“to hold together, constrain,” is translated “I am in a strait” in Phi 1:23<\/span> (Passive Voice), i.e., being restricted on both sides, under a pressure which prevents a definite choice; so in Luk 12:50<\/span>, “(how) am I straitened,” i.e., pressed in. See CONSTRAIN, A, No. 3. <\/p>\n<\/p>\n “to be pressed for room” (stenos, “narrow,” choros, “a space”), is rendered “to be straitened” in 2Co 4:8<\/span>, RV (AV, “distressed”); 2Co 6:12<\/span> (twice). See ANGUISH, B, No. 1. <\/p>\n<\/p>\n for which see AFFLICT, No. 4, is used in the perfect participle Passive of “a narrowed way,” in Mat 7:14<\/span>, RV, “straitened,” AV, “narrow,” of the way “that leadeth unto life,” i.e., hemmed in like a narrow gorge between rocks. <\/p>\n Strait (be in a), Straitened “to hold together, constrain,” is translated “I am in a strait” in Phi 1:23 (Passive Voice), i.e., being restricted on both sides, under a pressure which prevents a definite choice; so in Luk 12:50, “(how) am I straitened,” i.e., pressed in. See CONSTRAIN, A, No. 3. “to be pressed for … Continue reading “Strait (be in a), Straitened”<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-87338","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-encyclopedic-dictionary"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/dictionaries\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/87338","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/dictionaries\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/dictionaries\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/dictionaries\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/dictionaries\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=87338"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/dictionaries\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/87338\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/dictionaries\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=87338"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/dictionaries\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=87338"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/dictionaries\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=87338"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}Fuente: Vine’s Dictionary of New Testament Words<\/b><\/i><\/h4>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"