ΜΑΚΡΟΘΥΜΙΑ, μακροθυμια
MAKROTHYMIA, makrothymia
Sounds Like: mah-kroh-thoo-MEE-ah
Translations: patience, longsuffering, endurance, a patience, a longsuffering, an endurance
From the root: ΜΑΚΡΟΘΥΜΙΑ
Part of Speech: Noun
Explanation: This word is a compound noun, combining 'μακρός' (makros), meaning 'long' or 'large', and 'θυμός' (thymos), meaning 'temper', 'passion', or 'spirit'. It refers to the quality of being patient, especially in enduring wrongs or provocations without immediate retaliation or anger. It signifies a long-suffering spirit, a steadfastness in the face of adversity, or a delay in avenging wrongs. It is often used to describe God's patience towards humanity.
Inflection: Singular, Nominative, Accusative, or Vocative, Feminine
Strong’s number: G3115 (Lookup on BibleHub)
Instances
Aristeas
- Aristeas’ Letter to Philocrates — 1:188
Barnabus
- Letter of Barnabas — 2:2
Clement of Rome
- Clement’s First Letter — 62:2
Codex Sinaiticus
- 1 Maccabees — 8:4
- Proverbs — 25:15
- Sirach — 5:11
- Romans — 9:22
- 2 Corinthians — 6:6
- Galatians — 5:22
- 2 Timothy — 3:10, 4:2
- Epistle of Barnabas — 2:2
- Shepherd of Hermas — 92:2
Ignatius of Antioch
- Ignatius’ Letter to the Ephesians — 3:1
Josephus' The Jewish War
- Book Six — 1:37
Swete's Recension of the Greek Septuagint
The Shepherd of Hermas — Commandments
The Shepherd of Hermas — Parables
- Parable 9 — 15:2
Tischendorf's Greek New Testament
From the same root
Below are all other words in our texts that we've cataloged as being from the same root, ΜΑΚΡΟΘΥΜΙΑ.
These could represent different words with related meanings, or different forms of the same word to fit different grammatical cases, numbers, or genders. This list may include spelling variants and even misspellings in the original manuscripts! Even more words from the same root may exist in other ancient texts that aren't in our database.
- ΜΑΚΡΟΘΥΜΗΣΗ — patience, endurance, forbearance, long-suffering, steadfastness
- ΜΑΚΡΟΘΥΜΙ — (to) longsuffering, (to) patience, (to) endurance, (in) longsuffering, (in) patience, (in) endurance, (by) longsuffering, (by) patience, (by) endurance
- ΜΑΚΡΟΘΥΜΙΑΝ — patience, long-suffering, forbearance, endurance, a patience, a long-suffering
- ΜΑΚΡΟΘΥΜΙΑΣ — of patience, of endurance, of long-suffering, of forbearance
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