Suffering
παθητόςStrong’s G3805pathētos
Appears in 1 verse of the New Testament
In short
Pathētos is the Greek word usually translated “would suffer”. It appears in 1 verse of the New Testament.
“That Christ should suffer, and that he should be the first that should rise from the dead, and should shew light unto the people, and to the Gentiles.”
Meaning
Usually translated “would suffer”. Open the dictionary entry below for the full range of meaning, with the verses it cites.
How it's translated
- would suffer 1
Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.
Where it's used most
- Acts 1
1 book in all.
Explore in Scripture
Greek dictionary
παθητός pathētos · suffering
παθητός, -ή, -όν (πάσχω), 1. one who has suffered. 2. subject to suffering (R, mg., see M, Pr., 222) or destined to suffer (AV, R, txt.): Act.26:23.† (AS)
From STEPBible’s Greek lexicon (based on Abbott-Smith).
Webster's 1828 Dictionary
How the English word “suffering” was understood when the King James Version was still the common Bible of English readers.
SUF'FERING, participle present
tense Bearing; undergoing pain, inconvenience or damage; permitting; allowing.
All definitions and other forms of “suffering”
SUF'FERING, noun
The bearing of pain, inconvenience or loss; pain endured; distress, loss or injury incurred; as sufferings by pain or sorrow; sufferings by want or by wrongs.
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.