Dictionary entry

συνοχή

G. Abbott-Smith's A Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament

συν-οχή, -ῆς, ή

(< συνέχω), [in LXX: Jg 2:3 (?), Jb 30:3 (שׁוֺאָה), ib. 38:28 A; Mi 5:1 (4:14), Je 52:5 (מָצוֹר) *;]

1. a holding or being held together.

2. a narrow place (Hom., al.). Metaph., straits, distress: Lk 21:25; καρδίας, II Co 2:4.†