θλῖψις

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pressure

θλίψις (LTr., θλῖψις), -εως, ἡ (θλίβω), [in LXX for צָרָה, etc. ;] pressure (Arist.). In LXX and NT metaphorically, tribulation, affliction, distress : Mat.24:9, 21 24:29 , Mrk.13:19, 24 , Jhn.16:21 , Act.7:11 11:19 , Rom.12:12 , 2Co.1:4 1:8 4:17 6:4 7:4 8:2 8:13 , Php.4:14 , 2Th.1:6 , Jas.1:27 , Rev.1:9 2:9, 22 7:14 ; with ἀνάγκη (which see), 1Th.3:7; στενοχωρία (which from the order of the words would appear to be the stronger term), Rom.2:9 8:35 ; διωγμός, Mat.13:21 , Mrk.4:17 , 2Th.1:4 ; θ. ἔχω, Jhn.16:33 , 1Co.7:23 , Rev.2:10 ; ἔρχεσθαι ἐπί, Act.7:11; ἐν θλίψει 1Th.1:6; pl., Act.7:10 14:22 20:28 , Rom.5:3 , Eph.3:13 , 1Th.3:3 , Heb.10:33 ; τ. Χριστοῦ, Col.1:24; θ. τῆς καρδίας, 2Co.2:4; θ. ἐγείρειν, Php.1:17. † SYN. : ἀνάγκη, διωγμός, στενοχωρία (see supr., and cf. Tr., Syn, iv; Lft., Notes , 45) (AS)