Word Summary
thlibō: to press, afflict
Original Word: θλίβωTransliteration: thlibō
Phonetic Spelling: (thlee'-bo)
Part of Speech: Verb
Short Definition: to press, afflict
Meaning: to press, afflict
Strong's Concordance
afflict, suffer tribulation, trouble.
Akin to the base of tribos; to crowd (literally or figuratively) -- afflict, narrow, throng, suffer tribulation, trouble.
see GREEK tribos
Thayer's Greek Lexicon
STRONGS NT 2346: θλίβωθλίβω; passive, present
θλίβομαι; perfect participle
τεθλιμμενος; (allied with flogrum, affliction; from
Homer down);
to press (as grapes),
press hard upon: properly,
τινα (
A. V. throng),
Mark 3:9;
ὁδός τεθλιμμένη a compressed way, i. e.
narrow, straitened, contracted, Matthew 7:14; metaphorically,
to trouble, afflict, distress (
Vulg., tribulo):
τινα,
2 Thessalonians 1:6; passive (
Vulg. tribulor (also augustior); tribulationem patior):
2 Corinthians 1:6;
2 Corinthians 4:8;
2 Corinthians 7:5; (
1 Thessalonians 3:4;
2 Thessalonians 1:7);
1 Timothy 5:10;
Hebrews 11:37. (
οἱ θλίβοντες for
צָרִים in the
Sept.) (Compare:
ἀποθλίβω,
συνθλίβω.)