θλίβω thlibō

Greek word for “to press on” · Strong’s G2346 · used 10 times in 10 verses

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Meaning

θλίβω; to press: with accusative of person(s);

How it is translated

Glosses given for thlibō in context, with how often each is used:

• being oppressed 2
• compressed 1
• may press upon 1
• constricted 1
• being hard pressed 1
• being pressed 1
• suffer affliction 1
• oppressing 1
• those being oppressed 1

Where it is used

Chapters where it is used most

2 Thessalonians 1 (2), Matthew 7 (1), Mark 3 (1), 2 Corinthians 1 (1), 2 Corinthians 4 (1), 2 Corinthians 7 (1), 1 Thessalonians 3 (1), 1 Timothy 5 (1), Hebrews 11 (1)

Forms

• θλιβόμενοι 3
• θλιβομένοις 2
• τεθλιμμένη 1
• θλίβωσιν 1
• θλιβόμεθα 1
• θλίβεσθαι 1
• θλίβουσιν 1

Words used with it

Words that share verses with thlibō more often than their overall frequency would suggest:

• ἄνεσις anesis “rest” 2
• εἰ ei “if” 2

Key verses

The verses using thlibō that are most connected by cross-references (King James Version):

• Matthew 7:14 — Because strait is the gate, and narrow is the way, which leadeth unto life, and few there be that find it.
• Mark 3:9 — And he spake to his disciples, that a small ship should wait on him because of the multitude, lest they should throng him.
• 2 Corinthians 1:6 — And whether we be afflicted, it is for your consolation and salvation, which is effectual in the enduring of the same sufferings which we also suffer: or…
• 2 Corinthians 4:8 — We are troubled on every side, yet not distressed; we are perplexed, but not in despair;
• 2 Corinthians 7:5 — For, when we were come into Macedonia, our flesh had no rest, but we were troubled on every side; without were fightings, within were fears.
• 1 Thessalonians 3:4 — For verily, when we were with you, we told you before that we should suffer tribulation; even as it came to pass, and ye know.
• 2 Thessalonians 1:6 — Seeing it is a righteous thing with God to recompense tribulation to them that trouble you;
• 2 Thessalonians 1:7 — And to you who are troubled rest with us, when the Lord Jesus shall be revealed from heaven with his mighty angels,
• 1 Timothy 5:10 — Well reported of for good works; if she have brought up children, if she have lodged strangers, if she have washed the saints’ feet, if she have relieved the…
• Hebrews 11:37 — They were stoned, they were sawn asunder, were tempted, were slain with the sword: they wandered about in sheepskins and goatskins; being destitute, afflicted,…

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Hebrew and Greek text, tagging, glosses and lexicon definitions: STEPBible.org, Tyndale House Cambridge (TAHOT, TAGNT, TBESH, TBESG; CC BY 4.0), adapted. Counts follow King James verse numbering; a word counts each time it is written.