ΣΤΕΝΟΧΩΡΕΙ, στενοχωρει
STENOCHŌREI, stenochōrei
Sounds Like: steh-noh-kho-REH-ee
Translations: he/she/it distresses, he/she/it oppresses, he/she/it restricts, he/she/it confines, he/she/it is in distress, he/she/it is hard pressed, he/she/it is cramped
From the root: ΣΤΕΝΟΧΩΡΕΩ
Part of Speech: Verb
Explanation: This word is a compound verb formed from 'στενός' (narrow, confined) and 'χωρέω' (to make room, to go, to advance). In its active form, it means to cause distress, to oppress, or to restrict someone or something by making their space narrow or confined. In its passive form, it means to be distressed, to be hard pressed, or to be cramped for space. It describes a state of being under pressure or in a difficult situation, either physically or emotionally.
Inflection: Third person, Singular, Present, Active, Indicative
Strong’s number: G4729 (Lookup on BibleHub)
Instances
Swete's Recension of the Greek Septuagint
- Joshua — 17:15
From the same root
Below are all other words in our texts that we've cataloged as being from the same root, ΣΤΕΝΟΧΩΡΕΩ.
These could represent different words with related meanings, or different forms of the same word to fit different grammatical cases, numbers, or genders. This list may include spelling variants and even misspellings in the original manuscripts! Even more words from the same root may exist in other ancient texts that aren't in our database.
- ἘΣΤΕΝΟΧΩΡΕΙΤΟ — was distressed, was in distress, was hard pressed, was confined, was restricted
- ἘΣΤΕΝΟΧΩΡΗΣΕΝ — he distressed, he oppressed, he confined, he troubled, he was in distress
- ΣΤΕΝΟΧΟΥΡΟΥΜΕΝΟΙ — being distressed, being hard pressed, being confined, being in a narrow place, being in straits
- ΣΤΕΝΟΧΩΡΕΙΣΘΕ — be distressed, be restricted, be hard pressed, be in a tight place, be cramped
- ΣΤΕΝΟΧΩΡΕΙΤΑΙ — is distressed, is hard pressed, is confined, is in distress, is straitened
- ΣΤΕΝΟΧΩΡΕΩ — to be distressed, to be in distress, to be hard pressed, to be cramped, to be confined, to be restricted, to be in a narrow place
- ΣΤΕΝΟΧΩΡΗΣΕΙ — will distress, will be distressed, will be confined, will be in straits
- ΣΤΕΝΟΧΩΡΗΣΗ — distress, anguish, narrowness, straits, affliction, trouble
- ΣΤΕΝΟΧΩΡΙΣΘΑΙ — to be distressed, to be in distress, to be straitened, to be in a narrow place, to be confined, to be hard pressed
- ΣΤΕΝΟΧΩΡΟΥΜΕΝΑΣ — being distressed, being in distress, being confined, being restricted, being hard-pressed
- ΣΤΕΝΟΧΩΡΟΥΜΕΝΟΙ — being distressed, being hard pressed, being in a narrow place, being in straits
- ΣΤΕΝΟΧΩΡΟΥΜΕΝΟΣ — distressed, afflicted, in distress, hard pressed, straitened
- ΣΤΕΝΟΧΩΡΟΥΜΕΝΟΥΣ — distressed, hard-pressed, afflicted, in distress, those who are distressed
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