Verb thlibō (to compress) in the Gospels-Acts

(Translation from NRSV with a few modifications for a more literal meaning)


Matthew

7: 14For the gate is narrow and being compressed (thlibō) the road that leads to life, and there are few who find it.

Mark

3: 9He told his disciples to have a boat ready for him because of the crowd, so that they would not compress (thlibō) him;