Patience
μακροθυμίαStrong’s G3115makrothumia
Appears in 14 verses of the New Testament
In short
Makrothumia is the Greek word usually translated “patience” and “longsuffering”. It appears in 14 verses of the New Testament.
“Howbeit for this cause I obtained mercy, that in me first Jesus Christ might shew forth all longsuffering, for a pattern to them which should hereafter believe on him to life everlasting.”
Meaning
Usually translated “patience” and “longsuffering”. Open the dictionary entry below for the full range of meaning, with the verses it cites.
How it's translated
- patience 12
- of patience 1
- longsuffering 1
Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.
Where it's used most
- Romans 2
- Colossians 2
- 2 Timothy 2
- 2 Corinthians 1
- Galatians 1
- Ephesians 1
11 books in all.
Related words
Explore in Scripture
- 2 Peter 3:15In contextAnd account that the longsuffering of our Lord is salvation; even as our beloved brother Paul also according to the wisdom given unto him hath written unto you;
- Romans 2:4Or despisest thou the riches of his goodness and forbearance and longsuffering; not knowing that the goodness of God leadeth thee to repentance?
- Romans 9:22What if God, willing to shew his wrath, and to make his power known, endured with much longsuffering the vessels of wrath fitted to destruction:
- 2 Corinthians 6:6By pureness, by knowledge, by longsuffering, by kindness, by the Holy Ghost, by love unfeigned,
- Galatians 5:22But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, longsuffering, gentleness, goodness, faith,
- Ephesians 4:2With all lowliness and meekness, with longsuffering, forbearing one another in love;
Greek dictionary
μακροθυμία makrothumia · patience
μακροθυμία, -ας, ἡ (μακρό-θυμος), [in LXX: Pro.25:15 (אַף אֹרֶךְ), Jer.15:15 (אַף אָרֵךְ) Isa.57:15, Sir.5:11, 1Ma.8:4 * ;], patience, longsuffering: of men, esp. in experiencing troubles and difficulties, Col.1:11, 2Ti.3:10, Heb.6:12, Jas.5:10; of God's forbearance, Rom.2:4 9:22, 2Co.6:6, Gal.5:22, Eph.4:2, Col.3:12, 1Ti.1:16, 2Ti.4:2, 1Pe.3:20, 2Pe.3:15.† SYN.: ὑπομονή (cf. Lft., Col., 138; Tr., Syn., liii) (AS)
From STEPBible’s Greek lexicon (based on Abbott-Smith).
Webster's 1828 Dictionary
How the English word “patience” was understood when the King James Version was still the common Bible of English readers.
PATIENCE, noun
pa'shens. [Latin patientia, from patior, to suffer.]
- The suffering of afflictions, pain, toil, calamity, provocation or other evil, with a calm, unruffled temper; endurance without murmuring or fretfulness. patience may spring from constitutional fortitude, from a kind of heroic pride, or from christian submission to the divine will.
- A calm temper which bears evils without murmuring or discontent.
- The act or quality of waiting long for justice or expected good without discontent.“Have patience with me, and I will pay thee all” Matthew 18:26
- Perseverance; constancy in labor or exertion.
All definitions
- The quality of bearing offenses and injuries without anger or revenge.
- Sufferance; permission. [Not used.]
- A plant, a species of rumex of dock.
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.