Original Word: θλῖψις, εως, ἡ
Part of Speech: Noun, Feminine
Transliteration: thlipsis
Phonetic Spelling: (thlip'-sis)
Short Definition: persecution, affliction, distress
Definition: persecution, affliction, distress, tribulation.

2347 thlípsis – properly, pressure (what constricts or rubs together), used of a narrow place that "hems someone in"; tribulation, especially internal pressure that causes someone to feel confined (restricted, "without options").

2347 /thlípsis ("compression, tribulation") carries the challenge of coping with the internal pressure of a tribulation, especially when feeling there is "no way of escape" ("hemmed in").

[By contrast, 4730 (stenoxōría) focuses on the external pressure exerted by circumstances.]

STRONGS NT 2347: θλῖψις

θλῖψις, or θλῖψις (so L Tr) (cf. Winers Grammar, § 6, 1 e.; Lipsius, Grammat. Untersuch., p. 35), θλίψεως, ἡ (θλίβω), properly, a pressing, pressing together, pressure (Strabo, p. 52; Galen); in Biblical and ecclesiastical writings, a Greek metaphor, oppression, affliction, tribulation, distress, straits; Vulg.tribulatio, also pressura (2 Corinthians 1:4b; John 16:(21),33; (Philippians 1:16 (17); and in Colossians 1:24 passio)); (the Sept. for צָרָה, also for צַר, לַחַץ, etc.): Matthew 24:9; Acts 7:11; Acts 11:19; Romans 12:12; 2 Corinthians 1:4, 8; 2 Corinthians 4:17; 2 Corinthians 6:4; 2 Corinthians 7:4; 2 Corinthians 8:2; 2 Thessalonians 1:6; Revelation 1:9; Revelation 2:9, 22; Revelation 7:14; joined with στενοχωρία (cf. Trench, § lv.), Romans 2:9; Romans 8:35 (Deuteronomy 28:53f; Isa. (

Strong's Greek 2347
45 Occurrences

θλίψει — 9 Occ.
θλίψεις — 1 Occ.
θλίψεων — 3 Occ.
θλίψεως — 9 Occ.
θλίψεσιν — 6 Occ.
θλίψιν — 10 Occ.
θλίψις — 7 Occ.

Matthew 13:21 N-GFS
GRK: γενομένης δὲ θλίψεως ἢ διωγμοῦ
NAS: but is [only] temporary, and when affliction or
KJV: for when tribulation or
INT: having come however tribulation or persecution

Matthew 24:9 N-AFS
GRK: ὑμᾶς εἰς θλίψιν καὶ ἀποκτενοῦσιν
NAS: they will deliver you to tribulation, and will kill
KJV: up to be afflicted, and shall kill
INT: you to tribulation and will kill

Matthew 24:21 N-NFS
GRK: γὰρ τότε θλίψις μεγάλη οἵα
NAS: there will be a great tribulation, such
KJV: great tribulation, such as
INT: indeed then tribulation great such as

Matthew 24:29 N-AFS
GRK: μετὰ τὴν θλίψιν τῶν ἡμερῶν
NAS: after the tribulation of those
KJV: after the tribulation of those
INT: after the tribulation the days

Mark 4:17 N-GFS
GRK: εἶτα γενομένης θλίψεως ἢ διωγμοῦ
NAS: then, when affliction or
KJV: afterward, when affliction or
INT: then having arisen tribulation or persecution

Mark 13:19 N-NFS
GRK: ἡμέραι ἐκεῖναι θλίψις οἵα οὐ
NAS: days will be a [time of] tribulation such
KJV: days shall be affliction, such as
INT: days those tribulation such as never

Mark 13:24 N-AFS
GRK: μετὰ τὴν θλίψιν ἐκείνην ὁ
NAS: after that tribulation, THE SUN
KJV: that tribulation, the sun
INT: after the tribulation those the

John 16:21 N-GFS
GRK: μνημονεύει τῆς θλίψεως διὰ τὴν
NAS: remembers the anguish because
KJV: no more the anguish, for
INT: she remembers the tribulation on account of the

