στενοχωρία
stenochōria · distress
Greek word · Strong’s number G4730 · appears 4 times in the Bible
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stenochōria (στενοχωρία) is a Greek word of the Bible that means “distress”.
Anguish: being hemmed in with no way out.
How to say it
ste·no·chō·ri·a
Approximate pronunciation. Vowels sound as in Spanish (a as in father, e as in bed, i as in machine, o as in note, u as in rule); the syllable in bold is stressed. The voice is your device's.
Its senses in the Bible
- Being hemmed in, with no way out.
From Abbott-Smith (1922) · Thayer (1889)
How it is translated
The words this translation uses for it, most frequent first.
- distress ×2
- distresses ×2
Related words
Words that come from it
Words of the same family, by Strong’s numbering.
Where it appears
- Romans 2:9
There will be affliction and distress upon every soul of a human being who does evil, of both the Jew first and the Greek;
- Romans 8:35
Who will separate us from the love of the Messiah? Affliction, or distress, or persecution, or famine, or nakedness, or danger, or sword?
- 2 Corinthians 6:4
but in everything commending ourselves as servants of God: in great perseverance, in afflictions, in hardships, in distresses,
- 2 Corinthians 12:10
Therefore I take pleasure in weaknesses, in insults, in hardships, in persecutions and distresses, for the sake of the Messiah; for when I am weak, then I am strong.