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Greek noun (feminine) · G2347

θλῖψις

thlipsisthlip'-sis

pressure

44 uses in the Greek text, one for each word STEP Bible has tagged with this key

Concordance spelling: thlîpsis

Word page · Part of the concordance, one page for every word of the Hebrew and Greek text. Strong's G2347is this word's number in James Strong's 1890 index of the King James Bible.

  • 15 of 27
    New Testament books
  • 8
    spellings

The definition in full

Strong's key (1890) · G2347

pressure (literally or figuratively)

The King James renders it: afflicted(-tion), anguish, burdened, persecution, 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

thlipsis is rendered "pressure". It stands 44 times in the Greek text, across fifteen books.

  • Nine of the uses stand in 2 Corinthians, more than in any other book.
  • Its first use in canonical order opens the ledger below.Matthew 13:21But since he has no root, he remains for only a season. When trouble or persecution comes because of the word, he quickly falls away.
  • The Greek text spells it eight different ways.

The first use

But since he has no root, he remains for only a season. When trouble or persecution comes because of the word, he quickly falls away.

Matthew 13:21θλίψεως

The first use, in the order of the New Testament's books.

Where the word stands

The word stands in fifteen of the 27 New Testament books.

The other 12 New Testament books never use the word.

What the word means

Each meaning, and the words it is translated by

How the Greek text is glossed, word by word

  • tribulation24
  • tribulations9
  • affliction7
  • by tribulations1
  • in tribulation1
  • of tribulation1
  • with affliction1

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.

The words it stands beside

All 44, in canonical order

Every use, in order

Every use, grouped by book, with its verse.

8 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

  • θλίψει9
  • θλίψεως9
  • θλῖψιν9
  • θλῖψις7
  • θλίψεσιν5
  • θλίψεων3
  • θλίψεις1
  • θλίψεσίν1

The grammar of each form

  • noun · accusative (object) · feminine singular9N-ASF
  • noun · dative (“to / for”) · feminine singular9N-DSF
  • noun · genitive (“of”) · feminine singular9N-GSF
  • noun · nominative (subject) · feminine singular7N-NSF
  • noun · dative (“to / for”) · feminine plural6N-DPF
  • noun · genitive (“of”) · feminine plural3N-GPF
  • noun · nominative (subject) · feminine plural1N-NPF

Matthew

four uses
  • But since he has no root, he remains for only a season. When trouble or persecution comes because of the word, he quickly falls away.

    Matthew 13:21

    • θλίψεωςthlipseosnoun · genitive (“of”) · feminine singulartagged: tribulation
  • Then they will deliver you over to be persecuted and killed, and you will be hated by all nations because of My name.

    Matthew 24:9

    • θλῖψινthlipsinnoun · accusative (object) · feminine singulartagged: tribulation
  • For at that time there will be great tribulation, unmatched from the beginning of the world until now, and never to be seen again.

    Matthew 24:21

    • θλῖψιςthlipsisnoun · nominative (subject) · feminine singulartagged: tribulation
  • Immediately after the tribulation of those days: ‘The sun will be darkened, and the moon will not give its light; the stars will fall from the sky, and the powers of the heavens will be shaken.’

    Matthew 24:29

    • θλῖψινthlipsinnoun · accusative (object) · feminine singulartagged: tribulation

Mark

three uses
  • But they themselves have no root, and they remain for only a season. When trouble or persecution comes because of the word, they quickly fall away.

    Mark 4:17

    • θλίψεωςthlipseosnoun · genitive (“of”) · feminine singulartagged: tribulation
  • For those will be days of tribulation unmatched from the beginning of God’s creation until now, and never to be seen again.

    Mark 13:19

    • θλῖψιςthlipsisnoun · nominative (subject) · feminine singulartagged: tribulation
  • But in those days, after that tribulation: ‘The sun will be darkened, and the moon will not give its light;

    Mark 13:24

    • θλῖψινthlipsinnoun · accusative (object) · feminine singulartagged: tribulation

John

two uses
  • A woman has pain in childbirth because her time has come; but when she brings forth her child, she forgets her anguish because of her joy that a child has been born into the world.

    John 16:21

    • θλίψεωςthlipseosnoun · genitive (“of”) · feminine singulartagged: tribulation
  • I have told you these things so that in Me you may have peace. In the world you will have tribulation. But take courage; I have overcome the world!”

    John 16:33

    • θλῖψινthlipsinnoun · accusative (object) · feminine singulartagged: tribulation

Acts

five uses
  • and rescued him from all his troubles. He granted Joseph favor and wisdom in the sight of Pharaoh king of Egypt, who appointed him ruler over Egypt and all his household.

