Quick Definition
ἀποθλίβω v. I jostle
Strong's Definition
from 575 and 2346; to crowd (from every side)
KJV Usage: press
UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament
verb | θλίβω
1 ἀποθλίβω may be somewhat more emphatic than θλίβω[a].
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Thayer's Greek Lexicon
ἀπο-θλίβω ; fo press on all sides, squeeze, press hard : Lk. viii.45. (Num. xxii. 25; used also of pressing out grapes and olives, Diod. 3, 62; Joseph. antt. 2, 5, 2; [al.].)
Mounce Concise Greek Dictionary
ἀποθλίβω apothlibō 1x
pr. to press out; to press close, press upon, crowd, Lk. 8:45*
Abbott-Smith Greek Lexicon
ἀπο-θλίβω,
[in LXX for לחץ, Nu 22:25*;]
to press hard: Lk 8:45.†
Moulton & Milligan — Vocabulary of the Greek NT
ἀποθλίβω. P Tor I. 1. (Β.6. 116) (= Chrest. II. p. 32) οἱ ἐνκαλούμενοι ἀποθλιβέντες τῶι μηθενὸς δικαίου ἀντέχεσθαι.
Liddell-Scott-Jones — Greek-English Lexicon
ἀποθλίβω (apothlibō) — to crowd up to. ἀπο-θλίβω [ῑ], squeeze out, τοὺς ὄρχεις[Refs 4th c.BC+]; τῆς χώρας from the place, [Refs 2nd c.AD+]
2. press or force back, τὸ αἷμα[Refs 5th c.BC+]
3. press tightly, τὰ κράσπεδα[Refs 4th c.BC+]press upon, crowd, [NT]
4. crush, [LXX]
II. Grammars, drop a letter in the middle of a word, [Refs 2nd c.AD+]
III. oppress much, [LXX+2nd c.AD+]passive, πρὸς τὸ τὴν πόλιν ἀποθλιβῆναι Wilcken [Refs 2nd c.BC+]