Lexical Summary synochē: a holding together, distress Original Word: συνοχήTransliteration: synochē Phonetic Spelling: (soon-okh-ay') Part of Speech: Noun, Feminine Short Definition: a holding together, distress Meaning: a holding together, distress Strong's Concordance anguish, distress. From sunecho; restraint, i.e. (figuratively) anxiety -- anguish, distress. see GREEK sunecho Thayer's Greek Lexicon STRONGS NT 4928: συνοχήσυνοχή, συνοχῆς, ἡ (συνέχω, which see), a holding together, narrowing; narrows, the contracting part of a way, Homer Iliad 23, 330. Metaphorically, straits, distress, anguish: Luke 21:25; with καρδίας added, 2 Corinthians 2:4 (contractio animi, Cicero, Tusc. 1, 37, 90; opposed toeffusio, 4, 31, 66; συνοχήν καί ταλαιπωρίαν, Job 30:3; (cf. Judges 2:3; plural Psalm 24:17 |