The Koine Bible

Greek Lexicon

SBL Greek New Testament lexicon

θλίβω

Lexicon IndexWritten Scriptures
Lemmaθλίβω
Citation formθλίβω
Part of speechverb
GlossI make narrow, persecute, press hard
Strong’sG2346
Transliterationthlíbō
Definitionto crowd (literally or figuratively)
KJV glosses:--afflict, narrow, throng, suffer tribulation, trouble.
Derivationakin to the base of
SBLGNT occurrences10

Forms and grammatical context

Each form is parsed from its actual MorphGNT occurrence; a form may have more than one analysis depending on context.

Greek formGrammar and occurrences
θλίβεσθαι
verb, present, passive, infinitive (MorphGNT -PPN----) — 1 Thessalonians 3:4
θλιβόμεθα
verb, first person, present, passive, indicative, plural (MorphGNT 1PPI-P--) — 2 Corinthians 1:6
θλιβόμενοι
verb, present, passive, participle, nominative, plural, masculine (MorphGNT -PPPNPM-) — 2 Corinthians 4:8
verb, present, passive, participle, nominative, plural, masculine (MorphGNT -PPPNPM-) — 2 Corinthians 7:5
verb, present, passive, participle, nominative, plural, masculine (MorphGNT -PPPNPM-) — Hebrews 11:37
θλιβομένοις
verb, present, passive, participle, dative, plural, masculine (MorphGNT -PPPDPM-) — 2 Thessalonians 1:7
verb, present, passive, participle, dative, plural, masculine (MorphGNT -PPPDPM-) — 1 Timothy 5:10
θλίβουσιν
verb, present, active, participle, dative, plural, masculine (MorphGNT -PAPDPM-) — 2 Thessalonians 1:6
θλίβωσιν
verb, third person, present, active, subjunctive, plural (MorphGNT 3PAS-P--) — Mark 3:9
τεθλιμμένη
verb, perfect, passive, participle, nominative, singular, feminine (MorphGNT -XPPNSF-) — Matthew 7:14

Morphology

Occurrences

Septuagint occurrences

The same normalized Greek lemma occurs in the Rahlfs Septuagint: θλιβω.