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Tribulation

Trouble or affiction of any kind (Deut. 4:30; This unified study connects 6 installed resource categories without replacing their source records.

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Historical Reference: Nave’s Topical Bible — Public domain
Historical Reference: Easton’s Bible Dictionary (1897)
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Subject type: Subject
Strong’s: H6862, H6869, G2347
Hebrew: צַר · tsar
Greek: θλῖψις · thlîpsis

Strong’s and original-language information

Strong’s Hebrew and Greek Lexicon

צַר

H6862

Transliteration: tsar
Pronunciation: tsar
Language: Hebrew
Indexed occurrences: 102

Glosses

adversary, afflicted(-tion), anguish, close, distress, enemy, flint, foe, narrow, small, sorrow, strait, tribulation, trouble.

Lexicon definition

narrow

(as a noun) a tight place (usually figuratively, i.e. trouble)

also a pebble

(transitive) an opponent (as crowding)

Strong’s Hebrew and Greek Lexicon

צָרָה

H6869

Transliteration: tsârâh
Pronunciation: tsaw-raw'
Language: Hebrew
Indexed occurrences: 71

Glosses

adversary, adversity, affliction, anguish, distress, tribulation, trouble.

Lexicon definition

tightness (i.e. figuratively, trouble)

transitively, a female rival:

Strong’s Hebrew and Greek Lexicon

θλῖψις

G2347

Transliteration: thlîpsis
Language: Greek
Indexed occurrences: 44

Glosses

afflicted(-tion), anguish, burdened, persecution, tribulation, trouble

Lexicon definition

pressure (literally or figuratively)

Complete dictionary entries

Easton’s Bible Dictionary (1897)

Tribulation

Trouble or affiction of any kind (Deut. 4:30; Matt. 13:21; 2 Cor. 7:4). In Rom. 2:9 "tribulation and anguish" are the penal sufferings that shall overtake the wicked. In Matt. 24:21, 29, the word denotes the calamities that were to attend the destruction of Jerusalem.

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Concordance

Strong's Concordance

Tribulation

Indexed occurrences: 9

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Topical Bible

Nave's Topical Bible

TRIBULATION

Entry:

Nave’s Topical Bible references for TRIBULATION.

Indexed references: 1

Scripture references:

John 16:33

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Historical Reference: Nave’s Topical Bible — Public domain
Historical Reference: Easton’s Bible Dictionary (1897)
Historical Reference: concordance
Historical Reference: Installed reference work

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