noun · feminine
stenochōrias
Strong’sG4730
a narrow space, great distress
stem stenochōri-4 times in the New Testamentin 2 of 27 books2 of 10 forms occur
What it means
What the word means, in the words of the lexicons out of copyright — Abbott-Smith, Strong's, and Liddell-Scott-Jones, wherever each has an entry for it.
στενοχωρία, -ας, ἡ (v. supr.)
[in LXX for צוּקָה, etc.;]
SYN.: θλίψις, q.v
G. Abbott-Smith, A Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament, 1922 — public domain. References open in the reader.
Strong’s G4730 — the 1890 definition, and where the word comes from
Liddell-Scott-Jones — the classical dictionary this word appears in
Ionic dialect -ίη, ἡ, narrowness of space, a confined space, Refs 5th c.BC+; want of room, by sea or land, Refs 5th c.BC+; opposed to εὐρυχωρία and ἄνεσις, Refs 1st c.AD+, compare 182b; σ. βίου the short space of life remaining, Refs 2nd c.AD+
II metaphorically, straits, difficulty, ἡ σ. τοῦ ποταμοῦ difficulty of passing the river, LXX+5th c.BC+; distress, Refs 2nd c.BC+; ἡ τῆς πόλεως NT+2nd c.BC+; also, narrow limits, probably in Refs 5th c.BC+
H. G. Liddell, R. Scott, H. S. Jones, A Greek-English Lexicon (9th ed., 1925–1940) — digitised by the Perseus Digital Library and corrected and expanded by Tyndale House, Cambridge, via STEPBible-Data's TFLSJ table, CC BY 4.0. Covers all of Greek literature, not just the Bible.
Translated as
Every occurrence, sorted by the English it was actually given — the evidence for what the word means, not a gloss of it.
Berean Standard Bible (BSB), dedicated to the public domain — berean.bible.
Biblang forms
Every form this word takes in Biblang, with the Greek it corresponds to and how often the New Testament uses it.
| Job in the sentence case | one singular | more than one plural |
|---|---|---|
| subject nominative | stenochōrias2×στενοχωρία | stenochōriais |
| object accusative | stenochōrian | stenochōriain |
| direct address vocative | stenochōriar | stenochōriair |
| of, belonging to genitive | stenochōriau | stenochōriaiu |
| to, for dative | stenochōria | stenochōriai2×στενοχωρίαις |
Tinted cells are forms the New Testament never uses, so there is no Greek to show against them — but they are still correct Biblang, built from the slots below like any other.
Why these forms, and no others — the slots that make them
stenochōria is this word in every one of its forms. The slots after it make all the rest.
same in every form varies — every value shown
Where it appears
Every verse the word appears in, filed under the form it takes there.
4 occurrences, every one of them listed
stenochōrias“distress”subjectnominative singular2×
Romans 2:9thlipsias kai stenochōrias, epi pantan psuchan anthrōpou tou katergazorōntou …There will be trouble and distress for every human being who does …
Romans 8:35… tau agapau tou Christou? thlipsias ē stenochōrias ē diōgmos ē limos ē gumnotas …… love of Christ? Shall trouble or distress or persecution or famine or nakedness …
stenochōriai“distresses”to, fordative plural2×
2 Corinthians 6:4“distresses”… polla, en thlipsiai, en anankai, en stenochōriai,… way: in great endurance; in troubles, hardships, and calamities;
2 Corinthians 12:10… hubriai, en anankai, en diōgmoi kai stenochōriai, huper Christou; hotan gar asthenameiō, tote …… insults, in hardships, in persecutions, in difficulties. For when I am weak, then …