θλῐβείς

θλί̱βεις, θλίβω

squeeze: pres ind act 2nd sg

θλίβω fut. θλίψω; 1 aor. ἔθλιψα. Pass.: fut. 3 sg. θλιβήσεται Job 20:22; 2 aor. ἐθλίβην; pf. ptc. τεθλιμμένος (s. next entry; Hom.+; ins, pap, LXX, pseudepigr.; Philo; Jos., Bell. 3, 330, Ant. 20, 111; SibOr; Mel., P. 80, 587).

① to press or crowd close against, press upon, crowd τινά someone (Sir 16:28 v.l.; JosAs 23:8 τὸν πόδα) Mk 3:9 (cp. Appian, Bell. Civ. 4, 45, §194 ἐπιθλίβω τινά=crowd around someone).

② to cause someth. to be constricted or narrow, press together, compress, make narrow (Dionys. Hal. 8, 73 βίοι τεθλιμμένοι, provisions that have become scarce; ὁ θεὸς ἔθλιψεν τὴν σελήνην GrBar 9:7); pass. of space that is limited (of small living quarters Theocr. 21, 18 θλιβομένα καλύβα= tight quarters; Lucian, Alex. 49 τ. πόλεως θλιβομένης ὑπὸ τ. πλήθους =the city jammed full w. a multitude) ἔν τινι τόπῳ τεθλιμμένῳ καὶ πεπληρωμένῳ ἑρπετῶν πονηρῶν a tight place and full of bad snakes = a place jammed full with bad snakes ApcPt 10:25 (the misery is twofold: tight quarters to begin with and being totally surrounded by snakes). Of a road (w. a corresp. στενὴ πύλη) ὁδὸς τεθλιμμένη a narrow, confined road and therefore a source of trouble or difficulty to those using it Mt 7:14 (TestAbr A 11 p. 88, 30 [Stone p. 24]; s. KBornhäuser, Die Bergpredigt 1923, 177ff); on the imagery s. AMattill, JBL 98, ’79, 531–46; Betz, SM 527: “The chances of failure are greater than the chances of success, a sobering message.”

③ to cause to be troubled, oppress, afflict τινά someone (Dt 28:53; Lev 19:33; SibOr 3, 630) 2 Th 1:6. τὸ πνεῦμα τὸ ἅγιον oppress the Holy Spirit Hm 10, 2, 5; χρεώστας θ. oppress debtors 8:10.—Pass. be afflicted, distressed (UPZ 42, 22 [162 B.C.]; PsSol 1:1 al.) 2 Cor 1:6; 4:8; 7:5; Hb 11:37; Hm 2:5. θλιβείς by suffering B 7:11. θλιβεὶς τῇ γνώμῃ τινός distressed by someone’s scheming IPhld 6:2. ψυχὴ θλιβομένη distressed soul Hs 1:8 (PGM 1, 213 θλίβεταί[?] μου ἡ ψυχή; TestSol 1:4 θλιβομένης μου τῆς ψυχῆς; Mel., P. 80, 587; Proclus on Pla., Crat., 72, 3 Pasqu. δαίμονες θλίβουσι τ. ψυχάς; Nicetas Eugen. 2, 27 H. ψυχὴ τεθλιμμένη; cp. Philo, De Ios. 179). On Hs 8, 10, 4 s. Bonner 113 note.—Subst. ὁ θλιβόμενος the oppressed (one) (TestSol D 4, 11 παραμυθία των θ.; JosAs 12:11 τῶν θλιβομένων βοηθός; Diod S 13, 109, 5 οἱ θλιβόμενοι=those who were hard pressed) 1 Ti 5:10; ISm 6:2; B 20:2; D 5:2. Esp., as in some of the aforementioned pass., of the persecution of Christians 1 Th 3:4; 2 Th 1:7. θλιβῆναι πάσῃ θλίψει suffer every kind of affliction Hs 6, 3, 6; cp. 7:1ff; 8, 10, 4. ὑπὲρ τοῦ νόμου θλιβέντες persecuted for the law (i.e., for the way of life that is in accordance with the instructions of Jesus) 8, 3, 7.—DELG. M-M. EDNT. TW.

θλῐβ-ω [pron. full] [ῑ], Ar. Pax 1239, etc.: [tense] fut. θλίψω ([etym.] ἀπο-) E.Cyc. 237: [tense] aor.

A

ἔθλιψα Pl.Ti. 60c

, Call.Del.35: [tense] pf.

τέθλῐφα Crobyl.4

(cj.), Plb.18.24.3:—[voice] Med., [tense] fut. θλίψομαι (v. infr.):—[voice] Pass., [tense] fut. θλῐβήσομαι v.l. in Sor.1.33: [tense] aor. 1

ἐθλίφθην Pl.Ti. 91a

, Arist.Pr. 925b20: [tense] aor. 2 part. θλῐβείς ib.13, v.l. in Dsc.3.7 (cf. subj.

ἐκφλῐβῇ Hp. Loc.Hom.9

): [tense] pf.

τέθλιμμαι Arist.Pr. 925b14

, AP7.472.5 (Leon.):— squeeze, chafe, θλίβει τὸν ὄρρον [ὁ θώραξ] Ar. Pax 1239, cf. Lys. 314;

τοὺς ὄφεις θλίβων D.18.260

; ὅπου με θλίβει where [the shoe] pinches, Plu.2.141a: metaph.,

δούλης ὦτα νωθρίη θλίβει Herod.4.53

: abs., exercise pressure, Plot.3.6.6:—[voice] Pass., of a person heavy-laden, ὡς θλίβομαι! Ar.Ra.5, cf. V. 1289:—[voice] Med., πολλῇς φλιῇσι παραστὰς θλίψεται (v.l. φλίψεται) ὤμους he will rub his shoulders against many doorposts, of a beggar, Od.17.221: χείλεα θλίβειν, of kissing, Theoc.20.4.

II compress, straiten, Pl.Ti. 60c; reduce, compress,

εἰς τὸ μὴ ὂν τὰ ὄντα θλίβοντες Epicur.Ep.1p.16U.

:—[voice] Pass., to be compressed, Pl.Ti. 91a;

ὥστε ἐξωθεῖσθαι τὸ ἧσσον θλιβόμενον ὑπὸ τοῦ μᾶλλον θλιβομένου Archim. Fluit.1

Prooem.; θλιβομένα καλύβα a small, close hut, Theoc. 21.18; ὁδὸς τεθλιμμένη, opp. εὐρύχωρος, Ev.Matt.7.14; βίος τεθλ. a scanty subsistence, D.H.8.73, cf.AP7.472.5 (Leon.).

2 metaph., oppress, afflict, distress,

ἀνάγκη ἔθλιψέ τινα Call.Del.35

;

θ. καὶ λυμαίνεσθαι τὸ μακάριον Arist.EN 1100b28

;

θ. τὰς πόλεις τοῖς ὀψωνίοις SIG 700.25

(Macedonia, ii B.C.); press hard in battle, Plb.18.24.3:— [voice] Pass.,

θ. διὰ τὸν πόλεμον Arist.Pol. 1307a1

;

ὑπό τινων SIG685.39

(ii B.C.);

ὑπὸ τῆς ἀδοξίας Phld.Lib.p.61

O.—Once in Hom., never in Trag.