Greek verb · G3114
μακροθυμέω
makrothymeomak-roth-oo-meh'-o
actively = καρτερέω, to persevere (Plut., 2, 593 F).; Passively, to be patient, long-suffering
10 uses in the Greek text, one for each word STEP Bible has tagged with this key
Concordance spelling: makrothyméō
Word page · Part of the concordance, one page for every word of the Hebrew and Greek text. Strong's G3114is this word's number in James Strong's 1890 index of the King James Bible.
- 7 of 27New Testament books
- 6spellings
- 2meanings
The definition in full
Strong's key (1890) · G3114
to be long-spirited, i.e. (objectively) forbearing or (subjectively) patient
The King James renders it: bear (suffer) long, be longsuffering, have (long) patience, be patient, patiently endure.
James Strong, The Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible (1890), public domain. Strong indexed the King James text, and this site quotes his entry as that index.
Summary
makrothymeo is rendered "actively = καρτερέω, to persevere (Plut., 2, 593 F).; Passively, to be patient, long-suffering". It stands 10 times in the Greek text, across seven books.
- Three of the uses stand in James, more than in any other book.
- The lexicon lists two meanings for it, beginning with "actively = καρτερέω, to persevere (Plut., 2, 593 F).".
- Its first use in canonical order opens the ledger below.Matthew 18:26Then the servant fell on his knees before him. ‘Have patience with me,’ he begged, ‘and I will pay back everything.’
- The Greek text spells it six different ways.
The first use
Then the servant fell on his knees before him. ‘Have patience with me,’ he begged, ‘and I will pay back everything.’
Matthew 18:26μακροθύμησον
The first use, in the order of the New Testament's books.
Where the word stands
Three of the word's ten uses are in James.
What the word means
The word carries two meanings: actively = καρτερέω, to persevere (Plut., 2, 593 F)., and Passively, to be patient, long-suffering.
Each meaning, and the words it is translated by
| Meaning | Tagged as | Where |
|---|---|---|
| actively = καρτερέω, to persevere (Plut., 2, 593 F). | Tagged as
| WhereMatthew 18:26Then the servant fell on his knees before him. ‘Have patience with me,’ he begged… |
| Passively, to be patient, long-suffering | Tagged as
| Where1 Corinthians 13:4Love is patient, love is kind. It does not envy, it does not boast, it is not proud. |
The words built on the same word-part
Each word below begins with the same letters this one begins with. A shared word-part shows a family. It does not settle what any one of them means, so each word carries its own uses on its own page. Scholars call that shared part the stem.
| Word | Written | Meaning | Uses |
|---|---|---|---|
| μακρόθεν | makrothen | from afar | Uses14 |
| μακροθυμία | makrothymia | patience | Uses14 |
| μακράν | makran | far | Uses10 |
| μακρός | makros | long/distant | Uses4 |
| μακροθυμώς | makrothymos | patiently | Uses1 |
| μακροχρόνιος | makrochronios | long-lived | Uses1 |
All 10, in canonical order
Every use, in order
Every use, grouped by book, with its verse.
6 spellings and their grammar
STEP Bible tags every word of the Hebrew and Greek text with its spelling and its grammar. Both lists below count the rows printed underneath, written out in English, with the code beside each one as it was tagged.
How it is spelled
- μακροθυμεῖ3
- Μακροθυμήσατε2
- μακροθύμησον2
- μακροθυμεῖτε1
- μακροθυμήσας1
- μακροθυμῶν1
The grammar of each form
- verb · present active, indicative · 3rd person singular3V-PAI-3S
- verb · aorist active, command · 2nd person plural2V-AAM-2P
- verb · aorist active, command · 2nd person singular2V-AAM-2S
- verb · aorist active, participle · nominative (subject) · masculine singular1V-AAP-NSM
- verb · present active, command · 2nd person plural1V-PAM-2P
- verb · present active, participle · nominative (subject) · masculine singular1V-PAP-NSM
Matthew
two uses
Then the servant fell on his knees before him. ‘Have patience with me,’ he begged, ‘and I will pay back everything.’
- μακροθύμησονmakrothumesonverb · aorist active, command · 2nd person singulartagged: do have patience
So his fellow servant fell down and begged him, ‘Have patience with me, and I will pay you back.’
- μακροθύμησονmakrothumesonverb · aorist active, command · 2nd person singulartagged: do have patience
Luke
one use
Will not God bring about justice for His elect who cry out to Him day and night? Will He continue to defer their help?
- μακροθυμεῖmakrothumeiverb · present active, indicative · 3rd person singulartagged: be patient
1 Corinthians
one use
Love is patient, love is kind. It does not envy, it does not boast, it is not proud.
- μακροθυμεῖmakrothumeiverb · present active, indicative · 3rd person singulartagged: is patient
1 Thessalonians
one use
And we urge you, brothers, to admonish the unruly, encourage the fainthearted, help the weak, and be patient with everyone.
- μακροθυμεῖτεmakrothumeiteverb · present active, command · 2nd person pluraltagged: do be patient
Hebrews
one use
And so Abraham, after waiting patiently, obtained the promise.
- μακροθυμήσαςmakrothumesasverb · aorist active, participle · nominative (subject) · masculine singulartagged: having waited patiently
James
three uses
Be patient, then, brothers, until the Lord’s coming. See how the farmer awaits the precious fruit of the soil—how patient he is for the fall and spring rains.
- Μακροθυμήσατεmakrothumesateverb · aorist active, command · 2nd person pluraltagged: do be patient
- μακροθυμῶνmakrothumonverb · present active, participle · nominative (subject) · masculine singulartagged: being patient
You, too, be patient and strengthen your hearts, because the Lord’s coming is near.
- μακροθυμήσατεmakrothumesateverb · aorist active, command · 2nd person pluraltagged: do be patient
2 Peter
one use
The Lord is not slow in keeping His promise as some understand slowness, but is patient with you, not wanting anyone to perish but everyone to come to repentance.
- μακροθυμεῖmakrothumeiverb · present active, indicative · 3rd person singulartagged: is patient
Where it leads
How the numbers are counted
Every count on this page comes from STEP Bible's tagged Hebrew and Greek text, the same text the ledger prints. A use is counted once each time the tagging marks a word with this key.
Spellings are counted as the Greek text spells them, with the sentence's own punctuation taken off the word first, so a form that ends a clause is not counted as a second spelling.
The family is read from the lexicon by the stem the two words share, with the accents off, and a person or a place named on the stem is left out.