Lexicon / G4729
στενοχωρέω
stenochōreō
  • to press upon
  • to be straitened
  • to be anxious
  • to straiten, compress

STEPBible TBESG

Glosses: to press upon

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.†

(AS)

Abbott-Smith

Glosses: to be straitened; to be anxious; to straiten, compress

to be straitened; to be anxious; to straiten, compress