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Strong's G4729 · Greek

στενοχωρέω

stenochoreo · sten-okh-o-reh'-o

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


Scholarly Lexicons

Abbott-Smith Manual Greek Lexicon

στενο-χωρέω (G4729)

3 στενο-χωρέω , -ῶ ( στενός + χῶρος , space ) [in LXX: Jos 17:15 ( אוּץ ), Jg 16:16 ( אלץ pi.), Is 28:19 (20) ( קצר ) Is 49:19 ( צרר ), IV Mac 11:11 * ;] to be straitened (cf. Is 49:19 ); metaph., to be anxious (Hipp., al.). In late writers, trans., to straiten, compress (LXX, Diod., al.; π. ap. MM, xxiii): pass., trop., II Co 4:8 6:12 .†

G. Abbott-Smith, A Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament (1922) — public domain

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