paschō (to suffer)

Meaning

Usually translated “suffer”, “suffering” and “having suffered”. Open the dictionary entry below for the full range of meaning, with the verses it cites.

How it's translated

to suffer 10
suffering 6
having suffered 4
suffered 4
suffers 2
to have suffered 2
he suffered 2
i suffered 1

Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.

Where it's used most

1 Peter 11
Luke 6
Acts 5
Matthew 4
Hebrews 4
Mark 3

14 books in all.

Related words

Explore in Scripture

Matthew 16:21From that time forth began Jesus to shew unto his disciples, how that he must go unto Jerusalem, and suffer many things of the elders and chief priests and scribes, and be killed, and be raised again the third day.
Matthew 17:12But I say unto you, That Elias is come already, and they knew him not, but have done unto him whatsoever they listed. Likewise shall also the Son of man suffer of them.
Matthew 17:15Lord, have mercy on my son: for he is lunatick, and sore vexed: for ofttimes he falleth into the fire, and oft into the water.
Matthew 27:19When he was set down on the judgment seat, his wife sent unto him, saying, Have thou nothing to do with that just man: for I have suffered many things this day in a dream because of him.
Mark 5:26And had suffered many things of many physicians, and had spent all that she had, and was nothing bettered, but rather grew worse,
Mark 8:31And he began to teach them, that the Son of man must suffer many things, and be rejected of the elders, and of the chief priests, and scribes, and be killed, and after three days rise again.

All 41 verses, by book

Matthew 4: 16:21 17:12 17:15 27:19
Mark 3: 5:26 8:31 9:12
Luke 6: 9:22 13:2 17:25 22:15 24:26 24:46
Acts 5: 1:3 3:18 9:16 17:3 28:5
1 Corinthians 1: 12:26
2 Corinthians 1: 1:6
Galatians 1: 3:4
Philippians 1: 1:29
1 Thessalonians 1: 2:14
2 Thessalonians 1: 1:5
2 Timothy 1: 1:12
Hebrews 4: 2:18 5:8 9:26 13:12
1 Peter 11: 2:19 2:20 2:21 2:23 3:14 3:17 3:18 4:1 4:15 4:19 5:10
Revelation 1: 2:10

Greek dictionary

πάσχω paschō · to suffer

πάσχω [in LXX: Amo.6:6 (חָלָה ni.), Wis.12:27, Sir.38:16, al. ;] to suffer, be acted on, as opposite to acting, often limited by a word expressive of good or evil; (a) of misfortunes (most frequently without any limiting word) : absol., Luk.22:15 24:46, Act.1:3 3:18 17:3, 1Co.12:26, Heb.2:18 9:26 13:12, 1Pe.2:19-20 2:23 3:17 4:15 4:19; before ὑπό, with genitive, Mat.17:12; ὑπέρ, Act.9:16, Php.1:20, 2Th.1:5, 1Pe.2:21; with dative ref., 1Pe.4:1; περί, with genitive (before ὑπέρ), 1Pe.3:18; διά, with accusative, 1Pe.3:14; ὀλίγον (a little while), 1Pe.5:10; with accusative, Mat.27:19, Mrk.9:12, …

From STEPBible’s Greek lexicon (based on Abbott-Smith).

Webster's 1828 Dictionary

How the English word “suffer” was understood when the King James Version was still the common Bible of English readers.

SUF'FER, verb transitive

[Latin suffero; sub, under, and fero, to bear; as we say, to undergo.]

To feel or bear what is painful, disagreeable or distressing, either to the body or mind; to undergo.
To endure; to support; to sustain; not to sink under.
To allow; to permit; not to forbid or hinder.
To undergo; to be affected by.

All definitions and other forms of “suffer”

To sustain; to be affected by; as, to suffer loss or damage.

SUF'FER, verb intransitive

To feel or undergo pain of body or mind; to bear what is inconvenient. We suffer with pain, sickness or sorrow. We suffer with anxiety. We suffer by evils past and by anticipating others to come. We suffer from fear and from disappointed hopes.

To undergo, as punishment.
To be injured; to sustain loss or damage.

Noah Webster, An American Dictionary of the English Language (1828). Verse references are checked against the KJV. Read the full entry.