Greek verb · G4729

στενοχωρέω

stenochoreosten-okh-o-reh'-o

to be straitened (cf.; In late writers, trans.

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

Concordance spelling: stenochōréō

Word page · Part of the concordance, one page for every word of the Hebrew and Greek text. Strong's G4729is this word's number in James Strong's 1890 index of the King James Bible.

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The definition in full

Strong's key (1890) · G4729

to hem in closely, i.e. (figuratively) cramp

The King James renders it: distress, straiten.

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

stenochoreo is rendered "to be straitened (cf.; In late writers, trans.". It stands 3 times in the Greek text, across one book.

Three of the uses stand in 2 Corinthians, more than in any other book.
The lexicon lists two meanings for it, beginning with "to be straitened (cf.".
Its first use in canonical order opens the ledger below.2 Corinthians 4:8We are hard pressed on all sides, but not crushed; perplexed, but not in despair;
The Greek text spells it two different ways.

The first use

We are hard pressed on all sides, but not crushed; perplexed, but not in despair;

2 Corinthians 4:8στενοχωρούμενοι

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

Where the word stands

Three of the word's three uses are in 2 Corinthians.

2 Corinthians3

The other 26 New Testament books never use the word.

What the word means

The word carries two meanings: to be straitened (cf., and In late writers, trans..

Each meaning, and the words it is translated by

The English STEP Bible gives each use, word by word, and how many times.
Meaning	Tagged as	Where
to be straitened (cf.Isa.49:19); metaphorically	Tagged as you are restrained2	WhereIsaiah 49:19For your ruined and desolate places and your ravaged land will now indeed be too small for your…
In late writers, trans.to straiten	Tagged as being crushed1	Where2 Corinthians 4:8We are hard pressed on all sides, but not crushed; perplexed, but not in despair;

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.

Word	Written	Meaning	Uses
στενάζω	stenazo	to groan	Uses6
στενοχωρία	stenochoria	hardship	Uses4
στενός	stenos	narrow	Uses3
στεναγμός	stenagmos	groan	Uses2

All 3, in canonical order

Every use, in order

Every use, grouped by book, with its verse.

2 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

στενοχωρεῖσθε2
στενοχωρούμενοι1

The grammar of each form

verb · present passive, indicative · 2nd person plural2V-PPI-2P
verb · present passive, participle · nominative (subject) · masculine plural1V-PPP-NPM

2 Corinthians

three uses

We are hard pressed on all sides, but not crushed; perplexed, but not in despair;
2 Corinthians 4:8
- στενοχωρούμενοιstenochoroumenoiverb · present passive, participle · nominative (subject) · masculine pluraltagged: being crushed
It is not our affection, but yours, that is restrained.
2 Corinthians 6:12
- στενοχωρεῖσθεstenochoreistheverb · present passive, indicative · 2nd person pluraltagged: you are restrained
- στενοχωρεῖσθεstenochoreistheverb · present passive, indicative · 2nd person pluraltagged: you are restrained

Where it leads

Read 2 Corinthians 4:8 in context →

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 family is read from the lexicon by the stem the two words share, with the accents off, and a person or a place named on the stem is left out.