θλίβω thlíbō
Meaning
to crowd (literally or figuratively)
In the King James Version: afflict, narrow, throng, suffer tribulation, trouble
Derivation: akin to the base of G5147 (τρίβος);
Where it is used
- Matthew 7:14 But small is the gate and narrow the way that leads to life, and only a few find it.
- Mark 3:9 Jesus asked His disciples to have a boat ready for Him so that the crowd would not crush Him.
- 2 Corinthians 1:6 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.
- 2 Corinthians 4:8 We are hard pressed on all sides, but not crushed; perplexed, but not in despair;
- 2 Corinthians 7:5 For when we arrived in Macedonia, our bodies had no rest, but we were pressed from every direction—conflicts on the outside, fears within.
- 1 Thessalonians 3:4 Indeed, when we were with you, we kept warning you that we would suffer persecution; and as you know, it has come to pass.
- 2 Thessalonians 1:6 After all, it is only right for God to repay with affliction those who afflict you,
- 2 Thessalonians 1:7 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
- 1 Timothy 5:10 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.
- Hebrews 11:37 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.