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Strong's #4729: stenochoreo (pronounced sten-okh-o-reh'-o)

from the same as 4730; to hem in closely, i.e. (figuratively) cramp:--distress, straiten.




Thayer's Greek Lexicon:

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stenochōreō

1) to be in a narrow place

2) to straiten, compress, cramp, reduce to straits

2a) to be sorely straitened in spirit

Part of Speech: verb

Relation: from the same as G4730

Citing in TDNT: 7:604, 1077




Usage:

This word is used 3 times:

2 Corinthians 4:8: "every side, yet not distressed; we are perplexed, but not in despair;"
2 Corinthians 6:12: "Ye are not straitened in us, but ye are straitened in your own"
2 Corinthians 6:12: "in us, but ye are straitened in your own bowels."









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