Greek verb · G2346
θλίβω
thlibothlee'-bo
to press on
10 uses in the Greek text, one for each word STEP Bible has tagged with this key
Concordance spelling: thlíbō
Word page · Part of the concordance, one page for every word of the Hebrew and Greek text. Strong's G2346is this word's number in James Strong's 1890 index of the King James Bible.
- 7 of 27New Testament books
- 7spellings
The definition in full
Strong's key (1890) · G2346
to crowd (literally or figuratively)
The King James renders it: afflict, narrow, throng, suffer tribulation, trouble.
James Strong, The Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible (1890), public domain. Strong indexed the King James text, and this site quotes his entry as that index.
Summary
thlibo is rendered "to press on". It stands 10 times in the Greek text, across seven books.
- Three of the uses stand in 2 Corinthians, more than in any other book.
- Its first use in canonical order opens the ledger below.Matthew 7:14But small is the gate and narrow the way that leads to life, and only a few find it.
- The Greek text spells it seven different ways.
The first use
But small is the gate and narrow the way that leads to life, and only a few find it.
Matthew 7:14τεθλιμμένη
The first use, in the order of the New Testament's books.
Where the word stands
Three of the word's ten uses are in 2 Corinthians.
What the word means
Each meaning, and the words it is translated by
How the Greek text is glossed, word by word
- being oppressed2
- being hard pressed1
- compressed1
- oppressing1
- they may press upon1
- to suffer affliction1
- to those being oppressed1
- we are being pressed1
- we are constricted1
The words built on the same word-part
Each word below begins with the same letters this one begins with. A shared word-part shows a family. It does not settle what any one of them means, so each word carries its own uses on its own page. Scholars call that shared part the stem.
All 10, in canonical order
Every use, in order
Every use, grouped by book, with its verse.
7 spellings and their grammar
STEP Bible tags every word of the Hebrew and Greek text with its spelling and its grammar. Both lists below count the rows printed underneath, written out in English, with the code beside each one as it was tagged.
How it is spelled
- θλιβόμενοι3
- θλιβομένοις2
- θλίβεσθαι1
- θλιβόμεθα1
- θλίβουσιν1
- θλίβωσιν1
- τεθλιμμένη1
The grammar of each form
- verb · present passive, participle · nominative (subject) · masculine plural3V-PPP-NPM
- verb · present passive, participle · dative (“to / for”) · masculine plural2V-PPP-DPM
- verb · present active, participle · dative (“to / for”) · masculine plural1V-PAP-DPM
- verb · present active, subjunctive · 3rd person plural1V-PAS-3P
- verb · present passive, indicative · 1st person plural1V-PPI-1P
- verb · present passive, infinitive (“to…”)1V-PPN
- verb · perfect passive, participle · nominative (subject) · feminine singular1V-RPP-NSF
Matthew
one use
But small is the gate and narrow the way that leads to life, and only a few find it.
- τεθλιμμένηtethlimmeneverb · perfect passive, participle · nominative (subject) · feminine singulartagged: compressed
Mark
one use
Jesus asked His disciples to have a boat ready for Him so that the crowd would not crush Him.
- θλίβωσινthlibosinverb · present active, subjunctive · 3rd person pluraltagged: they may press upon
2 Corinthians
three uses
If we are afflicted, it is for your comfort and salvation; if we are comforted, it is for your comfort, which accomplishes in you patient endurance of the same sufferings we experience.
- θλιβόμεθαthlibomethaverb · present passive, indicative · 1st person pluraltagged: we are constricted
We are hard pressed on all sides, but not crushed; perplexed, but not in despair;
- θλιβόμενοιthlibomenoiverb · present passive, participle · nominative (subject) · masculine pluraltagged: being hard pressed
For when we arrived in Macedonia, our bodies had no rest, but we were pressed from every direction—conflicts on the outside, fears within.
- θλιβόμενοιthlibomenoiverb · present passive, participle · nominative (subject) · masculine pluraltagged: we are being pressed
1 Thessalonians
one use
Indeed, when we were with you, we kept warning you that we would suffer persecution; and as you know, it has come to pass.
- θλίβεσθαιthlibesthaiverb · present passive, infinitive (“to…”)tagged: to suffer affliction
2 Thessalonians
two uses
After all, it is only right for God to repay with affliction those who afflict you,
- θλίβουσινthlibousinverb · present active, participle · dative (“to / for”) · masculine pluraltagged: oppressing
and to grant relief to you who are oppressed and to us as well. This will take place when the Lord Jesus is revealed from heaven with His mighty angels
- θλιβομένοιςthlibomenoisverb · present passive, participle · dative (“to / for”) · masculine pluraltagged: being oppressed
1 Timothy
one use
and well known for good deeds such as bringing up children, entertaining strangers, washing the feet of the saints, imparting relief to the afflicted, and devoting herself to every good work.
- θλιβομένοιςthlibomenoisverb · present passive, participle · dative (“to / for”) · masculine pluraltagged: to those being oppressed
Hebrews
one use
They were stoned, they were sawed in two, they were put to death by the sword. They went around in sheepskins and goatskins, destitute, oppressed, and mistreated.
- θλιβόμενοιthlibomenoiverb · present passive, participle · nominative (subject) · masculine pluraltagged: being oppressed
Where it leads
How the numbers are counted
Every count on this page comes from STEP Bible's tagged Hebrew and Greek text, the same text the ledger prints. A use is counted once each time the tagging marks a word with this key.
Spellings are counted as the Greek text spells them, with the sentence's own punctuation taken off the word first, so a form that ends a clause is not counted as a second spelling.