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Greek verb · G3958

G3958

to suffer

42 uses in the Greek text, one for each word STEP Bible has tagged with this key

Word page · Part of the concordance, one page for every word of the Hebrew and Greek text. Strong's G3958is this word's number in James Strong's 1890 index of the King James Bible.

  • 14 of 27
    New Testament books
  • 21
    spellings

The definition in full

Strong's key (1890) · G3958

to experience a sensation or impression (usually painful)

The King James renders it: feel, passion, suffer, vex.

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

G3958 is rendered "to suffer". It stands 42 times in the Greek text, across fourteen books.

  • Twelve of the uses stand in 1 Peter, more than in any other book.
  • Its first use in canonical order opens the ledger below.Matthew 16:21From that time on Jesus began to show His disciples that He must go to Jerusalem and suffer many things at the hands of the elders, chief priests, and scribes, and that He must be killed and on the third day be raised to life.
  • The Greek text spells it twenty-one different ways.

The first use

From that time on Jesus began to show His disciples that He must go to Jerusalem and suffer many things at the hands of the elders, chief priests, and scribes, and that He must be killed and on the third day be raised to life.

Matthew 16:21παθεῖν

The first use, in the order of the New Testament's books.

Where the word stands

Twelve of the word's forty-two uses are in 1 Peter.

The other 13 New Testament books never use the word.

What the word means

Each meaning, and the words it is translated by

How the Greek text is glossed, word by word

  • to suffer10
  • suffering6
  • having suffered4
  • suffered4
  • he suffered2
  • suffers2
  • to have suffered2
  • did you suffer1
  • has suffered1
  • He may suffer1
  • I suffer1
  • I suffered1

and 7 more, 42 uses in all

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.

The words it stands beside

All 42, in canonical order

Every use, in order

Every use, grouped by book, with its verse.

21 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

  • παθεῖν11
  • ἔπαθεν5
  • πάσχειν4
  • ἐπάθετε2
  • πάσχει2
  • πάσχοντες2
  • πάσχων2
  • ἔπαθον1
  • παθεῖν.¶1
  • πάθῃ1
  • παθόντας1
  • παθόντος1

and 9 more spellings in the ledger below.

The grammar of each form

  • verb · aorist active, infinitive (“to…”)12V-2AAN
  • verb · aorist active, indicative · 3rd person singular5V-2AAI-3S
  • verb · present active, infinitive (“to…”)4V-PAN
  • verb · aorist active, indicative · 2nd person plural2V-2AAI-2P
  • verb · present active, indicative · 3rd person singular2V-PAI-3S
  • verb · present active, participle · nominative (subject) · masculine plural2V-PAP-NPM
  • verb · present active, participle · nominative (subject) · masculine singular2V-PAP-NSM
  • verb · aorist active, indicative · 1st person singular1V-2AAI-1S
  • verb · aorist active, participle · accusative (object) · masculine plural1V-2AAP-APM
  • verb · aorist active, participle · genitive (“of”) · masculine singular1V-2AAP-GSM
  • verb · aorist active, participle · nominative (subject) · feminine singular1V-2AAP-NSF
  • verb · aorist active, participle · nominative (subject) · masculine singular1V-2AAP-NSM

Matthew

four uses
  • From that time on Jesus began to show His disciples that He must go to Jerusalem and suffer many things at the hands of the elders, chief priests, and scribes, and that He must be killed and on the third day be raised to life.

    Matthew 16:21

    • παθεῖνpatheinverb · aorist active, infinitive (“to…”)tagged: to suffer
  • But I tell you that Elijah has already come, and they did not recognize him, but have done to him whatever they wished. In the same way, the Son of Man will suffer at their hands.”

    Matthew 17:12

    • πάσχεινpascheinverb · present active, infinitive (“to…”)tagged: to suffer
  • “Lord, have mercy on my son,” he said. “He has seizures and is suffering terribly. He often falls into the fire or into the water.

    Matthew 17:15

    • πάσχειpascheiverb · present active, indicative · 3rd person singulartagged: suffers
  • While Pilate was sitting on the judgment seat, his wife sent him this message: “Have nothing to do with that innocent man, for I have suffered terribly in a dream today because of Him.”

    Matthew 27:19

    • ἔπαθονepathonverb · aorist active, indicative · 1st person singulartagged: I suffered

Mark

three uses
  • She had borne much agony under the care of many physicians and had spent all she had, but to no avail. Instead, her condition had only grown worse.

    Mark 5:26

    • παθοῦσαpathousaverb · aorist active, participle · nominative (subject) · feminine singulartagged: having suffered
  • Then He began to teach them that the Son of Man must suffer many things and be rejected by the elders, chief priests, and scribes, and that He must be killed and after three days rise again.

