionsPrepositional phrases
1 occurrences in 1 groups
- ἐκfrom 2
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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Near synonyms 3 words
- στενοχωρία stenochōría · G4730 · distress, difficulty
- Greek noun denoting distress, anguish, or being in straits; closely synonymous with συνοχή in expressing psychological/circumstantial constraint and anxiety (Rom 2:9, 8:35; 2 Cor 6:4, 12:10).
- θλῖψις thlîpsis · G2347 · trouble and suffering, suffering, persecution
- Common Greek noun for affliction, distress, or tribulation; overlaps significantly with συνοχή in denoting oppressive circumstances causing anxiety, though θλῖψις is broader and more frequent.
- ἀνάγκη anánkē · G318 · trouble, distress, troublous times
- Greek noun denoting necessity or constraint; in its distress/calamity sense (Luke 21:23, 1 Thess 3:7) overlaps with συνοχή's meaning of constraining anxiety or affliction.
In the other Testament 2 words
- מָצוֹק mâtsôwq · H4689 · distress
- Hebrew noun denoting distress, anguish, or straits; direct translation equivalent for συνοχή's sense of anxiety/distress. Used in contexts of siege and affliction (e.g., Job 36:16, Isa 8:22, Zeph 1:15).
- צָרָה tsârâh · H6869 · trouble, distress, anguish
- Common Hebrew noun for distress, trouble, or anguish; frequently used as translation equivalent for Greek distress terminology. Captures the anxiety/affliction sense of συνοχή.
Semantic domains 1 entry
- Distress25.240
- Jesus foretells, “there will be signs in the sun and moon and stars, and on the earth distress among nations, in perplexity at the roaring of the sea and the waves” (Luke 21:25).
Word family 51 words
Words formed from the same root. They share a form, not always a meaning.
Thayer's Greek-English Lexicon συνοχῆς, ἡ (συνέχω, which see), a holding together, narrowing; narrows, the contracting…
Thayer's Greek-English Lexicon of the New Testament (1889), public domain
Topical studies with this word 1 entry
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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