Hardship
στενοχωρίαStrong’s G4730stenochōria
Appears in 4 verses of the New Testament
In short
Stenochōria is the Greek word usually translated “distress”, “distresses” and “difficulties”. It appears in 4 verses of the New Testament.
“Tribulation and anguish, upon every soul of man that doeth evil, of the Jew first, and also of the Gentile;”
Meaning
Usually translated “distress”, “distresses” and “difficulties”. Open the dictionary entry below for the full range of meaning, with the verses it cites.
How it's translated
- distress 2
- distresses 1
- difficulties 1
Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.
Where it's used most
- Romans 2
- 2 Corinthians 2
2 books in all.
Explore in Scripture
- Romans 8:35Who shall separate us from the love of Christ? shall tribulation, or distress, or persecution, or famine, or nakedness, or peril, or sword?
- 2 Corinthians 6:4But in all things approving ourselves as the ministers of God, in much patience, in afflictions, in necessities, in distresses,
- 2 Corinthians 12:10Therefore I take pleasure in infirmities, in reproaches, in necessities, in persecutions, in distresses for Christ’s sake: for when I am weak, then am I strong.
Greek dictionary
στενοχωρία stenochōria · hardship
στενοχωρία, -ας, ἡ (see supr.) [in LXX for צוֹק, etc. ;] narrowness of space, want of room (Thuc., al.). Metaphorical (Ken., Polyb., Deu.28:53, Wis.5:3, al.), difficulty, distress: θλίψις καὶ (ἢ) σ., Rom.2:9 8:35 (EV, anguish); pl. (cf. Bl., § 32, 6; WM, 220), 2Co.6:4 12:10.† SYN.: θλίψις, q.v (AS)
From STEPBible’s Greek lexicon (based on Abbott-Smith).
Webster's 1828 Dictionary
How the English word “hardship” was understood when the King James Version was still the common Bible of English readers.
H'ARDSHIP, noun
Toil; fatigue; severe labor or want; whatever oppresses the body.
- Injury; oppression; injustice.
Noah Webster, An American Dictionary of the English Language (1828). Verse references are checked against the KJV. Read the full entry.
Verses are from the King James Version. Word meanings come from the original Greek, not from any one translation.