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Brown-Driver-Briggs /Thayer Dictionary - θλίβω
θλίβω
G2346
Transliteration: thlíbō
Pronunciation: thlee'-bo
Definition: afflict
- Original: θλίβω - Transliteration: Thlibo - Phonetic: thlee'-bo
- Definition:
1. to press (as grapes), press hard upon
2. a compressed way
a. narrow straitened, contracted
3. metaph. to trouble, afflict, distress
- Origin: akin to the base of G5147" class="dictionary-topic-link">G5147 - TDNT entry: 05:19,3 - Part(s) of speech: Verb - Strong's: Akin to the base of G5147" class="dictionary-topic-link">G5147; to crowd (literally or figuratively): - afflict narrow throng suffer tribulation trouble.