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 · θλίψεωςand he hath not root in himself, but is temporary, and persecution or tribulation having happened because of the word, immediately he is stumbled.Matthew 24:9 · θλῖψινthen they shall deliver you up to tribulation, and shall kill you, and ye shall be hated by all the nations because of my name;Matthew 24:21 · θλῖψιςfor there shall be then great tribulation, such as was not from the beginning of the world till now, no, nor may be.Matthew 24:29 · θλῖψιν‘And immediately after the tribulation of those days, the sun shall be darkened, and the moon shall not give her light, and the stars shall fall from the heaven, and the powers of the heavens shall be shaken;Mark 4:17 · θλίψεωςand have not root in themselves, but are temporary; afterward tribulation or persecution having come because of the word, immediately they are stumbled.Mark 13:19 · θλῖψιςfor those days shall be tribulation, such as hath not been from the beginning of the creation that God created, till now, and may not be;Mark 13:24 · θλῖψιν‘But in those days, after that tribulation, the sun shall be darkened, and the moon shall not give her light,John 16:21 · θλίψεως‘The woman, when she may bear, hath sorrow, because her hour did come, and when she may bear the child, no more doth she remember the anguish, because of the joy that a man was born to the world.John 16:33 · θλῖψινthese things I have spoken to you, that in me ye may have peace, in the world ye shall have tribulation, but take courage—I have overcome the world.’Acts 7:10 · θλίψεωνand did deliver him out of all his tribulations, and gave him favour and wisdom before Pharaoh king of Egypt, and he did set him—governor over Egypt and all his house.Acts 7:11 · θλῖψις‘And there came a dearth upon all the land of Egypt and Canaan, and great tribulation, and our fathers were not finding sustenance,Acts 11:19 · θλίψεωςThose, indeed, therefore, having been scattered abroad, from the tribulation that came after Stephen, went through unto Phenice, and Cyprus, and Antioch, speaking the word to none except to Jews only;Acts 14:22 · θλίψεωνconfirming the souls of the disciples, exhorting to remain in the faith, and that through many tribulations it behoveth us to enter into the reign of God,Acts 20:23 · θλίψειςsave that the Holy Spirit in every city doth testify fully, saying, that for me bonds and tribulations remain;Romans 2:9 · θλῖψιςtribulation and distress, upon every soul of man that is working the evil, both of Jew first, and of Greek;Romans 5:3 · θλίψεσιν · θλῖψιςAnd not only so, but we also boast in the tribulations, knowing that the tribulation doth work endurance;Romans 8:35 · θλῖψιςWho shall separate us from the love of the Christ? tribulation, or distress, or persecution, or famine, or nakedness, or peril, or sword?Romans 12:12 · θλίψειin the hope rejoicing; in the tribulation enduring; in the prayer persevering;1 Corinthians 7:28 · θλῖψινBut and if thou mayest marry, thou didst not sin; and if the virgin may marry, she did not sin; and such shall have tribulation in the flesh: and I spare you.2 Corinthians 1:4 · θλίψει · θλίψειwho is comforting us in all our tribulation, for our being able to comfort those in any tribulation through the comfort with which we are comforted ourselves by God;2 Corinthians 1:8 · θλίψεωςFor we do not wish you to be ignorant, brethren, of our tribulation that happened to us in Asia, that we were exceedingly burdened above our power, so that we despaired even of life;2 Corinthians 2:4 · θλίψεωςfor out of much tribulation and pressure of heart I wrote to you through many tears, not that ye might be made sorry, but that ye might know the love that I have more abundantly toward you.2 Corinthians 4:17 · θλίψεωςfor the momentary light matter of our tribulation, more and more exceedingly an age-during weight of glory doth work out for us—2 Corinthians 6:4 · θλίψεσιν,but in everything recommending ourselves as God’s ministrants; in much patience, in tribulations, in necessities, in distresses,2 Corinthians 7:4 · θλίψειgreat is my freedom of speech unto you, great my glory on your behalf; I have been filled with the comfort, I overabound with the joy on all our tribulation,2 Corinthians 8:2 · θλίψεωςbecause in much trial of tribulation the abundance of their joy, and their deep poverty, did abound to the riches of their liberality;2 Corinthians 8:13 · θλῖψις,for not that for others release, and ye pressured, do I speak,Ephesians 3:13 · θλίψεσίνwherefore, I ask you not to faint in my tribulations for you, which is your glory.Philippians 1:17 · θλῖψινand the other out of love, having known that for defence of the good news I am set:Philippians 4:14 · θλίψει.but ye did well, having communicated with my tribulation;Colossians 1:24 · θλίψεωνI now rejoice in my sufferings for you, and do fill up the things lacking of the tribulations of the Christ in my flesh for his body, which is the assembly,1 Thessalonians 1:6 · θλίψειand ye—ye did become imitators of us, and of the Lord, having received the word in much tribulation, with joy of the Holy Spirit,1 Thessalonians 3:3 · θλίψεσινthat no one be moved in these tribulations, for yourselves have known that for this we are set,1 Thessalonians 3:7 · θλίψειbecause of this we were comforted, brethren, over you, in all our tribulation and necessity, through your faith,2 Thessalonians 1:4 · θλίψεσινso that we ourselves do glory in you in the assemblies of God, for your endurance and faith in all your persecutions and tribulations that ye bear;2 Thessalonians 1:6 · θλῖψινsince it is a righteous thing with God to give back to those troubling you—trouble,Hebrews 10:33 · θλίψεσινpartly both with reproaches and tribulations being made spectacles, and partly having become partners of those so living,James 1:27 · θλίψειreligion pure and undefiled with the God and Father is this, to look after orphans and widows in their tribulation—unspotted to keep himself from the world.Revelation 1:9 · θλίψειI, John, who also am your brother, and fellow-partner in the tribulation, and in the reign and endurance, of Jesus Christ, was in the isle that is called Patmos, because of the word of God, and because of the testimony of Jesus Christ;Revelation 2:9 · θλῖψινI have known thy works, and tribulation, and poverty—yet thou art rich—and the evil-speaking of those saying themselves to be Jews, and are not, but are a synagogue of the Adversary.Revelation 2:10 · θλῖψιν‘Be not afraid of the things that thou art about to suffer; lo, the devil is about to cast of you to prison, that ye may be tried, and ye shall have tribulation ten days; become thou faithful unto death, and I will give to thee the crown of the life.Revelation 2:22 · θλῖψινlo, I will cast her into a couch, and those committing adultery with her into great tribulation—if they may not repent of their works,Revelation 7:14 · θλίψεωςand I have said to him, ‘Sir, thou hast known;’ and he said to me, ‘These are those who are coming out of the great tribulation, and they did wash their robes, and they made their robes white in the blood of the Lamb;