    Mark 8:31

    • παθεῖνpatheinverb · aorist active, infinitive (“to…”)tagged: to suffer
  • He replied, “Elijah does indeed come first, and he restores all things. Why then is it written that the Son of Man must suffer many things and be rejected?

    Mark 9:12

    • πάθῃpatheverb · aorist active, subjunctive · 3rd person singulartagged: He may suffer

Luke

six uses
  • “The Son of Man must suffer many things,” He said. “He must be rejected by the elders, chief priests, and scribes, and He must be killed and on the third day be raised to life.”

    Luke 9:22

    • παθεῖνpatheinverb · aorist active, infinitive (“to…”)tagged: to suffer
  • To this He replied, “Do you think that these Galileans were worse sinners than all the other Galileans, because they suffered this fate?

    Luke 13:2

    • πεπόνθασινpeponthasinverb · perfect active, indicative · 3rd person pluraltagged: they have suffered
  • But first He must suffer many things and be rejected by this generation.

    Luke 17:25

    • παθεῖνpatheinverb · aorist active, infinitive (“to…”)tagged: to suffer
  • And He said to them, “I have eagerly desired to eat this Passover with you before My suffering.

    Luke 22:15

    • παθεῖνpatheinverb · aorist active, infinitive (“to…”)tagged: to suffe
  • Was it not necessary for the Christ to suffer these things and then to enter His glory?”

    Luke 24:26

    • παθεῖνpatheinverb · aorist active, infinitive (“to…”)tagged: to suffer
  • And He told them, “This is what is written: The Christ will suffer and rise from the dead on the third day,

    Luke 24:46

    • παθεῖνpatheinverb · aorist active, infinitive (“to…”)tagged: Was to suffer

Acts

five uses
  • After His suffering, He presented Himself to them with many convincing proofs that He was alive. He appeared to them over a span of forty days and spoke about the kingdom of God.

    Acts 1:3

    • παθεῖνpatheinverb · aorist active, infinitive (“to…”)tagged: suffering
  • But in this way God has fulfilled what He foretold through all the prophets, saying that His Christ would suffer.

    Acts 3:18

    • παθεῖνpatheinverb · aorist active, infinitive (“to…”)tagged: suffering
  • I will show him how much he must suffer for My name.”

    Acts 9:16

    • παθεῖν.¶patheinverb · aorist active, infinitive (“to…”)tagged: to suffer
  • explaining and proving that the Christ had to suffer and rise from the dead. “This Jesus I am proclaiming to you is the Christ,” he declared.

    Acts 17:3

    • παθεῖνpatheinverb · aorist active, infinitive (“to…”)tagged: to have suffered
  • But Paul shook the creature off into the fire and suffered no ill effects.

    Acts 28:5

    • ἔπαθενepathenverb · aorist active, indicative · 3rd person singulartagged: he suffered

1 Corinthians

one use
  • If one part suffers, every part suffers with it; if one part is honored, every part rejoices with it.

    1 Corinthians 12:26

    • πάσχειpascheiverb · present active, indicative · 3rd person singulartagged: suffers

2 Corinthians

one use
  • If we are afflicted, it is for your comfort and salvation; if we are comforted, it is for your comfort, which accomplishes in you patient endurance of the same sufferings we experience.

    2 Corinthians 1:6

    • πάσχομενpaschomenverb · present active, indicative · 1st person pluraltagged: suffer

Galatians

one use
  • Have you suffered so much for nothing, if it really was for nothing?

    Galatians 3:4

    • ἐπάθετεepatheteverb · aorist active, indicative · 2nd person pluraltagged: did you suffer

Philippians

one use
  • For it has been granted to you on behalf of Christ not only to believe in Him, but also to suffer for Him,

    Philippians 1:29

    • πάσχεινpascheinverb · present active, infinitive (“to…”)tagged: to suffer

1 Thessalonians

one use
  • For you, brothers, became imitators of the churches of God in Judea that are in Christ Jesus. You suffered from your own countrymen the very things they suffered from the Jews,

    1 Thessalonians 2:14

    • ἐπάθετεepatheteverb · aorist active, indicative · 2nd person pluraltagged: suffered

2 Thessalonians

one use
  • All this is clear evidence of God’s righteous judgment. And so you will be counted worthy of the kingdom of God, for which you are suffering.

    2 Thessalonians 1:5

    • πάσχετεpascheteverb · present active, indicative · 2nd person pluraltagged: you suffer

2 Timothy

one use
  • For this reason, even though I suffer as I do, I am not ashamed; for I know whom I have believed, and I am convinced that He is able to guard what I have entrusted to Him for that day.

    2 Timothy 1:12

    • πάσχωpaschoverb · present active, indicative · 1st person singulartagged: I suffer

Hebrews

four uses
  • Because He Himself suffered when He was tempted, He is able to help those who are being tempted.

