Stenochoria denotes hardship or distress encountered among pressures, persecution, and other afflictions.

The occurrences present hardship as an affliction named alongside pressures, necessities, mistreatments, persecutions, and other suffering; it can describe both the experience faced by people and hardship set upon those who do evil.

1. Hardship amid affliction · dominant

   In 2 Corinthians 6:4, the plural form occurs in a list through which servants of God are commended amid perseverance, pressures, necessities, and hardships; in 2 Corinthians 12:10, it is likewise listed among weaknesses, mistreatments, necessities, and persecutions. In Romans 2:9, the singular stands with pressure upon every person who works evil, while Romans 8:35 places it among circumstances asked whether they can separate believers from Christ's love.

   2 Corinthians 6:42 Corinthians 12:10Romans 2:9Romans 8:35

In the Anselm Project Bible: The APB renders the relevant affliction as “hardships” in 2 Corinthians 6:4 and 2 Corinthians 12:10, “hardship” in Romans 2:9, and “distress” in Romans 8:35. These renderings confirm the verses' broader presentation rather than establish separate lexical senses.