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Longsuffering

Vine's Expository Dictionary of NT Words

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A — 1: μακροθυμία

(Strong's #3115 — Noun Feminine — makrothumia — mak-roth-oo-mee'-ah )

"forbearance, patience, longsuffering" (makros, "long," thumos, "temper"), is usually rendered "longsuffering," Romans 2:4; 9:22; 2 Corinthians 6:6; Galatians 5:22; Ephesians 4:2; Colossians 1:11; 3:12; 1 Timothy 1:16; 2 Timothy 3:10; 4:2; 1 Peter 3:20; 2 Peter 3:15; "patience" in Hebrews 6:12; James 5:10 . See PATIENCE , and Note under FORBEAR.

B — 1: μακροθυμέω

(Strong's #3114 — Verb — makrothumeo — mak-roth-oo-meh'-o )

akin to A, "to be patient, longsuffering, to bear with," lit., "to be long-tempered," is rendered by the verb "to be longsuffering" in Luke 18:7 , RV (AV, "bear long"); in 1 Thessalonians 5:14 , RV (AV, "be patient"); so in James 5:7,8; in 2 Peter 3:9 , AV and RV, "is longsuffering. See BEAR , No. 14, ENDURE, PATIENT, SUFFER.

Note: "Longsuffering is that quality of self-restraint in the face of provocation which does not hastily retaliate or promptly punish; it is the opposite of anger, and is associated with mercy, and is used of God, Exodus 34:6 (Sept.); Romans 2:4; 1 Peter 3:20 . Patience is the quality that does not surrender to circumstances or succumb under trial; it is the opposite of despondency and is associated with hope, 1 Thessalonians 1:3; it is not used of God." * [* From Notes on Thessalonians, by Hogg and Vine, pp. 183,184.]

Bibliography Information
Vines, W. E., M. A. Entry for 'Longsuffering'. Vine's Expository Dictionary of NT Words. https://www.studylight.org/​dictionaries/​eng/​ved/​l/longsuffering.html. 1940.
 
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