    Acts 7:10

    • θλίψεωνthlipseonnoun · genitive (“of”) · feminine pluraltagged: tribulations
  • Then famine and great suffering swept across Egypt and Canaan, and our fathers could not find food.

    Acts 7:11

    • θλῖψιςthlipsisnoun · nominative (subject) · feminine singulartagged: affliction
  • Meanwhile those scattered by the persecution that began with Stephen traveled as far as Phoenicia, Cyprus, and Antioch, speaking the message only to Jews.

    Acts 11:19

    • θλίψεωςthlipseosnoun · genitive (“of”) · feminine singulartagged: tribulation
  • strengthening the souls of the disciples and encouraging them to continue in the faith. “We must endure many hardships to enter the kingdom of God,” they said.

    Acts 14:22

    • θλίψεωνthlipseonnoun · genitive (“of”) · feminine pluraltagged: tribulations
  • I only know that in town after town the Holy Spirit warns me that chains and afflictions await me.

    Acts 20:23

    • θλίψειςthlipseisnoun · nominative (subject) · feminine pluraltagged: tribulations

Romans

five uses
  • There will be trouble and distress for every human being who does evil, first for the Jew, then for the Greek;

    Romans 2:9

    • θλῖψιςthlipsisnoun · nominative (subject) · feminine singulartagged: tribulation
  • Not only that, but we also rejoice in our sufferings, because we know that suffering produces perseverance;

    Romans 5:3

    • θλίψεσινthlipsesinnoun · dative (“to / for”) · feminine pluraltagged: tribulations
    • θλῖψιςthlipsisnoun · nominative (subject) · feminine singulartagged: tribulation
  • Who shall separate us from the love of Christ? Shall trouble or distress or persecution or famine or nakedness or danger or sword?

    Romans 8:35

    • θλῖψιςthlipsisnoun · nominative (subject) · feminine singulartagged: Tribulation
  • Be joyful in hope, patient in affliction, persistent in prayer.

    Romans 12:12

    • θλίψειthlipseinoun · dative (“to / for”) · feminine singulartagged: in tribulation

1 Corinthians

one use
  • But if you do marry, you have not sinned. And if a virgin marries, she has not sinned. But those who marry will face troubles in this life, and I want to spare you this.

    1 Corinthians 7:28

    • θλῖψινthlipsinnoun · accusative (object) · feminine singulartagged: tribulation

2 Corinthians

nine uses
  • who comforts us in all our troubles, so that we can comfort those in any trouble with the comfort we ourselves have received from God.

    2 Corinthians 1:4

    • θλίψειthlipseinoun · dative (“to / for”) · feminine singulartagged: tribulation
    • θλίψειthlipseinoun · dative (“to / for”) · feminine singulartagged: tribulation
  • We do not want you to be unaware, brothers, of the hardships we encountered in the province of Asia. We were under a burden far beyond our ability to endure, so that we despaired even of life.

    2 Corinthians 1:8

    • θλίψεωςthlipseosnoun · genitive (“of”) · feminine singulartagged: affliction
  • For through many tears I wrote you out of great distress and anguish of heart, not to grieve you but to let you know how much I love you.

    2 Corinthians 2:4

    • θλίψεωςthlipseosnoun · genitive (“of”) · feminine singulartagged: affliction
  • For our light and momentary affliction is producing for us an eternal weight of glory that is far beyond comparison.

    2 Corinthians 4:17

    • θλίψεωςthlipseosnoun · genitive (“of”) · feminine singulartagged: affliction
  • Rather, as servants of God we commend ourselves in every way: in great endurance; in troubles, hardships, and calamities;

    2 Corinthians 6:4

    • θλίψεσινthlipsesinnoun · dative (“to / for”) · feminine pluraltagged: tribulations
  • Great is my confidence in you; great is my pride in you; I am filled with encouragement; in all our troubles my joy overflows.

    2 Corinthians 7:4

    • θλίψειthlipseinoun · dative (“to / for”) · feminine singulartagged: affliction
  • In the terrible ordeal they suffered, their abundant joy and deep poverty overflowed into rich generosity.

    2 Corinthians 8:2

    • θλίψεωςthlipseosnoun · genitive (“of”) · feminine singulartagged: of tribulation
  • It is not our intention that others may be relieved while you are burdened, but that there may be equality.

    2 Corinthians 8:13

    • θλῖψιςthlipsisnoun · nominative (subject) · feminine singulartagged: affliction

Ephesians

one use
  • So I ask you not to be discouraged because of my sufferings for you, which are your glory.

