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θλῖψις

Transliteration: thlipsis · noun

45x in NTFirst: Matt 13:21
Meaningpersecution, affliction, distress
Part of speechnoun
Frequency45x in the New Testament
Key inflected formsθλίψεως, θλῖψιν, θλῖψις, θλίψεων, θλίψεις, θλίψεσιν, θλίψει, θλίψεσίν
Example versesMatt 13:21 · Matt 24:9 · Matt 24:21 · Matt 24:29 · Mark 4:17
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What kind of word is θλῖψις?

θλῖψις (thlipsis) is a noun that occurs 45 times in the Greek New Testament (Koine). It means “persecution, affliction, distress” and first appears in Matt 13:21.

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