🇬🇷 Greek · Strong's G3114
G3114
μακροθυμέω
makrothyméō
[mak-roth-oo-meh'-o]
Verb
Core meaningto have patience
Lexical Definition
Strong's Greek G3114
to be long-spirited, i.e. (objectively) forbearing or (subjectively) patient
KJV usage: :--bear (suffer) long, be longsuffering, have (long) patience, be patient, patiently endure.
Etymology: from the same as ;
Thayer's Greek Lexicon
to be slow towards, be long-enduring; to exercise patience, be long-suffering, clement, or indulgent, to forbear, Mt. 18:26, 29; 1 Cor. 13:4; 1 Thess. 5:14; 2 Pet. 3:9; to have patience, endure patiently, wait with patient expectation, Heb. 6:15; Jas. 5:7, 8; to bear long with entreaties for deliverance and avengement, Lk. 18:7*
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