Definition

narrowness of room, i.e. (figuratively) calamity

Etymology

from a compound of G4728 (στενός) and G5561 (χώρα);

Word family

• στενός stenós
• χώρα chṓra

How the KJV renders it

• anguish
• distress

Every distinct English word the King James Version uses to translate this Greek term. The variety shows what readers in English receive across many different surface words — the same underlying word, scattered across the English Bible under different names.