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Tribulation and anguish (θλῖψις καὶ στενοχωρία)
For tribulation, see on Mat 13:21. Στενοχωρία anguish, which occurs only in Paul (Rom 8:35; 2Co 6:4; 2Co 12:10), literally means narrowness of place. The dominant idea is constraint. In Deu 28:53, Deu 28:57, it describes the confinement of a siege. Trench remarks: “The fitness of this image is attested by the frequency with which, on the other hand, a state of joy is expressed in the Psalms and elsewhere, as a bringing into a large room,” Psa 118:5; 2Sa 22:20. Aquinas says: loetitia est latitia, joy is breadth.