pressure; affliction, distress
Ancient Greek word, found 134 times in the texts on Socratos.
Diogenes Laertius, Vitae philosophorum 10.1.101: … σμὸν ἐκ τῶν νεφῶν ὑπὸ πνευμάτων τῶν τοιούτων σωμάτων ἃ τὴν λαμπηδόνα ταύτην παρασκευάζει, καὶ κατʼ ἐκπιασμόν, θλίψεως τῶν νεφῶν γινομένης, εἴθʼ ὑπʼ ἀλλήλων εἴθʼ ὑπὸ πνευμάτων· καὶ κατʼ ἐμπερίληψιν δὲ τοῦ ἀπὸ τῶν ἄστρων κατεσπαρ …
New Testament, Matthew 24.9: τότε παραδώσουσιν ὑμᾶς εἰς θλίψιν καὶ ἀποκτενοῦσιν ὑμᾶς, καὶ ἔσεσθε μισούμενοι ὑπὸ πάντων τῶν ἐθνῶν διὰ τὸ ὄνομά μου.
New Testament, Acts 7.10: καὶ ἐξείλατο αὐτὸν ἐκ πασῶν τῶν θλίψεων αὐτοῦ, καὶ ἔδωκεν αὐτῷ χάριν καὶ σοφίαν ἐναντίον Φαραὼ βασιλέως Αἰγύπτου, καὶ κατέστησεν αὐτὸν ἡγούμενον ἐπʼ Αἴγυπτον καὶ ὅλον τὸν οἶκον αὐτοῦ
All forms of θλῖψις