θλίβω
thlíbō
“to crowd (literally or figuratively)”
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Definition
From Mounce's Concise Greek-English Dictionary
Strong’s Definition
to crowd (literally or figuratively)
Mounce Concise Greek-English Dictionary
to squeeze, press; to press upon, encumber, throng, crowd, Mk. 3:9; met. to distress, afflict, 2 Cor. 1:6; 4:8; pass. to be compressed, narrow, Mt. 7:14
Translated in KJV as
afflictnarrowthrongsuffer tribulationtrouble
Etymology
akin to the base of G5147 (τρίβος);
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