θλῖψις (LTr., θλῖψις), -εως, ἡ (θλίβω), [na LXX para צָרָה, etc.;] pressão (Arist.). Na LXX e NT metaforicamente, tribulação, aflição, angústia: Mt 24:9, 21, 24:29, Mc 13:19, 24, Jo 16:21, At 7:11, 11:19, Rm 12:12, 2Co 1:4, 1:8, 4:17, 6:4, 7:4, 8:2, 8:13, Fp 4:14, 2Ts 1:6, Tg 1:27, Ap 1:9, 2:9, 22, 7:14; com ἀνάγκη (veja esta), 1Ts 3:7; στενοχωρία (que pela ordem das palavras pareceria ser o termo mais forte), Rm 2:9, 8:35; διωγμός, Mt 13:21, Mc 4:17, 2Ts 1:4; θ. ἔχω, Jo 16:33, 1Co 7:23, Ap 2:10; ἔρχεσθαι ἐπί, At 7:11; ἐν θλίψει, 1Ts 1:6; pl., At 7:10, 14:22, 20:28, Rm 5:3, Ef 3:13, 1Ts 3:3, Hb 10:33; τ. Χριστοῦ, Cl 1:24; θ. τῆς καρδίας, 2Co 2:4; θ. ἐγείρειν, Fp 1:17.† SIN.: ἀνάγκη, διωγμός, στενοχωρία (ver acima, e cf. Tr., Syn, iv; Lft., Notes, 45) (AS)