pressure

Greek Noun Female

θλίψις (LTr, θλῖψις), -εως, ἡ (θλίβω), [in LXX for צָרָה, etc;] pressure (Arist.). In LXX and NT metaphorically, tribulation, affliction, distress: Mat.24:9, 21 24:29, Mrk.13:19, 24, Jhn.16:21, Act.7:11 11:19, Rom.12:12, 2Co.1:4 1:8 4:17 6:4 7:4 8:2 8:13, Php.4:14, 2Th.1:6, Jas.1:27, Rev.1:9 2:9, 22 7:14; with ἀνάγκη (which see), 1Th.3:7; στενοχωρία (which from the order of the words would appear to be the stronger term), Rom.2:9 8:35; διωγμός, Mat.13:21, Mrk.4:17, 2Th.1:4; θ. ἔχω, Jhn.16:33, 1Co.7:23, Rev.2:10; ἔρχεσθαι ἐπί, Act.7:11; ἐν θλίψει 1Th.1:6; pl, Act.7:10 14:22 20:28, Rom.5:3, Eph.3:13, 1Th.3:3, Heb.10:33; τ. Χριστοῦ, Col.1:24; θ. τῆς καρδίας, 2Co.2:4; θ. ἐγείρειν, Php.1:17. SYN.: ἀνάγκη, διωγμός, στενοχωρία (see supr, and cf. Tr, Syn, iv; Lft, Notes, 45) (AS)

pressure

Greek Noun Female

θλῖψις, εως, ἡ, pressure, [Refs 4th c.BC+]; ἀντέρεισις καὶ θ. [Refs 1st c.BC+]; of the pulse, [Refs 2nd c.AD+]; ὑστερικαὶ θ. [Refs 2nd c.AD+] 2) crushing, castration, πώλων [Refs] 3) metaphorically, oppression, affliction, [LXX+1st c.BC+]

Greek

Noun Feminine

pressure (literally or figuratively); afflicted(-tion), anguish, burdened, persecution, tribulation, trouble; from g2346 (θλίβω)