θλίβω,
[in LXX chiefly (ὁ θλίβων) for צוּר;]
to press: c. acc. pers., Mk 3:9; ὁδὸς τεθλιμμένη, a narrow (compressed) way, Mt 7:14. Metaph. (as freq. in LXX), to oppress, afflict, distress: c. acc. pers., II Th 1:6; pass. (Vg., tribulor, tribulationem patior), II Co 1:64:87:5, I Th 3:4, II Th 1:7, I Ti 5:10, He 11:37 (cf. ἀπο-, συν-θλίβω).†