θλίβω

Matthew 7:14 τεθλιμμένη compressed

But small is the gate and narrow the way that leads to life, and only a few find it.

Here: A perfect passive participle, meaning a road that has been squeezed and stays that way. It is hemmed in on both sides, the opposite of the 'roomy' (eurychōros) road of verse 13. The same verb family gives thlipsis, 'affliction, tribulation', so the picture carries a hint of pressure and hardship as well as narrowness.

Mark 3:9 θλίβωσιν they may press upon

Jesus asked His disciples to have a boat ready for Him so that the crowd would not crush Him.

2 Corinthians 1:6 θλιβόμεθα, we are constricted,

If we are afflicted, it is for your comfort and salvation; if we are comforted, it is for your comfort, which accomplishes in you patient endurance of the same sufferings we experience.

Here: "We are being pressed hard." The present tense describes something ongoing, and the passive means the pressure comes from outside. It picks up "affliction" (thlipsis) from verse 4 and points ahead to the crushing trouble in Asia described in verses 8–10.

2 Corinthians 4:8 θλιβόμενοι being hard pressed

We are hard pressed on all sides, but not crushed; perplexed, but not in despair;

Here: Present passive participle: "being squeezed, being put under pressure," and it keeps happening. It is the verb behind thlipsis, "affliction, tribulation," so the physical picture of crushing pressure sits underneath the general sense of hardship.

2 Corinthians 7:5 θλιβόμενοι· we are being pressed:

For when we arrived in Macedonia, our bodies had no rest, but we were pressed from every direction—conflicts on the outside, fears within.

Here: "Being pressed hard" or "hemmed in". The present tense shows the pressure was constant. The participle has no main verb to lean on, so it hangs like a gasp, and the rest of the verse spells out what was pressing him.

1 Thessalonians 3:4 θλίβεσθαι to suffer affliction

Indeed, when we were with you, we kept warning you that we would suffer persecution; and as you know, it has come to pass.

Here: "To be pressed hard": being squeezed by hostile pressure. Here that means the social and physical harassment that hit the young church (2:14; Acts 17:5–9). The passive voice means others do it to them.

2 Thessalonians 1:6 θλίβουσιν oppressing

After all, it is only right for God to repay with affliction those who afflict you,

Here: Present participle: 'those who are pressing on you' now, as an ongoing pressure. The basic picture is crushing or hemming in. Here it means the persecution the Thessalonian believers are suffering from their neighbours.

2 Thessalonians 1:7 θλιβομένοις being oppressed

and to grant relief to you who are oppressed and to us as well. This will take place when the Lord Jesus is revealed from heaven with His mighty angels

Here: 'Being pressed, squeezed'. The present tense means it is still happening, and the passive means others are doing it to them. It picks up the words in v. 6 ('those who afflict you', 'affliction'), so the same root appears three times in two verses.

1 Timothy 5:10 θλιβομένοις to those being oppressed

and well known for good deeds such as bringing up children, entertaining strangers, washing the feet of the saints, imparting relief to the afflicted, and devoting herself to every good work.

Here: Present passive participle: people being 'pressed' by hardship: poverty, sickness, persecution, any crushing situation. Broad on purpose.

Hebrews 11:37 θλιβόμενοι, being oppressed,

They were stoned, they were sawed in two, they were put to death by the sword. They went around in sheepskins and goatskins, destitute, oppressed, and mistreated.

Here: 'Being pressed hard' or 'afflicted'. The picture is of being squeezed by circumstances and by hostile people. The related noun is used in 10:33 for what the audience itself endured.