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G2346θλίβωthlibō
to press onPart of speech: Greek Verb
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For narrow is the door and hard the road to life, and only a small number make discovery of it.
τεθλιμμένη tethlimmenē “compressed”
And he made a request to his disciples to have a little boat ready for him, so that he might not be crushed by the people;
θλίβωσιν thlibōsin “they may press upon”
But if we are troubled, it is for your comfort and salvation; or if we are comforted, it is for your comfort, which takes effect through your quiet undergoing of the same troubles which we undergo:
θλιβόμεθα, thlibometha “we are constricted,”
Troubles are round us on every side, but we are not shut in; things are hard for us, but we see a way out of them;
θλιβόμενοι thlibomenoi “being hard pressed”
For even when we had come into Macedonia our flesh had no rest, but we were troubled on every side; there were fightings outside and fears inside.
θλιβόμενοι· thlibomenoi “we are being pressed:”
And when we were with you, we said to you that trouble was before us; and so it came about, as you see.
θλίβεσθαι thlibesthai “to suffer affliction”
For it is an act of righteousness on God's part to give trouble as their reward to those who are troubling you,
θλίβουσιν thlibousin “oppressing”
And to you who are troubled, rest with us, when the Lord Jesus comes from heaven with the angels of his power in flames of fire,
θλιβομένοις thlibomenois “being oppressed”
And if witness is given of her good works; if she has had the care of children, if she has been kind to travellers, washing the feet of the saints, helping those who are in trouble, giving herself to good works.
θλιβομένοις thlibomenois “to those being oppressed”
They were stoned, they were cut up with knives, they were tested, they were put to death with the sword, they went about in sheepskins and in goatskins; being poor and in pain and cruelly attacked,
θλιβόμενοι, thlibomenoi “being oppressed,”