thlibō · press, afflict

What it means

thlibō (θλίβω) is a Greek word of the Bible that means “press, afflict”.

Press, crowd; afflict. A "narrow way" is a pressed, hard way.

How to say it

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

1. To press; narrow, like the road to life.
2. To make suffer, or be in trouble.

From Abbott-Smith (1922) · Thayer (1889)

How it is translated

The words this translation uses for it, most frequent first.

• afflicted ×6
• constricted ×1
• crush ×1
• suffer affliction ×1
• those who afflict ×1

Related words

Words of the same family, by Strong’s numbering.

Where it appears

• Matthew×1
• Mark×1
• 2 Corinthians×3
• 1 Thessalonians×1
• 2 Thessalonians×2
• 1 Timothy×1
• Hebrews×1

• Matthew 7:14

  for narrow is the gate and constricted the way that leads to life, and few are those who find it.

• Mark 3:9

  And he told his disciples that a small boat should be kept ready for him because of the crowd, so that they would not crush him;

• 2 Corinthians 1:6

  If we are afflicted, it is for your comfort and salvation; if we are comforted, it is for your comfort, which is at work in perseverance in the same sufferings that we also suffer.

• 2 Corinthians 4:8

  We are afflicted in every way, but not crushed; perplexed, but not in despair;

• 2 Corinthians 7:5

  For even when we came into Macedonia, our flesh had no rest, but we were afflicted in every way: outside fights, inside fears.

• 1 Thessalonians 3:4

  For indeed, when we were with you, we told you beforehand that we were going to suffer affliction, just as it also happened, and you know.

• 2 Thessalonians 1:6

  if indeed it is righteous with God to repay with affliction those who afflict you,

• 2 Thessalonians 1:7

  and to give relief to you who are afflicted along with us, at the revelation of the Lord Jesus from heaven with the angels of his power,

• 1 Timothy 5:10

  well attested for good works: if she has brought up children, if she has shown hospitality, if she has washed the feet of the saints, if she has helped the afflicted, if she has devoted herself to every good work.

• Hebrews 11:37

  They were stoned, they were sawn in two, they were killed by the sword; they went about in sheepskins, in goat skins, destitute, afflicted, mistreated