John 16:33 N-AFS
GRK: τῷ κόσμῳ θλίψιν ἔχετε ἀλλὰ
NAS: you have tribulation, but take courage;
KJV: ye shall have tribulation: but
INT: the world tribulation you have but

Acts 7:10 N-GFP
GRK: πασῶν τῶν θλίψεων αὐτοῦ καὶ
NAS: him from all his afflictions, and granted
KJV: all his afflictions, and gave
INT: all the tribulations of him and

Acts 7:11 N-NFS
GRK: Χαναὰν καὶ θλίψις μεγάλη καὶ
NAS: and great affliction [with it], and our fathers
KJV: and great affliction: and our
INT: Canaan and tribulation great and

Acts 11:19 N-GFS
GRK: ἀπὸ τῆς θλίψεως τῆς γενομένης
NAS: because of the persecution that occurred
KJV: upon the persecution that arose
INT: by the tribulation that had taken place

Acts 14:22 N-GFP
GRK: διὰ πολλῶν θλίψεων δεῖ ἡμᾶς
NAS: many tribulations we must
KJV: through much tribulation enter into
INT: through many tribulations must we

Acts 20:23 N-NFP
GRK: δεσμὰ καὶ θλίψεις με μένουσιν
NAS: that bonds and afflictions await
KJV: bonds and afflictions abide me.
INT: chains and tribulations me await

Romans 2:9 N-NFS
GRK: θλίψις καὶ στενοχωρία
NAS: [There will be] tribulation and distress
KJV: Tribulation and anguish,
INT: tribulation and distress

Romans 5:3 N-DFP
GRK: ἐν ταῖς θλίψεσιν εἰδότες ὅτι
NAS: exult in our tribulations, knowing
KJV: we glory in tribulations also: knowing
INT: in the tribulations knowing that

Romans 5:3 N-NFS
GRK: ὅτι ἡ θλίψις ὑπομονὴν κατεργάζεται
NAS: knowing that tribulation brings about
KJV: that tribulation worketh
INT: that the tribulation endurance produces

Romans 8:35 N-NFS
GRK: τοῦ χριστοῦ θλίψις ἢ στενοχωρία
NAS: of Christ? Will tribulation, or
KJV: of Christ? [shall] tribulation, or
INT: of Christ tribulation or distress

Romans 12:12 N-DFS
GRK: χαίροντες τῇ θλίψει ὑπομένοντες τῇ
NAS: persevering in tribulation, devoted
KJV: patient in tribulation; continuing instant
INT: rejoice the in tribulation be patient

1 Corinthians 7:28 N-AFS
GRK: οὐχ ἥμαρτεν θλίψιν δὲ τῇ
NAS: such will have trouble in this life,
KJV: shall have trouble in the flesh:
INT: not she did sin tribulation however in the

2 Corinthians 1:4 N-DFS
GRK: πάσῃ τῇ θλίψει ἡμῶν εἰς
NAS: us in all our affliction so
KJV: all our tribulation, that we
INT: all the tribulation of us for

2 Corinthians 1:4 N-DFS
GRK: ἐν πάσῃ θλίψει διὰ τῆς
NAS: who are in any affliction with the comfort
KJV: any trouble, by
INT: in every tribulation through the

2 Corinthians 1:8 N-GFS
GRK: ὑπὲρ τῆς θλίψεως ἡμῶν τῆς
NAS: brethren, of our affliction which came
KJV: of our trouble which came
INT: as to the tribulation of us

2 Corinthians 2:4 N-GFS
GRK: γὰρ πολλῆς θλίψεως καὶ συνοχῆς
NAS: For out of much affliction and anguish
KJV: out of much affliction and anguish
INT: indeed much tribulation and distress

2 Corinthians 4:17 N-GFS
GRK: ἐλαφρὸν τῆς θλίψεως ἡμῶν καθ'
NAS: light affliction is producing
KJV: light affliction, which
INT: lightness of tribulation of us far

45 Occurrences