Stenochōría — G4730

Definition

feminine noun

narrowness of room, i.e. (figuratively) calamity

1. metaphorically, dire calamity, extreme affliction, (A. V. distress, anguish)

Usually translated as

anguish, distress

Origin

from a compound of G4728 and G5561

• stenós (G4728)
• chṓra (G5561)

Occurrences

Stenochōría occurs 4 times in the King James.

Distribution of the word across the Bible: Romans (2), 2 Corinthians (2)

• Romans 2:9 — Tribulation and anguish (στενοχωρία), upon every soul of man that doeth evil, of the Jew first, and also of the Gentile;
• Romans 8:35 — Who shall separate us from the love of Christ? shall tribulation, or distress (στενοχωρία), or persecution, or famine, or nakedness, or peril, or sword?
• 2 Corinthians 6:4 — But in all things approving ourselves as the ministers of God, in much patience, in afflictions, in necessities, in distresses (στενοχωρίαις),
• 2 Corinthians 12:10 — Therefore I take pleasure in infirmities, in reproaches, in necessities, in persecutions, in distresses (στενοχωρίαις) for Christ’s sake: for when I am weak, then am I strong.