1. to be patient, to have long-suffering — To exercise patience, forbearance, or long-suffering toward persons or in difficult circumstances; the standard NT verb for patient endurance. In Matt 18:26,29 the servant begs his master to be patient with him (arb iṣbir, heb הַאֲרֵךְ־אַפַּיִם, hin dhairay rakh, kor chameusoeo, spa ten paciencia). In 1 Cor 13:4 love is patient (arb taṣbiru, heb מַאֲרִיכָה–אַפַּיִם, kor orae chamgo, spa es paciente). In Luke 18:7 God is patient toward his elect (hin dhīraj dhartā hai). James 5:7-8 commands believers to be patient until the Lord's coming like a farmer waiting for rain (arb iṣbirū, heb הִתְאַזְּרוּ־רוּחַ, kor orae chameura, spa tened paciencia). In 2 Pet 3:9 the Lord is patient not wishing any to perish. Heb 6:15 notes Abraham patiently waited and obtained the promise. German geduldig sein, French être patient, and 1 Thess 5:14 confirms the same imperatival sense. All clusters are tense/mood/aspect variants (PMA, AMA, PIA, PPA, APA) of one semantic core. 10×
AR["إِذْ-تَأَنَّى","اصبِروا","اصْبِرْ","تَأنَّوا","تَصبِرُ","صابِرًا","يَتَأنَّى","يَتَأَنّى"]·ben["দীর্ঘসহিষ্ণু","দীর্ঘসহিষ্ণু,","ধৈর্য-ধর","ধৈর্য-ধরুন","ধৈর্য-ধরে","ধৈর্য-ধরেন","ধৈর্য-ধরো"]·DE["geduldig-sein","Μακροθύμησον","μακροθυμεῖ"]·EN["Be-patient","be-patient","being-patient","having-patiently-waited","is-patient"]·FR["patienter","être-patient"]·heb["הִתְאַזְּרוּ־רוּחַ","הֶאֱרִיךְ-רוּחַ","הַאֲרִיכוּ-רוּחַ","הַאֲרֵךְ־אַפַּיִם","מִתְאַזֵּר","מַאֲרִיךְ-אַף","מַאֲרִיךְ-אַפַּיִם","מַאֲרִיכָה-אַפַּיִם"]·HI["धीरज-धरकर,","धीरज-धरता-है","धीरज-धरते-हुए","धीरज-धरो","धीरज-रखता-है","धेएरज-रखो","धैरय-रख"]·ID["Bersabarlah","Ia-bersabar","bersabar","itu-sabar","sabarlah","setelah-bersabar"]·IT["essere-paziente","makrothumei","makrothumeson"]·jav["Kasabara","Sabara","kang-sabar","padha-sabar","sabar","sabar-santosa","sabara","sampun-sabar"]·KO["오래-참고","오래-참는다","오래-참으라","오래-참으면서","오래-참으시고","오래-참으신다","참으소서"]·PT["sede-pacientes","tendo-esperado-pacientemente","é-longanimamente-paciente","é-longanimidade,"]·RU["Потерпи","Потерпите","долготерпев","долготерпит","долготерпите","потерпите","терпеливо-ожидая","терпит"]·ES["Ten-paciencia","Tened-paciencia","es-paciente","habiendo-tenido-paciencia","sed-pacientes","siendo-paciente","tened-paciencia","tiene-paciencia"]·SW["Nivumilie","Vumilieni","akingoja-kwa-subira","akisubiri-kwa-uvumilivu","anavumilia","anawavumilia","huvumilia","kuweni-wavumilivu","vumilieni"]·TR["Sabret","Sabırlı-olun","sabrettikten-sonra","sabırla-bekleyerek","sabırlı-davranır","sabırlı-olun","sabırlıdır"]·urd["صبر-کر","صبر-کرتا-ہوا","صبر-کرتا-ہے","صبر-کرتی-ہے","صبر-کرو","صبر-کرکے"]
Senses
BDB / Lexicon Reference
μακρο-θῡμέω, to be long-suffering, ἐπί τινι towards one, LXX+NT __2 to be slow to help, NT __3 persevere, Refs 1st c.AD+ __4 with accusative, bear patiently, LXX bear up! Refs 2nd c.AD+