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Strong's #4730 - στενοχωρία
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- narrowness of place, a narrow place
- metaph. dire calamity, extreme affliction
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στενοχωρ-ία,
Ion. -ίη, ἡ,
narrowness of space, a confined space, Hp. Art. 14 (codd., but v. cross στενυγροχωρίη ) ς. τῇ φάρυγγι παρέχειν ib. 41; want of room, by sea or land, Th. 2.89, 4.26, 30, Pl. Lg. 708b; ὑπὸ στενοχωρίας Id. Tht. 195a; opp. εὐρυχωρία and ἄνεσις, Plu. 2.679f, cf. 182b; ς. βίου the short space of life remaining, Ael. VH 2.41; τὸν λόγον ἀπὸ τῆς ἐκεῖ στενοχωρίας εἰς πεδίον ἐξαγάγῃ Lib. Or. 64.10 .
II metaph., straits, difficulty, ἡ ς. τοῦ ποταμοῦ difficulty of passing the river, X. HG 1.3.7, cf. LXX De. 28.53, al.; distress, OGI 339.103 (Sestos, ii B.C. ); ἡ τῆς πόλεως Plb. 1.67.1, etc.; ἡ τοῦ καιροῦ D.C. 39.34: pl. in Cor. 6.4, PLond. 5.1677.11 (vi A.D.); also, narrow limits, prob. in Phld. Rh. 2.220 S.
στενοχωρία, στενοχωρίας, ἡ (στενόχωρος), narrowness of place, a narrow space (Isaiah 8:22 (others take this as metaphorically); Thucydides, Plato, others); metaphorically, dire calamity, extreme affliction, (A. V. distress, anguish): Romans 2:9; Romans 8:35; 2 Corinthians 6:4; 2 Corinthians 12:10. (Deuteronomy 28:53, 55, 57; Sir. 10:26; (Wis. 5:3); 1 Macc. 2:53 1 Macc. 13:3; Polybius 1, 67, 1; (Artemidorus Daldianus, oeir. 3, 14); Aelian v. h. 2, 41; (others).) (Cf. Trench, § lv.)
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στενοχωρία , -ας , ἡ (v. supr.),
[in LXX for H6695, etc.;]
narrowness of space, want of room (Thuc., al.). Metaph. (Ken., Polyb., Deuteronomy 28:53, Wisdom of Solomon 5:3, al.), difficulty, distress: θλίψις καὶ (ἢ ) σ ., Romans 2:9; Romans 8:35 (EV, anguish); pl. (cf. Bl., § 32, 6; WM, 220), 2 Corinthians 6:4; 2 Corinthians 12:10.†
SYN.: θλίψις G2347, q.v.
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