Word Summary
synochē: a holding together, distress
Original Word: συνοχήTransliteration: synochē
Phonetic Spelling: (soon-okh-ay')
Part of Speech: Noun, Feminine
Short Definition: a holding together, distress
Meaning: a holding together, distress
Strong's Concordance
anguish, distress.
From sunecho; restraint, i.e. (figuratively) anxiety -- anguish, distress.
see GREEK sunecho
Thayer's Greek Lexicon
STRONGS NT 4928: συνοχήσυνοχή,
συνοχῆς,
ἡ (
συνέχω, which see),
a holding together, narrowing; narrows, the contracting part of a way,
Homer Iliad 23, 330. Metaphorically,
straits, distress, anguish:
Luke 21:25; with
καρδίας added,
2 Corinthians 2:4 (
contractio animi,
Cicero, Tusc. 1, 37, 90; opposed to
effusio, 4, 31, 66;
συνοχήν καί ταλαιπωρίαν,
Job 30:3; (cf.
Judges 2:3; plural
Psalm 24:17 ( Aq.).