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Notes: ἀποθλίβω may be somewhat more emphatic than θλίβω[a].

Form 1

Part of speech: verb

Inflections: θλίβω; pf.pass.ptc.; τεθλιμμένος

Related lemmas: ἀποθλίβω · θλῖψις · συνθλίβω

Sense 1: to press against, to crowd against

Semantic entry: 19.44

Semantic domains: Physical Impact

Subdomains: Press

Definition: to crowd in hard against{N:001}

MRK 3:9: RV MRK 3:9 · LV MRK 3:9 · Read together MRK 3:9

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OET-RV MRK 3:9

9 So Yeshua asked his apprentices to organise a small boat to be there for him so he wouldn’t be cramped by the press of the crowd.

OET-LV MRK 3:9

9 And he _told to _the apprentices/followers of _him that a_little _boat may _be _continuing with _him because _of the crowd, in _order _that they _may_ not _be _crowding him.

Sense 2: to cause trouble to, to persecute, to cause to suffer hardship

Semantic entry: 22.21

Semantic domains: Trouble, Hardship, Relief, Favorable Circumstances

Subdomains: Cause Trouble, Hardship

Definition: to cause someone to suffer trouble or hardship

MAT 7:14: RV MAT 7:14 · LV MAT 7:14 · Read together MAT 7:14

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14 The gateway leading away to life is narrow, and the path has been kept narrow, and not many people find it.

OET-LV MAT 7:14

14 how narrow is the gate and the way which leading _away to the life having _been _narrowed is, and few are the ones finding it.

TH2 1:6: RV TH2 1:6 · LV TH2 1:6 · Read together TH2 1:6

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OET-RV TH2 1:6

6 God is righteous, and he’s the one who will repay those who oppress you and make life difficult for you all,

OET-LV TH2 1:6

6 if _indeed righteous it _is with god, to _repay to _the ones oppressing you _all in _tribulation,

Sense 3: to suffer hardship, to be troubled

Semantic entry: 22.15

Semantic domains: Trouble, Hardship, Relief, Favorable Circumstances

Subdomains: Experience Trouble, Hardship

Definition: to suffer hardship

Forms: θλίβομαι

CO2 1:6: RV CO2 1:6 · LV CO2 1:6 · Read together CO2 1:6

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6 If we’re being oppressed, it’s for your comfort and salvation, and if we’re being comforted, it’s for your comfort which enables you all to endure the same sufferings that we’re suffering.

OET-LV CO2 1:6

6 But whether we _are _being _oppressed, because/for the of _you _all comfort and salvation it _is, or we _are _being _comforted, because/for the of _you _all comfort it _is, which working in the_endurance of _the same sufferings, which also we are _suffering.

CO2 4:8: RV CO2 4:8 · LV CO2 4:8 · Read together CO2 4:8

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OET-RV CO2 4:8

8 We might be oppressed but we won’t be crushed, perplexed but we won’t despair,

OET-LV CO2 4:8

8 in everything being _oppressed, but not being _crushed, perplexing, but not despairing,

All 7 recorded passages for this sense

CO2: RV CO2 1:6 · RV CO2 4:8 · RV CO2 7:5 · LV CO2 1:6 · LV CO2 4:8 · LV CO2 7:5 · Read together CO2 1:6 · Read together CO2 4:8 · Read together CO2 7:5

TH1: RV TH1 3:4 · LV TH1 3:4 · Read together TH1 3:4

TH2: RV TH2 1:7 · LV TH2 1:7 · Read together TH2 1:7

TI1: RV TI1 5:10 · LV TI1 5:10 · Read together TI1 5:10

HEB: RV HEB 11:37 · LV HEB 11:37 · Read together HEB 11:37

UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament

θλίβω

Form 1

Sense 1: to press against, to crowd against

Sense 2: to cause trouble to, to persecute, to cause to suffer hardship

Sense 3: to suffer hardship, to be troubled