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