    Hebrews 2:18

    • πέπονθενpeponthenverb · perfect active, indicative · 3rd person singulartagged: has suffered
  • Although He was a Son, He learned obedience from what He suffered.

    Hebrews 5:8

    • ἔπαθενepathenverb · aorist active, indicative · 3rd person singulartagged: He suffered
  • Otherwise, Christ would have had to suffer repeatedly since the foundation of the world. But now He has appeared once for all at the end of the ages to do away with sin by the sacrifice of Himself.

    Hebrews 9:26

    • παθεῖνpatheinverb · aorist active, infinitive (“to…”)tagged: to have suffered
  • And so Jesus also suffered outside the city gate, to sanctify the people by His own blood.

    Hebrews 13:12

    • ἔπαθενepathenverb · aorist active, indicative · 3rd person singulartagged: suffered

1 Peter

twelve uses
  • For if anyone endures the pain of unjust suffering because he is conscious of God, this is to be commended.

    1 Peter 2:19

    • πάσχωνpaschonverb · present active, participle · nominative (subject) · masculine singulartagged: suffering
  • How is it to your credit if you are beaten for doing wrong and you endure it? But if you suffer for doing good and you endure it, this is commendable before God.

    1 Peter 2:20

    • πάσχοντεςpaschontesverb · present active, participle · nominative (subject) · masculine pluraltagged: suffering
  • For to this you were called, because Christ also suffered for you, leaving you an example, that you should follow in His footsteps:

    1 Peter 2:21

    • ἔπαθενepathenverb · aorist active, indicative · 3rd person singulartagged: suffered
  • When they heaped abuse on Him, He did not retaliate; when He suffered, He made no threats, but entrusted Himself to Him who judges justly.

    1 Peter 2:23

    • πάσχωνpaschonverb · present active, participle · nominative (subject) · masculine singulartagged: suffering
  • But even if you should suffer for what is right, you are blessed. “Do not fear what they fear; do not be shaken.”

    1 Peter 3:14

    • πάσχοιτεpaschoiteverb · present active, optative · 2nd person pluraltagged: you would suffer
  • For it is better, if it is God’s will, to suffer for doing good than for doing evil.

    1 Peter 3:17

    • πάσχεινpascheinverb · present active, infinitive (“to…”)tagged: to suffer
  • For Christ also suffered for sins once for all, the righteous for the unrighteous, to bring you to God. He was put to death in the body but made alive in the Spirit,

    1 Peter 3:18

    • ἔπαθενepathenverb · aorist active, indicative · 3rd person singulartagged: suffered
  • Therefore, since Christ suffered in His body, arm yourselves with the same resolve, because anyone who has suffered in his body is done with sin.

    1 Peter 4:1

    • παθόντοςpathontosverb · aorist active, participle · genitive (“of”) · masculine singulartagged: having suffered
    • παθὼνpathonverb · aorist active, participle · nominative (subject) · masculine singulartagged: having suffered
  • Indeed, none of you should suffer as a murderer or thief or wrongdoer, or even as a meddler.

    1 Peter 4:15

    • πασχέτωpaschetoverb · present active, command · 3rd person singulartagged: should suffer
  • So then, those who suffer according to God’s will should entrust their souls to their faithful Creator and continue to do good.

    1 Peter 4:19

    • πάσχοντεςpaschontesverb · present active, participle · nominative (subject) · masculine pluraltagged: suffering
  • And after you have suffered for a little while, the God of all grace, who has called you to His eternal glory in Christ, will Himself restore you, secure you, strengthen you, and establish you.

    1 Peter 5:10

    • παθόνταςpathontasverb · aorist active, participle · accusative (object) · masculine pluraltagged: having suffered

Revelation

one use
  • Do not fear what you are about to suffer. Look, the devil is about to throw some of you into prison to test you, and you will suffer tribulation for ten days. Be faithful even unto death, and I will give you the crown of life.

    Revelation 2:10

    • πάσχεινpascheinverb · present active, infinitive (“to…”)tagged: to suffer

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 words it stands beside are the nouns, verbs and adjectives immediately before or after it, counted in every verse where the word stands. The article, the conjunctions and the prepositions are left out, because they stand beside every word.

Hebrew and Greek text, word tagging and grammar: STEP Bible (www.STEPBible.org), Tyndale House, CC BY 4.0. Their grammar codes are written out in English here and shown as tagged beside each one.

Meaning and senses: STEP Bible TBESG (Tyndale House, CC BY 4.0), the Brief lexicon based on Abbott-Smith (1922).

Dictionary key: Strong's Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible (1890, public domain). English verse text: Berean Standard Bible (public domain, 2023).

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