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Strong's #4729 - στενοχωρέω
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στενοχωρ-έω, to be straitened, confined, Macho ap. Ath. 13.582b: metaph., to be anxious, in difficulty, ἐπί τινι Hp. Praec. 8; εὶς τὴν ἀκρίβειαν τῆς ἑρμηνείας στενοχωρεῖ ὁ λόγος IPE 12.39.18 (Olbia, not before ii A.D. ).
II trans., crowd, straiten, τοὺς ἀπαντῶντας Luc. Nigr. 13; τὰς πύλας, τὰς ὁδούς, Charito 5.3, 4.7; ταλάντοις τοὺς θησαυρούς Lib. Or. 59.15: — Pass., with fut. Med. ( Them. Or. 25.310d ), to be crowded together, D.S. 20.29, Charito 3.2; ἐν ταὐτῷ ς . Luc. Tox. 29; χῶραι -οῦνται ποσὶ μιαιφόνων J. BJ 4.3.10; ἀγορὰ -ουμένη ὄχλῳ D.H. 6.67; of stricture, Heliod. ap. Orib. 50.9.1; to be cramped or confined, ὁ Εὐφράτης -ούμενος Isid.Char. 1, cf. Sch. Il. Oxy. 221 xi 8, Porph. Sent. 27; of a picture, Them. l.c.
2. metaph., press closely, tina LXX Judges 16:16 : — Pass., to be straitened, cramped, ib. Isaiah 28:19(20), Procl. Inst. 98; ἐν τοῖς σπλάγχνοις 2 Corinthians 6:12; ὑπὸ τῶν κακῶν Sch. E. Med. 57 .
στενο -χωρέω , -ῶ
(< στενός + χῶρος , space),
[in LXX: Joshua 17:15 (H213), Judges 16:16 (H509 pi.), Isaiah 28:19 (20) (H7114) Isaiah 49:19 (H6887), 4 Maccabees 11:11 *;]
1. to be straitened (cf. Isaiah 49:19); metaph., to be anxious (Hipp., al.).
2. In late writers, trans., to straiten, compress (LXX, Diod., al.; Papyri ap. MM, xxiii): pass., trop., 2 Corinthians 4:8; 2 Corinthians 6:12.†
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