What does στενοχωρία (stenochōría) mean in the Bible?
στενοχωρία (stenochōría) is a Greek word meaning "hardship".
Greek · G4730
στενοχωρία
Hardship
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στενοχωρία G4730
Pronunciation stenochōría
What does στενοχωρία (stenochōría) mean in the Bible?
στενοχωρία (stenochōría) is a Greek word meaning "hardship".
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Questions this entry answers
How does the BSB render G4730?
The BSB source-word alignment has 4 aligned rows for this entry. Common renderings include distress (2), calamities (1), difficulties (1).
Where does στενοχωρία (stenochōría) appear in Scripture?
The source-word alignment first shows this entry at Romans 2:9. Its strongest book concentrations include 2 Corinthians (2), Romans (2).
Source Word Evidence
BSB source-word alignment connects this entry to exact verse rows, English rendering, source form, transliteration, and parsing.
How English Renders It distress 2× Romans 2:9, Romans 8:35
calamities 1× 2 Corinthians 6:4
difficulties 1× 2 Corinthians 12:10
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Usage map
A compact distribution from source-word alignment before the full evidence tables.
First aligned row Romans 2:9
Aligned rows 4
Books represented 2
Romans 2 2 Corinthians 2
Source forms
στενοχωρία 2x stenochōria Romans 2:9, Romans 8:35
στενοχωρίαις 2x stenochōriais 2 Corinthians 6:4, 2 Corinthians 12:10
Parsing patterns
Noun - Dative Feminine Plural 2x 2 Corinthians 6:4, 2 Corinthians 12:10
Noun - Nominative Feminine Singular 2x Romans 2:9, Romans 8:35
Evidence Summary
Greek word. hardship
Strong's G4730
Lexical occurrences 4 verses Greek text appearances 4 times Word forms 2 forms 4 references Verse guides 0 guides
Source Gloss
hardship
Greek Text Appearances
Textus Receptus witness, full corpus Greek token appearances from Scrivener 1894 Textus Receptus in the full New Testament corpus.
4 Greek text appearances shown. Linked morphology labels have verse guides.
Romans 2:9 Noun Nominative Singular Feminine
στενοχωρία, stenocwria
a narrow space, great distress
Read verse Romans 8:35 Noun Nominative Singular Feminine
στενοχωρία, stenocwria
a narrow space, great distress
Read verse 2 Corinthians 6:4 Noun Dative Plural Feminine
στενοχωρίαις, stenocwriaiv
a narrow space, great distress
Read verse 2 Corinthians 12:10 Noun Dative Plural Feminine
στενοχωρίαις, stenocwriaiv
a narrow space, great distress
Read verseFull New Testament corpus: 260 chapters, 7,957 verses, 140,628 tokens. Data source: honza/textus-receptus (data only), with authority check against byztxt/greektext-textus-receptus.
Grammatical Forms
How this word appears across different grammatical cases and numbers.
This word appears as a noun across 2 case and number patterns. The form changes show how the word functions in a sentence; they do not change the basic lexical meaning by themselves.
Form patterns 2 Aligned forms 4 Case pattern Dative (2) Number pattern Plural (2)
Verse guides are not available for this word yet, so verse references remain plain evidence markers.
Nominative · Singular · Feminine Rom 2:9 · Rom 8:35 2×
Dative · Plural · Feminine 2 Cor 6:4 · 2 Cor 12:10 2×
Word Origins
στενοχωρία is built from these roots:
Sources
MorphGNT Strong's Dictionary XML — CC0 1.0 Public Domain
Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible (morphhb/OSHB) — CC BY 4.0
Open Scriptures Hebrew Lexicon — CC BY 4.0
Berean Standard Bible (BSB) source-word alignment - CC0 Public Domain