Greek · Strong's G4722
στέγω
stegosteg'-o
to roof over, i.e. (figuratively) to cover with silence (endure patiently)
1890 spelling: stégō
- σ200
- τ300
- ε5
- γ3
- ω800
Isopsephy 1,308
Strong's Dictionary · 1890
to roof over, i.e. (figuratively) to cover with silence (endure patiently)
Rendered in the KJV as
(for-)bear, suffer.
- 4occurrencesin the New Testament
- 2 of 27New Testament bookswhere the word stands
- 4inflected formsdistinct spellings
Across 4 occurrences
The word itself
Inflected forms · 4
- στέγει,1
- στέγομεν1
- στέγοντες1
- στέγων1
How it is rendered · 3
- enduring2
- it bears,1
- we bear1
The sense the word carries at each spot: how the translators read it there, not a fixed translation.
How it parses · 4
- verb · present active, statement · 1st person plural1
- verb · present active, statement · 3rd person singular1
- verb · present active, participle (“the one who…”) · nominative (subject) · masculine plural1
- verb · present active, participle (“the one who…”) · nominative (subject) · masculine singular1
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- V-PAI-1P · 1
- V-PAI-3S · 1
- V-PAP-NPM · 1
- V-PAP-NSM · 1
All 4, in canonical order
The ledger of occurrences
Where this word lives
1 Corinthians carries the most and opens below; every other book is one click.
1 Corinthians2 occurrences
- 1 Corinthians 9:12στέγομενstegomenverb · present active, statement · 1st person pluralIf others have this right to your support, shouldn’t we have it all the more? But we did not exercise this right. Instead, we put up with anything rather than hinder the gospel of Christ.here: we bear
- 1 Corinthians 13:7στέγει,stegeiverb · present active, statement · 3rd person singularIt bears all things, believes all things, hopes all things, endures all things.here: it bears,
1 Thessalonians2 occurrences
- 1 Thessalonians 3:1στέγοντεςstegontesverb · present active, participle (“the one who…”) · nominative (subject) · masculine pluralSo when we could bear it no longer, we were willing to be left on our own in Athens.here: enduring
- 1 Thessalonians 3:5στέγωνstegōnverb · present active, participle (“the one who…”) · nominative (subject) · masculine singularFor this reason, when I could bear it no longer, I sent to find out about your faith, for fear that the tempter had somehow tempted you and caused our labor to be in vain.here: enduring