θλῖψις

θλίψις (LTr., θλῖψις), -εως, ἡ

(θλίβω), [in LXX for צָרָה, etc. ;]

pressure (Arist.). In LXX and NT metaphorically, tribulation, affliction, distress: Matt 24,9, 21; 24,29, Mark 13,19, 24, Joh 16,21, ApG 7,11; 11,19, Rom 12,12, 2 Kor 1,4; 1,8; 4,17; 6,4; 7,4; 8,2; 8,13, Fil 4,14, 2 Thess 1,6, Jak 1,27, Åb 1,9; 2,9, 22; 7,14; with ἀνάγκη (which see), 1 Thess 3,7 στενοχωρία (which from the order of the words would appear to be the stronger term), Rom 2,9; 8,35; διωγμός, Matt 13,21, Mark 4,17, 2 Thess 1,4; θ. ἔχω, Joh 16,33, 1 Kor 7,23, Åb 2,10; ἔρχεσθαι ἐπί, ApG 7,11 ἐν θλίψει 1 Thess 1,6 pl., ApG 7,10; 14,22; 20,28, Rom 5,3, Ef 3,13, 1 Thess 3,3, Hebr 10,33; τ. Χριστοῦ, Kol 1,24 θ. τῆς καρδίας, 2 Kor 2,4 θ. ἐγείρειν, Fil 1,17,†

SYN.: ἀνάγκη, διωγμός, στενοχωρία (see supr., and cf. Tr., Syn, iv; Lft., Notes, 45)