Quick Definition
θλίβω v. I make narrow, persecute, press hard
Strong's Definition
akin to the base of 5147; to crowd (literally or figuratively)
KJV Usage: afflict, narrow, throng, suffer tribulation, trouble
UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament
verb | pf.pass.ptc. τεθλιμμένος | ἀποθλίβω · θλῖψις · συνθλίβω
22.21 · Trouble, Hardship, Relief, Favorable Circumstances · Cause Trouble, Hardship
to cause trouble to, to persecute, to cause to suffer hardship to cause someone to suffer trouble or hardship
1 ἀποθλίβω may be somewhat more emphatic than θλίβω[a].
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Thayer's Greek Lexicon
θλίβω; Pass., pres. θλίβομαι; pf. ptep. τεθλιμμένος ; [allied with flagrum, affliction; fr. Hom. down]; to press (as grapes), press hard upon: prop. twa [A. V. throng], Mk. iii. 9; ὁδὸς τεθλιμμένη a compressed way, i. 6. narrow, straitened, contracted, Mt. vii. 14; metaph. fo trouble, afflict, distress, (Vulg. tribulo): τινά, 2 ΤῊ. 1. 6; pass. (Vulg. tribulor, [also angustior]; tribulationem patior) : 2Co.i. 6; iv. 8; vii. 5; [1 Th. iii. 4; 2Th.i.7]; 1 Tim. v. 10; Heb. xi. 37. (of θλίβοντες for O°¥ in Sept.) [Comp. : dzo-, συν-θλίβω.}
Mounce Concise Greek Dictionary
θλίβω thlibō 10x
to squeeze, press; to press upon, encumber, throng, crowd, Mk. 3:9; met. to distress, afflict, 2 Cor. 1:6; 4:8; pass. to be compressed, narrow, Mt. 7:14
Abbott-Smith Greek Lexicon
θλίβω,
[in LXX chiefly (ὁ θλίβων) for צוּר;]
to press: c. acc. pers., Mk 3:9; ὁδὸς τεθλιμμένη, a narrow (compressed) way, Mt 7:14. Metaph. (as freq. in LXX), to oppress, afflict, distress: c. acc. pers., II Th 1:6; pass. (Vg., tribulor, tribulationem patior), II Co 1:6 4:8 7:5, I Th 3:4, II Th 1:7, I Ti 5:10, He 11:37 (cf. ἀπο-, συν-θλίβω).†
Moulton & Milligan — Vocabulary of the Greek NT
θλίβω. The varied usage of this common verb may be illustrated by the following passages—P Petr II. 4 (1)? (B.c. 255-4) ἵνα μὴ ἡμεῖς θλιβώμεθα, P Par 26% (B.c. 163-2) (= Selections, Ὁ. 15) ἡμῶν δὲ τοῖς δέουσι θλιβομένων, P Oxy VI. 898%9 (A.D. 123) ἐκ παντὸς θλείβουσά pe εἰς τὸ μὴ δύνασθαι κατ᾽ αὐτῆς προελθεῖν, ‘using every means of oppressing me so as to render me incapable of proceeding against her (Edd.), P Ryl IT. 116% (a.p. 194) θλειβομένη τῇ συνειδήσει περὶ av ἐνοσφίσατο κτλ., of a woman ‘‘oppressed by the consciousness” that she had wrongfully appropriated certain articles, P Tebt II. 4235 (early iii/A.p.) περὶ τῶν βοῶν μὴ ἀμελὴς (/. ἀμελήσῃς) μηδὲ θλεῖβε αὐτά, ‘do not neglect the oxen or work them hard” (Edd.), P Oxy I. 1238 (iti/iv A.D.) Opnvew
Liddell-Scott-Jones — Greek-English Lexicon
θλίβω (thlibō) — to press on. θλῐβ-ω [ῑ], [Refs 5th c.BC+]future θλίψω (ἀπο-) [Refs 5th c.BC+]: aorist ἔθλιψα [Refs 5th c.BC+]: perfect τέθλῐφα [Refs 4th c.BC+] —middle, future θλίψομαι (see. below):—passive, future θλῐβήσομαι variant in [Refs 2nd c.AD+]: aorist 1 ἐθλίφθην [Refs 5th c.BC+]aorist 2 participle θλῐβείς[Refs 1st c.AD+] (compare subjunctive ἐκφλῐβῇ [Refs 5th c.BC+]: perfect τέθλιμμαι [Refs 4th c.BC+]:— squeeze, chafe, θλίβει τὸν ὄρρον [ὁ θώραξ] [Refs 5th c.BC+]; ὅπου με θλίβει where [the shoe] pinches, [Refs 3rd c.BC+]: absolutely, exercise pressure, [Refs 3rd c.AD+]:—passive, of a person heavy-laden, ὡς θλίβομαι! [Refs 5th c.BC+]:—middle, πολλῇς φλιῇσι παραστὰς θλίψεται (variant{φλίψεται}) ὤμους he will rub his shoulders against many doorposts, of a beggar, [Refs 8th c.BC+]
II. compress, straiten, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; reduce, compress, εἰς τὸ μὴ ὂν τὰ ὄντα θλίβοντες [Refs 4th c.BC+]:—passive, to be compressed, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; θλιβομένα καλύβα a small, close hut, [Refs 3rd c.BC+]; ὁδὸς τεθλιμμένη, opposed to εὐρύχωρος, [NT]; βίος τεθλ. a scanty subsistence, [Refs 1st c.BC+]
II.2. metaphorically, oppress, afflict, distress, ἀνάγκη ἔθλιψέ τινα [Refs 4th c.BC+]; press hard in battle, [Refs 2nd c.BC+]:— passive, θ. διὰ τὸν πόλεμον [Refs 4th c.BC+]; ὑπὸ τῆς ἀδοξίας [Refs 8th c.BC+]