Original: θλίβω

Transliteration: thlíbō

Phonetic: thlee'-bo

Short 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

- TDNT entry: 05:19,3

- Part(s) of speech: Verb

- Strong's: Akin to the base of G5147; to crowd (literally or figuratively): - afflict narrow throng suffer tribulation trouble.

Cognate: G2347