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)
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G2347 — θλῖψις
thlipsis · pressure · Greek
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Matthew 13:21 · θλίψεωςyet he has no root in himself, but endures for a while. When oppression or persecution arises because of the word, immediately he stumbles.Matthew 24:9 · θλῖψινThen they will deliver you up to oppression, and will kill you. You will be hated by all of the nations for my name’s sake.Matthew 24:21 · θλῖψιςfor then there will be great oppression, such as has not been from the beginning of the world until now, no, nor ever will be.Matthew 24:29 · θλῖψινBut immediately after the oppression of those days, the sun will be darkened, the moon will not give its light, the stars will fall from the sky, and the powers of the heavens will be shaken;Mark 4:17 · θλίψεωςThey have no root in themselves, but are short-lived. When oppression or persecution arises because of the word, immediately they stumble.Mark 13:19 · θλῖψιςFor in those days there will be oppression, such as there has not been the like from the beginning of the creation which God created until now, and never will be.Mark 13:24 · θλῖψινBut in those days, after that oppression, the sun will be darkened, the moon will not give its light,John 16:21 · θλίψεωςA woman, when she gives birth, has sorrow, because her time has come. But when she has delivered the child, she doesn’t remember the anguish any more, for the joy that a human being is born into the world.John 16:33 · θλῖψινI have told you these things, that in me you may have peace. In the world you have oppression; but cheer up! I have overcome the world.”Acts 7:10 · θλίψεωνand delivered him out of all his afflictions, and gave him favor and wisdom before Pharaoh, king of Egypt. He made him governor over Egypt and all his house.Acts 7:11 · θλῖψιςNow a famine came over all the land of Egypt and Canaan, and great affliction. Our fathers found no food.Acts 11:19 · θλίψεωςThey therefore who were scattered abroad by the oppression that arose about Stephen traveled as far as Phoenicia, Cyprus, and Antioch, speaking the word to no one except to Jews only.Acts 14:22 · θλίψεωνconfirming the souls of the disciples, exhorting them to continue in the faith, and that through many afflictions we must enter into the Kingdom of God.Acts 20:23 · θλίψειςexcept that the Holy Spirit testifies in every city, saying that bonds and afflictions wait for me.Romans 2:9 · θλῖψιςoppression and anguish, on every soul of man who works evil, to the Jew first, and also to the Greek.Romans 5:3 · θλίψεσιν · θλῖψιςNot only this, but we also rejoice in our sufferings, knowing that suffering works perseverance;Romans 8:35 · θλῖψιςWho shall separate us from the love of Christ? Could oppression, or anguish, or persecution, or famine, or nakedness, or peril, or sword?Romans 12:12 · θλίψειrejoicing in hope; enduring in troubles; continuing steadfastly in prayer;1 Corinthians 7:28 · θλῖψινBut if you marry, you have not sinned. If a virgin marries, she has not sinned. Yet such will have oppression in the flesh, and I want to spare you.2 Corinthians 1:4 · θλίψει · θλίψειwho comforts us in all our affliction, that we may be able to comfort those who are in any affliction, through the comfort with which we ourselves are comforted by God.2 Corinthians 1:8 · θλίψεωςFor we don’t desire to have you uninformed, brothers, concerning our affliction which happened to us in Asia, that we were weighed down exceedingly, beyond our power, so much that we despaired even of life.2 Corinthians 2:4 · θλίψεωςFor out of much affliction and anguish of heart I wrote to you with many tears, not that you should be made sorry, but that you might know the love that I have so abundantly for you.2 Corinthians 4:17 · θλίψεωςFor our light affliction, which is for the moment, works for us more and more exceedingly an eternal weight of glory;2 Corinthians 6:4 · θλίψεσιν,but in everything commending ourselves, as servants of God, in great endurance, in afflictions, in hardships, in distresses,2 Corinthians 7:4 · θλίψειGreat is my boldness of speech toward you. Great is my boasting on your behalf. I am filled with comfort. I overflow with joy in all our affliction.2 Corinthians 8:2 · θλίψεωςhow that in much proof of affliction the abundance of their joy and their deep poverty abounded to the riches of their liberality.2 Corinthians 8:13 · θλῖψις,For this is not that others may be eased and you distressed,Ephesians 3:13 · θλίψεσίνTherefore I ask that you may not lose heart at my troubles for you, which are your glory.Philippians 1:17 · θλῖψινbut the latter out of love, knowing that I am appointed for the defense of the Good News.Philippians 4:14 · θλίψει.However you did well that you shared in my affliction.Colossians 1:24 · θλίψεωνNow I rejoice in my sufferings for your sake, and fill up on my part that which is lacking of the afflictions of Christ in my flesh for his body’s sake, which is the assembly;1 Thessalonians 1:6 · θλίψειYou became imitators of us, and of the Lord, having received the word in much affliction, with joy of the Holy Spirit,1 Thessalonians 3:3 · θλίψεσινthat no one be moved by these afflictions. For you know that we are appointed to this task.1 Thessalonians 3:7 · θλίψειfor this cause, brothers, we were comforted over you in all our distress and affliction through your faith.2 Thessalonians 1:4 · θλίψεσινso that we ourselves boast about you in the assemblies of God for your patience and faith in all your persecutions and in the afflictions which you endure.2 Thessalonians 1:6 · θλῖψινSince it is a righteous thing with God to repay affliction to those who afflict you,Hebrews 10:33 · θλίψεσινpartly, being exposed to both reproaches and oppressions; and partly, becoming partakers with those who were treated so.James 1:27 · θλίψειPure religion and undefiled before our God and Father is this: to visit the fatherless and widows in their affliction, and to keep oneself unstained by the world.Revelation 1:9 · θλίψειI John, your brother and partner with you in oppression, Kingdom, and perseverance in Christ Jesus, was on the isle that is called Patmos because of God’s Word and the testimony of Jesus Christ.Revelation 2:9 · θλῖψιν“I know your works, oppression, and your poverty (but you are rich), and the blasphemy of those who say they are Jews, and they are not, but are a synagogue of Satan.Revelation 2:10 · θλῖψινDon’t be afraid of the things which you are about to suffer. Behold, the devil is about to throw some of you into prison, that you may be tested; and you will have oppression for ten days. Be faithful to death, and I will give you the crown of life.Revelation 2:22 · θλῖψινBehold, I will throw her into a bed, and those who commit adultery with her into great oppression, unless they repent of her works.Revelation 7:14 · θλίψεωςI told him, “My lord, you know.” He said to me, “These are those who came out of the great tribulation. They washed their robes, and made them white in the Lamb’s blood.