Lexical Summary stenochōria: narrowness of space, difficulty Original Word: στενοχωρίαTransliteration: stenochōria Phonetic Spelling: (sten-okh-o-ree'-ah) Part of Speech: Noun, Feminine Short Definition: narrowness of space, difficulty Meaning: narrowness of space, difficulty Strong's Concordance anguish, distress. From a compound of stenos and chora; narrowness of room, i.e. (figuratively) calamity -- anguish, distress. see GREEK stenos see GREEK chora Thayer's Greek Lexicon STRONGS NT 4730: στενοχωρίαστενοχωρία, 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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