to hold/oppress
Sunecho describes being pressed, constrained, or held in by crowds, illness, fear, obligation, or opposing forces.
The attested uses chiefly describe pressure or constraint upon a person: inward pressure from Christ's love, a task, fear, or competing desires; physical confinement by crowds, captors, or enemies; and affliction by illness. The same verb therefore marks a condition of being held in, pressed upon, or restricted, with the surrounding clause identifying the constraining force.
Senses in use
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Pressed by an inward force or dilemma · dominant
In 2 Corinthians 5:14, the present active form places Christ's love as the force described in the clause about judgment concerning one who died for all. In Acts 18:5 the imperfect passive form occurs as Paul is occupied with the word, while Luke 12:50 and Philippians 1:23 portray personal pressure connected respectively with an unfinished baptism and two competing prospects; Luke 8:37 places the passive form with the region's great fear.
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Hemmed in or physically restrained · common
Luke 19:43 uses the future active form for enemies who surround and hem Jerusalem in on every side. In Luke 22:63 the present active participle identifies the men holding Jesus while they mock and beat him, and Luke 8:45 places the present active form in Peter's description of crowds pressing around him. Acts 7:57 uses an aorist active plural form in the crowd's united rush after covering their ears.
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Afflicted or gripped by illness · occasional
In Luke 4:38, the present passive participle describes Simon's mother-in-law in the clause about a great fever. Matthew 4:24 uses a present passive participle among people suffering illnesses and torments, and Acts 28:8 has a present passive participle in the account of Publius's father lying sick with fever and dysentery.
In the Anselm Project Bible: The APB varies its presentation, using wording such as "occupied," "held," "seized," "holding," "crowding up to," and "hard pressed." These expressions confirm the clauses' pressure or restraint without assigning every English phrase directly to the lemma.