στενοχωρία stenochōría
Meaning
narrowness of room, i.e. (figuratively) calamity
In the King James Version: anguish, distress
Derivation: from a compound of G4728 (στενός) and G5561 (χώρα);
Where it is used
- Romans 2:9 There will be trouble and distress for every human being who does evil, first for the Jew, then for the Greek;
- Romans 8:35 Who shall separate us from the love of Christ? Shall trouble or distress or persecution or famine or nakedness or danger or sword?
- 2 Corinthians 6:4 Rather, as servants of God we commend ourselves in every way: in great endurance; in troubles, hardships, and calamities;
- 2 Corinthians 12:10 That is why, for the sake of Christ, I delight in weaknesses, in insults, in hardships, in persecutions, in difficulties. For when I am weak, then I am strong.