Greek verb · G4722
στέγω
stegosteg'-o
prop., to cover closely, to protect by covering, esp. to keep water in or out (S; to cover, keep secret, conceal; By covering to ward of, bear up under, endure
4 uses in the Greek text, one for each word STEP Bible has tagged with this key
Concordance spelling: stégō
Word page · Part of the concordance, one page for every word of the Hebrew and Greek text. Strong's G4722is this word's number in James Strong's 1890 index of the King James Bible.
- 2 of 27New Testament books
- 4spellings
- 3meanings
The definition in full
Strong's key (1890) · G4722
to roof over, i.e. (figuratively) to cover with silence (endure patiently)
The King James renders it: (for-)bear, suffer.
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
stego is rendered "prop., to cover closely, to protect by covering, esp. to keep water in or out (S; to cover, keep secret, conceal; By covering to ward of, bear up under, endure". It stands 4 times in the Greek text, across two books.
- Two of the uses stand in 1 Corinthians, more than in any other book.
- The lexicon lists three meanings for it, beginning with "prop., to cover closely, to protect by covering, esp. to keep water in or out (S".
- Its first use in canonical order opens the ledger below.1 Corinthians 9:12If 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.
- The Greek text spells it four different ways.
The first use
If 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.
1 Corinthians 9:12στέγομεν
The first use, in the order of the New Testament's books.
Where the word stands
Two of the word's four uses are in 1 Corinthians.
What the word means
The lexicons give this word three senses, and a verse uses one of them at a time: prop., to cover closely, to protect by covering, esp. to keep water in or out (S, and to cover, keep secret, conceal, and By covering to ward of, bear up under, endure.
Each meaning, and the words it is translated by
| Meaning | Tagged as | Where |
|---|---|---|
| prop., to cover closely, to protect by covering, esp. to keep water in or out (S | Tagged aslisted under the table | Where1 Corinthians 9:12If others have this right to your support… |
| to cover, keep secret, conceal | Tagged as
| Where1 Corinthians 13:7It bears all things, believes all things, hopes all things, endures all things. |
| By covering to ward of, bear up under, endurefor exx., see, Lft., Notes, 40; M, Th., 36): 1Co.9:12 13:7, 1Th.3:1 3:5.† (AS | Tagged as
| Where1 Corinthians 9:12If others have this right to your support… |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| στέγη | stege | roof | Uses3 |
All 4, in canonical order
Every use, in order
Every use, grouped by book, with its verse.
4 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
- στέγει1
- στέγομεν1
- στέγοντες1
- στέγων1
The grammar of each form
- verb · present active, indicative · 1st person plural1V-PAI-1P
- verb · present active, indicative · 3rd person singular1V-PAI-3S
- verb · present active, participle · nominative (subject) · masculine plural1V-PAP-NPM
- verb · present active, participle · nominative (subject) · masculine singular1V-PAP-NSM
1 Corinthians
two uses
If 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.
- στέγομενstegomenverb · present active, indicative · 1st person pluraltagged: we bear
It bears all things, believes all things, hopes all things, endures all things.
- στέγειstegeiverb · present active, indicative · 3rd person singulartagged: it bears
1 Thessalonians
two uses
So when we could bear it no longer, we were willing to be left on our own in Athens.
- στέγοντεςstegontesverb · present active, participle · nominative (subject) · masculine pluraltagged: enduring
For 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.
- στέγωνstegonverb · present active, participle · nominative (subject) · masculine singulartagged: enduring
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.