What does στενοχωρία (stenochōría) mean in the Bible?
στενοχωρία (stenochōría) is a Greek word meaning "hardship".
Greek · G4730
στενοχωρία
Hardship
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στενοχωρίαG4730
Pronunciationstenochōría
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 Itdistress2×Romans 2:9, Romans 8:35
calamities1×2 Corinthians 6:4
difficulties1×2 Corinthians 12:10
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Usage map
A compact distribution from source-word alignment before the full evidence tables.
First aligned rowRomans 2:9
Aligned rows4
Books represented2
Romans22 Corinthians2
Source forms
στενοχωρία2xstenochōriaRomans 2:9, Romans 8:35
στενοχωρίαις2xstenochōriais2 Corinthians 6:4, 2 Corinthians 12:10
Parsing patterns
Noun - Dative Feminine Plural2x2 Corinthians 6:4, 2 Corinthians 12:10
Noun - Nominative Feminine Singular2xRomans 2:9, Romans 8:35
Evidence Summary
Greek word. hardship
Strong'sG4730
Lexical occurrences4 versesGreek text appearances4 timesWord forms2 forms4 referencesVerse guides0 guides
Source Gloss
hardship
Greek Text Appearances
Textus Receptus witness, full corpusGreek 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 2:9Noun Nominative Singular Feminine
στενοχωρία,stenocwria
a narrow space, great distress
Read verseRomans 8:35Noun Nominative Singular Feminine
στενοχωρία,stenocwria
a narrow space, great distress
Read verse2 Corinthians 6:4Noun Dative Plural Feminine
στενοχωρίαις,stenocwriaiv
a narrow space, great distress
Read verse2 Corinthians 12:10Noun 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 patterns2Aligned forms4Case patternDative (2)Number patternPlural (2)
Verse guides are not available for this word yet, so verse references remain plain evidence markers.
Nominative · Singular · FeminineRom 2:9 · Rom 8:352×
Dative · Plural · Feminine2 Cor 6:4 · 2 Cor 12:102×
Word Origins
στενοχωρία is built from these roots: