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στενοχωρέω

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Gloss: to press upon

Transliteration: stenochōreō

Strong’s: G4729

στενο-χωρέω, -ῶ
(στενός + χῶρος, space) [in LXX: Jos.17:15 (אוּץ), Jdg.16:16 (אָלַץ pi.), Isa.28:19 (20) (קָצַר) Isa.49:19 (צָרַר), 4Ma.11:11 * ;]
__1. to be straitened (cf. Isa.49:19); metaphorically, to be anxious (Hipp., al.).
__2. In late writers, trans., to straiten, compress (LXX, Diod., al.; π. ap. MM, xxiii): pass., trop., 2Co.4:8 6:12.†
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