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θλίβω

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Forms of the word
Dictionary: 
θλίβω
Greek transliteration: 
thlibō
Simplified transliteration: 
thlibo
Principal Parts: 
-, -, -, τέθλιμμαι, ἐθλίβην
Numbers
Strong's number: 
2346
GK Number: 
2567
Statistics
Frequency in New Testament: 
10
Morphology of Biblical Greek Tag: 
v-1b(1)
Gloss: 
(act.) to press upon, crowd up to; cause trouble; (pass.) to be narrow; to be pressed, troubled, persecuted
Definition: 
to squeeze, press; to press upon, encumber, throng, crowd, Mk. 3:9; met. to distress, afflict, 2 Cor. 1:6; 4:8; pass. to be compressed, narrow, Mt. 7:14

Greek-English Concordance for θλίβω

Matthew 7:14 How narrow is the gate and difficult (tethlimmenē | τεθλιμμένη | perf pass ptcp nom sg fem) the way that leads to life, and few are those who find it!
Mark 3:9 And he told his disciples his to make ready a small boat for him because of the crowd, so that they (thlibōsin | θλίβωσιν | pres act subj 3 pl) would (thlibōsin | θλίβωσιν | pres act subj 3 pl) not crush (thlibōsin | θλίβωσιν | pres act subj 3 pl) him.
2 Corinthians 1:6 If we are distressed (thlibometha | θλιβόμεθα | pres pass ind 1 pl), it is for your encouragement and salvation; if we are encouraged, it is for your encouragement that you experience in your patient endurance of the same sufferings that we also suffer.
2 Corinthians 4:8 We (thlibomenoi | θλιβόμενοι | pres pass ptcp nom pl masc) are (thlibomenoi | θλιβόμενοι | pres pass ptcp nom pl masc) under (thlibomenoi | θλιβόμενοι | pres pass ptcp nom pl masc) pressure (thlibomenoi | θλιβόμενοι | pres pass ptcp nom pl masc) from every side, but not crushed; bewildered, but not driven to despair;
2 Corinthians 7:5 For even when we came to Macedonia, our bodies had no rest, but on all sides we were distressed (thlibomenoi | θλιβόμενοι | pres pass ptcp nom pl masc) — from the outside came conflicts, from within there were fears.
1 Thessalonians 3:4 In fact, when we were with you, we told you in advance that we would suffer persecution (thlibesthai | θλίβεσθαι | pres pass inf ); even as it has turned out, as you know.
2 Thessalonians 1:6 For it is a righteous thing for God to repay with affliction those who afflict (thlibousin | θλίβουσιν | pres act ptcp dat pl masc) you,
2 Thessalonians 1:7 and to give relief to you who are afflicted (thlibomenois | θλιβομένοις | pres pass ptcp dat pl masc), and to us as well, when the Lord Jesus is revealed from heaven with his mighty angels
1 Timothy 5:10 being witnessed to by good deeds, if she raised children, if she showed hospitality, if she washed the feet of the saints, if she helped the afflicted (thlibomenois | θλιβομένοις | pres pass ptcp dat pl masc), if she earnestly pursued every good work.
Hebrews 11:37 They were stoned; they were sawn in two; they were murdered by the sword. They went about in sheepskins and goatskins, destitute, persecuted (thlibomenoi | θλιβόμενοι | pres pass ptcp nom pl masc), mistreated