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)
STRONG'S WORD STUDY
G2347 — θλῖψις
thlipsis · pressure · Greek
43 tagged verse occurrences
Matthew 13:21 · θλίψεωςYet hath he not root in himself, but dureth for a while: for when tribulation or persecution ariseth because of the word, by and by he is offended.Matthew 24:9 · θλῖψινThen shall they deliver you up to be afflicted, and shall kill you: and ye shall be hated of all nations for my name’s sake.Matthew 24:21 · θλῖψιςFor then shall be great tribulation, such as was not since the beginning of the world to this time, no, nor ever shall be.Matthew 24:29 · θλῖψινImmediately after the tribulation of those days shall the sun be darkened, and the moon shall not give her light, and the stars shall fall from heaven, and the powers of the heavens shall be shaken:Mark 4:17 · θλίψεωςAnd have no root in themselves, and so endure but for a time: afterward, when affliction or persecution ariseth for the word’s sake, immediately they are offended.Mark 13:19 · θλῖψιςFor [in] those days shall be affliction, such as was not from the beginning of the creation which God created unto this time, neither shall be.Mark 13:24 · θλῖψινBut in those days, after that tribulation, the sun shall be darkened, and the moon shall not give her light,John 16:21 · θλίψεωςA woman when she is in travail hath sorrow, because her hour is come: but as soon as she is delivered of the child, she remembereth no more the anguish, for joy that a man is born into the world.John 16:33 · θλῖψινThese things I have spoken unto you, that in me ye might have peace. In the world ye shall have tribulation: but be of good cheer; I have overcome the world.Acts 7:10 · θλίψεωνAnd delivered him out of all his afflictions, and gave him favour and wisdom in the sight of Pharaoh king of Egypt; and he made him governor over Egypt and all his house.Acts 7:11 · θλῖψιςNow there came a dearth over all the land of Egypt and Chanaan, and great affliction: and our fathers found no sustenance.Acts 11:19 · θλίψεωςNow they which were scattered abroad upon the persecution that arose about Stephen travelled as far as Phenice, and Cyprus, and Antioch, preaching the word to none but unto the Jews only.Acts 14:22 · θλίψεωνConfirming the souls of the disciples, [and] exhorting them to continue in the faith, and that we must through much tribulation enter into the kingdom of God.Acts 20:23 · θλίψειςSave that the Holy Ghost witnesseth in every city, saying that bonds and afflictions abide me.Romans 2:9 · θλῖψιςTribulation and anguish, upon every soul of man that doeth evil, of the Jew first, and also of the Gentile;Romans 5:3 · θλίψεσιν · θλῖψιςAnd not only [so], but we glory in tribulations also: knowing that tribulation worketh patience;Romans 8:35 · θλῖψιςWho shall separate us from the love of Christ? [shall] tribulation, or distress, or persecution, or famine, or nakedness, or peril, or sword?Romans 12:12 · θλίψειRejoicing in hope; patient in tribulation; continuing instant in prayer;1 Corinthians 7:28 · θλῖψινBut and if thou marry, thou hast not sinned; and if a virgin marry, she hath not sinned. Nevertheless such shall have trouble in the flesh: but I spare you.2 Corinthians 1:4 · θλίψει · θλίψειWho comforteth us in all our tribulation, that we may be able to comfort them which are in any trouble, by the comfort wherewith we ourselves are comforted of God.2 Corinthians 1:8 · θλίψεωςFor we would not, brethren, have you ignorant of our trouble which came to us in Asia, that we were pressed out of measure, above strength, insomuch that we despaired even of life:2 Corinthians 2:4 · θλίψεωςFor out of much affliction and anguish of heart I wrote unto you with many tears; not that ye should be grieved, but that ye might know the love which I have more abundantly unto you.2 Corinthians 4:17 · θλίψεωςFor our light affliction, which is but for a moment, worketh for us a far more exceeding [and] eternal weight of glory;2 Corinthians 6:4 · θλίψεσιν,But in all [things] approving ourselves as the ministers of God, in much patience, in afflictions, in necessities, in distresses,2 Corinthians 7:4 · θλίψειGreat [is] my boldness of speech toward you, great [is] my glorying of you: I am filled with comfort, I am exceeding joyful in all our tribulation.2 Corinthians 8:2 · θλίψεωςHow that in a great trial of affliction the abundance of their joy and their deep poverty abounded unto the riches of their liberality.2 Corinthians 8:13 · θλῖψις,For [I mean] not that other men be eased, and ye burdened:Ephesians 3:13 · θλίψεσίνWherefore I desire that ye faint not at my tribulations for you, which is your glory.Philippians 1:17 · θλῖψινBut the other of love, knowing that I am set for the defence of the gospel.Philippians 4:14 · θλίψει.Notwithstanding ye have well done, that ye did communicate with my affliction.Colossians 1:24 · θλίψεωνWho now rejoice in my sufferings for you, and fill up that which is behind of the afflictions of Christ in my flesh for his body’s sake, which is the church:1 Thessalonians 1:6 · θλίψειAnd ye became followers of us, and of the Lord, having received the word in much affliction, with joy of the Holy Ghost:1 Thessalonians 3:3 · θλίψεσινThat no man should be moved by these afflictions: for yourselves know that we are appointed thereunto.1 Thessalonians 3:7 · θλίψειTherefore, brethren, we were comforted over you in all our affliction and distress by your faith:2 Thessalonians 1:4 · θλίψεσινSo that we ourselves glory in you in the churches of God for your patience and faith in all your persecutions and tribulations that ye endure:2 Thessalonians 1:6 · θλῖψινSeeing [it is] a righteous thing with God to recompense tribulation to them that trouble you;Hebrews 10:33 · θλίψεσινPartly, whilst ye were made a gazingstock both by reproaches and afflictions; and partly, whilst ye became companions of them that were so used.James 1:27 · θλίψειPure religion and undefiled before God and the Father is this, To visit the fatherless and widows in their affliction, [and] to keep himself unspotted from the world.Revelation 1:9 · θλίψειI John, who also am your brother, and companion in tribulation, and in the kingdom and patience of Jesus Christ, was in the isle that is called Patmos, for the word of God, and for the testimony of Jesus Christ.Revelation 2:9 · θλῖψινI know thy works, and tribulation, and poverty, (but thou art rich) and [I know] the blasphemy of them which say they are Jews, and are not, but [are] the synagogue of Satan.Revelation 2:10 · θλῖψινFear none of those things which thou shalt suffer: behold, the devil shall cast [some] of you into prison, that ye may be tried; and ye shall have tribulation ten days: be thou faithful unto death, and I will give thee a crown of life.Revelation 2:22 · θλῖψινBehold, I will cast her into a bed, and them that commit adultery with her into great tribulation, except they repent of their deeds.Revelation 7:14 · θλίψεωςAnd I said unto him, Sir, thou knowest. And he said to me, These are they which came out of great tribulation, and have washed their robes, and made them white in the blood of the Lamb.