Tolerance
ἀνοχήStrong’s G0463anochē
Appears in 2 verses of the New Testament
In short
Anochē is the Greek word usually translated “forbearance”. It appears in 2 verses of the New Testament.
“Or despisest thou the riches of his goodness and forbearance and longsuffering; not knowing that the goodness of God leadeth thee to repentance?”
Meaning
Usually translated “forbearance”. Open the dictionary entry below for the full range of meaning, with the verses it cites.
How it's translated
- forbearance 2
Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.
Where it's used most
- Romans 2
1 book in all.
Greek dictionary
ἀνοχή anochē · tolerance
ἀνοχή, -ῆς, ἡ (ἀνέχω, -ομαι), [in LXX: 1Ma.12:25 (RV, respite)* ;] 1. in cl., a holding back, delaying (MM, VGT, see word). 2. forbearance, delay of punishment: Rom.2:4 3:26.† SYN.: μακροθυμία, ὑπομονή. ἀ., forbearance, is the result and expression of μ., which involves the idea of tolerance, long-suffering, as God with sinners. ὑ. expresses patience with respect to things, as μ. with persons; it is active as well as passive, denotes not merely endurance but perseverance (see Tr., Syn., § liii; Lft., Notes, 259, 273; DB, ii, 47). (AS)
From STEPBible’s Greek lexicon (based on Abbott-Smith).
Webster's 1828 Dictionary
How the English word “tolerance” was understood when the King James Version was still the common Bible of English readers.
TOL'ERANCE, noun
[Latin tolerantia, from tolero, to bear.]
The power or capacity of enduring; or the act of enduring.
Noah Webster, An American Dictionary of the English Language (1828). Verse references are checked against the KJV. Read the full entry.
Verses are from the King James Version. Word meanings come from the original Greek, not from any one translation.