θλίβω

θλίβω

[in LXX chiefly (ὁ θλίβων, ) for צוּר ;]

to press: with accusative of person(s), Mark 3,9 ὁδὸς τεθλιμμένη, a narrow (compressed) way, Matt 7,14, Metaphorical (as frequently in LXX), to oppress, afflict, distress: with accusative of person(s), 2 Thess 1,6 pass. (Vg., tribulor, tribulation em patior), 2 Kor 1,6; 4,8; 7,5, 1 Thess 3,4, 2 Thess 1,7, 1 Tim 5,10, Hebr 11,37 (cf. ἀπο-, συν-θλίβω).†