θλῖψις

θλῖψις — thlîpsis

θλῖψις, or θλῖψις (so L Tr) (cf. Winers Grammar, § 6, 1 e.; Lipsius, Grammat. Untersuch., p. 35), θλίψεως, ἡ (θλίβω), properly, a pressing, pressing together, pressure (Strabo, p. 52; Galen); in Biblical and ecclesiastical writings, a Greek metaphor, oppression, affliction, tribulation, distress, straits; Vulg.tribulatio, also pressura (2Co 1:4 b; Joh 16:1-33 :(21),33; (Php 1:16 (17); and in Col 1:24 passio)); (the Sept. for צָרָה, also for צַר, לַחַץ, etc.): Mat 24:9; Act 7:11; Act 11:19; Rom 12:12; 2Co 1:4; 2Co 1:8; 2Co 4:17; 2Co 6:4; 2Co 7:4; 2Co 8:2; 2Th 1:6; Rev 1:9; Rev 2:9; Rev 2:22; Rev 7:14; joined with στενοχωρία (cf. Trench, § lv.), Rom 2:9; Rom 8:35 (Deu 28:53 f; Isa.; ); with ἀνάγκη, 1Th 3:7; with διωγμός, Mat 13:21; Mar 4:17; 2Th 1:4; of the afflictions of those hard pressed by siege and the calamities of war, Mat 24:21; Mat 24:29; Mar 13:19; Mar 13:24; of the straits of want, 2Co 8:13; Php 4:14 (here others give the word a wider reference); Jas 1:27; of the distress of a woman in childbirth; Joh 16:21. θλῖψιν ἔχω (equivalent to θλίβομαι), Joh 16:33; 1Co 7:28; Rev 2:10; θλῖψις ἐπί τινα ἔρχεται, Act 7:11; ἐν θλίψει, 1Th 1:6. plural: Act 7:10; Act 14:22; Act 20:23; Rom 5:3; Eph 3:13; 1Th 3:3; Heb 10:33; τοῦ Χριστοῦ, the afflictions which Christ had to undergo (and which, therefore, his followers must not shrink from), Col 1:24 (see ἀνταναπληρόω); θλῖψις τῆς καρδίας (καί συνοχή), anxiety, burden of heart, 2Co 2:4; θλῖψιν ἐπιφέρειν (L T Tr WH ἐγείρειν, see ἐγείρω, 4 c.) τοῖς δεσμοῖς τίνος, to increase the misery of my imprisonment by causing me anxiety, Php 1:16 (17).