Straitened Strait

Straitened Strait

1: συνέχω (Strong'S #4912 — Verb — sunecho — soon-ekh'-o )

"to hold together, constrain," is translated "I am in a strait" in  Philippians 1:23 (Passive Voice), i.e., being restricted on both sides, under a pressure which prevents a definite choice; so in   Luke 12:50 , "(how) am I straitened," i.e., pressed in. See Constrain , A, No. 3.

2: στενοχωρέω (Strong'S #4729 — Verb — stenochoreo — sten-okh-o-reh'-o )

"to be pressed for room" (stenos, "narrow," choros, "a space"), is rendered "to be straitened" in  2 Corinthians 4:8 , Rv (Av, "distressed");  2 Corinthians 6:12 (twice). See Anguish , B, No. 1.

3: θλίβω (Strong'S #2346 — Verb — thlibo — thlee'-bo )

for which see Afflict , No. 4, is used in the perfect participle Passive of "a narrowed way," in  Matthew 7:14 , Rv, "straitened," Av, "narrow," of the way "that leadeth unto life," i.e., hemmed in like a narrow gorge between rocks.