Word Summary
apothlibō: to press hard
Original Word: ἀποθλίβωTransliteration: apothlibō
Phonetic Spelling: (ap-oth-lee'-bo)
Part of Speech: Verb
Short Definition: to press hard
Meaning: to press hard
Strong's Concordance
press, crowd from every side.
From apo and thlibo; to crowd (from every side) -- press.
see GREEK apo
see GREEK thlibo
Thayer's Greek Lexicon
STRONGS NT 598: ἀποθλίβωἀποθλίβω;
to press on all sides, squeeze, press hard:
Luke 8:45. (
Numbers 22:25; used also of pressing out grapes and olives,
Diodorus 3, 62;
Josephus, Antiquities 2, 5, 2; (others).)