- Original: θλίβω - Transliteration: Thlibo - Phonetic: thlee'-bo - Definition: 1. to press (as grapes), press hard upon 2. a compressed way a. narrow straitened, contracted 3. metaph. to trouble, afflict, distress - Origin: akin to the base of G5147 - TDNT entry: 05:19,3 - Part(s) of speech: Verb - Strong's: Akin to the base of G5147 ; to crowd (literally or figuratively): - afflict narrow throng suffer tribulation trouble. Total KJV Occurrences: 9 • afflicted, 3 2 Corinthians 1:6; 1 Timothy 5:10; Hebrews 11:37 • throng, 1 Mar 3:9 • tribulation, 1 1 Thessalonians 3:4 • trouble, 1 2 Thessalonians 1:6 • troubled, 3 2 Corinthians 4:8; 2 Corinthians 7:5; 2 Thessalonians 1:7