- Original: στενοχωρέω - Transliteration: Stenochoreo - Phonetic: sten-okh-o-reh'-o - Definition: 1. to be in a narrow place 2. to straiten, compress, cramp, reduce to straits a. to be sorely straitened in spirit - Origin: from the same as G4730 - TDNT entry: 17:04,1 - Part(s) of speech: Verb - Strong's: From the same as G4730 ; to hem in closely that is (figuratively) cramp: - distress straiten. Total KJV Occurrences: 3 • distressed, 1 2 Corinthians 4:8 • straitened, 2 2 Corinthians 6:12(2)