"pr. narrowness of place, a narrow place; met. straits, distress, anguish, Rom. 2:9; 8:35; 2 Cor. 6:4; 12:10*"
Definition and meaning
pr. narrowness of place, a narrow place; met. straits, distress, anguish, Rom. 2:9; 8:35; 2 Cor. 6:4; 12:10*
In the original Greek the word is written: στενοχωρία
Historical context
Paul wrote Romans from Corinth, one of the most important commercial cities in the empire. Rome had a Jewish population of around 50,000. The letter addresses real tensions between Jewish believers with centuries of Torah tradition and Gentile believers with no such background. Emperor Nero was on the throne. Within ten years he would execute both Paul and Peter.
The people who first heard this word were not reading a book — they were living through empires, oppression, exile, and covenant. Every word carried the weight of that reality. Understanding it changes how you read Scripture.
Scripture references
These are the most notable occurrences of stenochoria (G4730) across the King James Bible.
Tribulation and anguish, upon every soul of man that doeth evil, of the Jew first, and also of the Gentile;
Who shall separate us from the love of Christ? shall tribulation, or distress, or persecution, or famine, or nakedness, or peril, or sword?
But in all things approving ourselves as the ministers of God, in much patience, in afflictions, in necessities, in distresses,
Therefore I take pleasure in infirmities, in reproaches, in necessities, in persecutions, in distresses for Christ's sake: for when I am weak, then am I strong.
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Common questions
Strong's G4730 (stenochoria) is a Greek word that means: pr. narrowness of place, a narrow place; met. straits, distress, anguish, Rom. 2:9; 8:35; 2 Cor. 6:4; 12:10* It appears 4 times in the King James Bible.
The word stenochoria (G4730) appears 4 times in the original Greek text.
Strong's G4730 is stenochoria, a Greek word defined as: pr. narrowness of place, a narrow place; met. straits, distress, anguish, Rom. 2:9; 8:35; 2 Cor. 6:4; 12:10*. James Strong catalogued this in his 1890 concordance to help English readers study the original languages of the Bible.
stenochoria is a Greek word found in the New Testament.