    Ephesians 3:13

    • θλίψεσίνthlipsesinnoun · dative (“to / for”) · feminine pluraltagged: tribulations

Philippians

one use
  • Nevertheless, you have done well to share in my affliction.

    Philippians 4:14

    • θλίψειthlipseinoun · dative (“to / for”) · feminine singulartagged: affliction

Colossians

one use
  • Now I rejoice in my sufferings for you, and I fill up in my flesh what is lacking in regard to Christ’s afflictions for the sake of His body, which is the church.

    Colossians 1:24

    • θλίψεωνthlipseonnoun · genitive (“of”) · feminine pluraltagged: tribulations

1 Thessalonians

three uses
  • And you became imitators of us and of the Lord when you welcomed the message with the joy of the Holy Spirit, in spite of your great suffering.

    1 Thessalonians 1:6

    • θλίψειthlipseinoun · dative (“to / for”) · feminine singulartagged: tribulation
  • so that none of you would be shaken by these trials. For you know that we are destined for this.

    1 Thessalonians 3:3

    • θλίψεσινthlipsesinnoun · dative (“to / for”) · feminine pluraltagged: tribulations
  • For this reason, brothers, in all our distress and persecution, we have been reassured about you, because of your faith.

    1 Thessalonians 3:7

    • θλίψειthlipseinoun · dative (“to / for”) · feminine singulartagged: tribulation

2 Thessalonians

two uses
  • That is why we boast among God’s churches about your perseverance and faith in the face of all the persecution and affliction you are enduring.

    2 Thessalonians 1:4

    • θλίψεσινthlipsesinnoun · dative (“to / for”) · feminine pluraltagged: tribulations
  • After all, it is only right for God to repay with affliction those who afflict you,

    2 Thessalonians 1:6

    • θλῖψινthlipsinnoun · accusative (object) · feminine singulartagged: with affliction

Hebrews

one use
  • Sometimes you were publicly exposed to ridicule and persecution; at other times you were partners with those who were so treated.

    Hebrews 10:33

    • θλίψεσινthlipsesinnoun · dative (“to / for”) · feminine pluraltagged: by tribulations

James

one use
  • Pure and undefiled religion before our God and Father is this: to care for orphans and widows in their distress, and to keep oneself from being polluted by the world.

    James 1:27

    • θλίψειthlipseinoun · dative (“to / for”) · feminine singulartagged: tribulation

Revelation

five uses
  • I, John, your brother and partner in the tribulation and kingdom and perseverance that are in Jesus, was on the island of Patmos because of the word of God and my testimony about Jesus.

    Revelation 1:9

    • θλίψειthlipseinoun · dative (“to / for”) · feminine singulartagged: tribulation
  • I know your affliction and your poverty—though you are rich! And I am aware of the slander of those who falsely claim to be Jews, but are in fact a synagogue of Satan.

    Revelation 2:9

    • θλῖψινthlipsinnoun · accusative (object) · feminine singulartagged: tribulation
  • Do not fear what you are about to suffer. Look, the devil is about to throw some of you into prison to test you, and you will suffer tribulation for ten days. Be faithful even unto death, and I will give you the crown of life.

    Revelation 2:10

    • θλῖψινthlipsinnoun · accusative (object) · feminine singulartagged: tribulation
  • Behold, I will cast her onto a bed of sickness, and those who commit adultery with her will suffer great tribulation unless they repent of her deeds.

    Revelation 2:22

    • θλῖψινthlipsinnoun · accusative (object) · feminine singulartagged: tribulation
  • “Sir,” I answered, “you know.” So he replied, “These are the ones who have come out of the great tribulation; they have washed their robes and made them white in the blood of the Lamb.

    Revelation 7:14

    • θλίψεωςthlipseosnoun · genitive (“of”) · feminine singulartagged: tribulation

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.

The words it stands beside are the nouns, verbs and adjectives immediately before or after it, counted in every verse where the word stands. The article, the conjunctions and the prepositions are left out, because they stand beside every word.

Hebrew and Greek text, word tagging and grammar: STEP Bible (www.STEPBible.org), Tyndale House, CC BY 4.0. Their grammar codes are written out in English here and shown as tagged beside each one.

Meaning and senses: STEP Bible TBESG (Tyndale House, CC BY 4.0), the Brief lexicon based on Abbott-Smith (1922).

Dictionary key: Strong's Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible (1890, public domain). English verse text: Berean Standard Bible (public domain, 2023).

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