To press on

Usually translated “being oppressed”, “compressed” and “may press upon”. Open the dictionary entry below for the full range of meaning, with the verses it cites.

• being oppressed 2
• compressed 1
• they may press upon 1
• we are constricted 1
• being hard pressed 1
• we are being pressed 1
• to suffer affliction 1
• oppressing 1

Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.

• 2 Corinthians 3
• 2 Thessalonians 2
• Matthew 1
• Mark 1
• 1 Thessalonians 1
• 1 Timothy 1

7 books in all.

• 2 Thessalonians 1:7In contextAnd to you who are troubled rest with us, when the Lord Jesus shall be revealed from heaven with his mighty angels,
• 1 Timothy 5:10In contextWell reported of for good works; if she have brought up children, if she have lodged strangers, if she have washed the saints’ feet, if she have relieved the afflicted, if she have diligently followed every good work.
• Matthew 7:14Because strait is the gate, and narrow is the way, which leadeth unto life, and few there be that find it.
• Mark 3:9And he spake to his disciples, that a small ship should wait on him because of the multitude, lest they should throng him.
• 2 Corinthians 1:6And whether we be afflicted, it is for your consolation and salvation, which is effectual in the enduring of the same sufferings which we also suffer: or whether we be comforted, it is for your consolation and salvation.
• 2 Corinthians 4:8We are troubled on every side, yet not distressed; we are perplexed, but not in despair;

From STEPBible’s Greek lexicon (based on Abbott-Smith).

How the English word “oppressing” was understood when the King James Version was still the common Bible of English readers.

Noah Webster, An American Dictionary of the English Language (1828). Verse references are checked against the KJV. Read the full entry.